一般过去时是初中英语中非常重要的一个时态。表示过去某个时间发生的动作或存在的状态，有时也表示过去经常或反复发生的动作。
例如：He left home at half past five yesterday.
Li Ming always went to work by bike in the past.
1. 表示在过去某个时间里发生的动作或存在的状态。例如：
Lin Tao left for Shanghai at 8:00 yesterday morning.
Li Tao always went to school by bus last term.
Lao She wrote many great works.
The old man came into the room, took off his clothes and went to bed.
Mr. Black got up at six o\\\\'clock this morning, dressed, had breakfast, and went to work.
布莱克先生今天早上六点起床、穿衣服、吃饭，然后去上班了。
II、一般过去时如何识别？
每个时态，都会有其独特的标志性词语（主要是时间状语）。可以称其为“标志词”。通常来讲，一般过去时常见的标志词有：
1. yesterday, the day before yesterday.
2. last week / year / month / term…(简称last系列)
3. two hours ago, three years ago, a moment ago…(简称ago系列)
4. in / on + 过去的年/月/日，如 in 1999, in April, 2005
5. just now, once upon a time, one day…
系动词be的过去式有两种形式：was和were。其中was是am和is的过去式，were是are的过去式。含有was和were的句子的转换方式与含有am / is /are的句子相似，即：否定句在was或were后加not (was not可缩略成wasn’t，were not可缩略成weren’t); 疑问句是把was或were提前放在句首。 例如：
He was in Grade 6 last year. (肯定句)
→He was not (wasn’t) in Grade 6 last year. (否定句)
→Was he in Grade 6 last year? (一般疑问句)
There were many trees here years ago. (肯定句)
→There were not (weren’t) many trees here years ago. (否定句)
→Were there many trees here years ago? (一般疑问句)
(1)常见句式：主语 + v.-ed + 其它（宾语/状语/表语……）例如：
He Lived in Guangzhou 5 years ago.
I met one of my classmates in the street yesterday.
(2) 动词过去时的变化可分为规则变化和不规则变化。规则变化如下：
1) 一般情况下在动词原形后直接加-ed。例如：wanted；played。
2) 以不发音的字母e结尾的动词，在单词末尾直接加字母d。例如：hoped；lived
3) 重读闭音节单词需双写最后一个辅音字母再加-ed。例如：shopped；stopped
4) 以辅音字母+y结尾的动词变y为i，再加-ed。例如：studied；worried
含有be动词的句子在变成否定句时，在be动词之后加not；在变成疑问句时，直接将be动词提到主语之前，并在句尾加上问号。如果是特殊疑问句，则在句首加上相应的特殊疑问词即可。例如：
He was born in 1996. 他出生于1996年。
→ He wasn’t born in 1996.
They were at home at that moment. 当时他们在家里。
→ They were not at home at that moment.
— Was he born in 1996? 他是出生于1996年吗？
— When was he born? 他是什么时候出生的？
— He was born in 1996. 他出生于1996年。
含有行为动词的句子在变成否定句或疑问句时，则需要助动词did来帮助完成。在进行变化时，将助动词放在行为动词的前边（否定句）或句首（疑问句），同时将该行为动词还原成原形。例如：
Mr. Liu lived in Beijing twenty years ago. 二十年前，刘先生住在北京。
→ Mr. Liu didn’t live in Beijing twenty years ago. 二十年前，刘先生没有住在北京。
→ — Did Mr. Liu live in Beijing twenty years ago? 二十年前刘先生住在北京吗？
— No, he didn’t. / Yes, he did. 不是。/ 是的。
13. begin _______ _______
15. study _______ _______
1. He _______(work) in that bank four years ago.
2. She _______(learn) to swim last year.
3. I _______(see) him yesterday.
4. He _______(come) to school at 6 o’clock this morning.
5. The boy _______(have) a bad cold yesterday.
6. When _______ you _______(buy) that house?
7. He _______(tell) a story to his daughter yesterday.
8.______ you ______(try) to call me last night?
9. What _____you ______(buy) in the shop? I _____(buy) a coat just now.
10. The doctor __________(get) up late this morning.
11. She __________(paint) the wall last month.
12. My mother _______(be) a worker 20 years ago.
13. — _______(be) you here just now?
— No, I ______(be not) here.
14. Why _______ your brother ______(cry) last night?
15. Yesterday _______(be) my mother’s birthday.
16. They _______ (be) on the farm a moment ago.
17. There_______ (be) a shop not long ago.
18. Jenny_______ (not go) to bed until 11:00 o’clock last night.
19. Danny _______ (read ) English five minutes ago.
20. I _______ (see) Li Lei _______ (go) out just now.
1. The children had a good time in the park.
否定句：_____________________________
一般疑问句：__________________________
对划线部分提问：______________________
2. There were about nine hundred people at the concert.
否定句：___________________________
一般疑问句：_______________________
对划线部分提问：____________________
3. Ann did her homework yesterday evening.
否定句：____________________________
一般疑问句：________________________
对划线部分提问：_____________________
4. Last week I read an English book.
否定句：___________________________
一般疑问句：_______________________
肯定/否定回答：_____________________
对划线部分提问：___________________
5. My brother was in the park just now.
否定句：___________________________
一般疑问句：_______________________
对划线部分提问：____________________
1. How is Jane yesterday?
2. He go to school by bus last week.
3. He goes home at 6:00 last month.
4. I can fly kites seven years ago.
_________________________
5. Did you saw him just now?
__________________________
6. Tom wasn’t watch TV last night.
__________________________
7. I did not my homework yesterday.
___________________________
8. He wait for you three hours ago.
___________________________
___________________________
1. goes; went 2. enjoys; enjoyed
3. buys; bought 4. eats; ate 5. gets; got
6. walks; walked 7. takes; took
8. dances; danced 9. writes; wrote
10. runs; ran 11. swims; swam
12. finds; found 13. begins; began
14. plays; played 15. studies; studied
1. worked 2. learned 3. saw
4. came 5. had 6. did; buy
7. told 8. Did; try 9. did; buy; bought
10. got 11. painted 12. was
13. Were; wasn’t 14. did; cry
18. didn’t go 19. read 20. saw; go
1. 否定句：The children didn’t have a good time in the park.
一般疑问句：Did the children have a good time in the park?
对划线部分提问：Where did the children have a good time?
2. 否定句：There weren’t about nine hundred people at the concert.
一般疑问句：Were there about nine hundred people at the concert?
对划线部分提问：How many people were there at the concert?
3. 否定句：Ann didn’t do her homework yesterday evening.
一般疑问句：Did Ann do her homework yesterday evening?
对划线部分提问：When did Ann do her homework?
4. 否定句：Last week I didn’t read an English book.
一般疑问句：Did you read an English book last week?
肯定回答：Yes, I did. 否定回答：No, I didn’t.
对划线部分提问：What did you do last week?
5. 否定句：My brother wasn’t in the park just now.
一般疑问句：Was your brother in the park just now?
对划线部分提问：Who was in the park just now?
3. goes→went 4. can→could
5. saw→see 6. wasn’t→didn’t
7. not后加do 8. wait→waited
