英语知识点总结
一般过去时的学习
1. 一般过去时的用法
l)表示过去的动作或状态 常带有如yesterday,two、days ago,last week,in l958等时间状语以及由when等连词引导的时间状语从句。如:
We had a good swim last Sunday. She suddenly fell ill yesterday. 2)叙述过去连续发生的一件件事。如:
He got up early in the morning,fetched water,swept the yard and then went out to work.
3)也可以表示过去一段时间内经常或反复发生的动作。如:
When my brother was a teenager,he played table tennis almost everyday
[注] 表示过去经常的或反复的动作,也可以用would加动词原形或用used to加动词原形。如:
When he was a child he would go skating every winter. Mr. Higgins used to have a big house in downtown.
My elder brother used to be in the PLA. He is now a police officer. 4)在条件、时间状语从句中表示过去将来的动作。如:
They said they would let us know if they heard any news about him. He promised me that when he went to the bookstore he would get me a copy of the Selected Stories of Lu Xun.
2. 一般过去时由规则或不规则动词的过去式表示;除be外,其余动词没有人称和数的变化。各种动词的否定结构和一般疑问结构,与现在一般现在时的否定结构和一般现在时疑问结构相同。 动词be 第一人称单数和第三人称单数用was,其余用were。动词have 一律用had,没有人称和数的变化。行为动词 一律用过去式,没有人称和数的变化。一般过去时在肯定、否定、一般疑问和简略答语等四种结构与一般在时疑问结构相同。