1、一般过去式
常见时间状语标志:yesterday(昨天)、the day before yesterday(前天)、last night(昨天晚上)/ week(周)/ month(月)、时间词+ ago(如three days ago), in/ on+过去的时间词(如in 2010)、 just now、at that time、in those days、one day、 long long time ago、once upon a time等。
例如:Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike.
两年前,她买了一辆昂贵的山地自行车。
Last year, however, nearly twenty billion tons of rice was produced.
然而,去年的稻谷产量接近200亿吨。
2、过去进行时
常见时间状语标志:(just) then, at that time, yesterday afternoon, the whole morning, all day yesterday, from 9 to 10 last evening/ night, those days等。
例如:May I ask what you were doing in my restaurant yesterday?
请问你昨天到我的餐馆里来干什么?
3、过去完成时
常见时间状语标志:before, by the end of last term/ week/ month/ year等。
例如:Most of the guests had left when he arrived at the party.
当他到达晚会现场时,大多数客人已经离开了。
一般过去式的用法:
(1)一般过去时表示在过去某个特定时间发生,也可以表示过去习惯性、经常性的动作。一般不强调动作的影响,只说明事情。
句式:主语+动词过去式+宾语+其它
I had a word with Julia this morning.今天早晨,我跟朱莉娅说了几句话。
He smoked many cigarettes a day until he gave up.他没有戒烟的那阵子,抽烟抽得可凶了。
(2)一般过去时常与表示过去的时间状语或从句连用,如:yesterday,last week,in the past,in 1993,at that time,once,during the war,before,a few days ago,when等等.
注意在谈到已死去的人的情况时,多用过去时。
He was dead in 1990.
(3)表示过去连续发生的动作时,要用过去时。这种情况下,往往没有表示过去的时间状语,而通过上下文来表示。
The boy opened his eyes for a moment,looked at the captain,and then died.
那男孩把眼睛张开了一会儿,看看船长,然后就去世了。
(4)表示在此之前一段时间内经常或反复的动作。常与always,never等连用。
Mrs. Peter always carried an umbrella.
彼得太太过去老是带着一把伞。