文档介绍：Grammar:Tenses 一般过去时与过去进行时
一般过去时 Past Simple
构成:was, were (be动词);did
时间状语:yesterday; last week; in 1945, at that time; just now; during the war; before; a few days ago; when…等
基本用法:
1)表示过去某个时间发生的动作或情况,或过去习惯性动作,不强调对现在的影响。通常与表示具体的过去时间的状语连用,或有上下文语境暗示。
He often came to see me while I was in Shanghai.
The window was broken by the naughty boy last week.
Sales of CDS have greatly increased since the early 1990s, when people ______ to enjoy the advantages of this new technology.
A. begin B. began C. have begun D. had begun
我十年前开始学英语,但现在还是说得不够好。
I __________ to learn English ___________________, but I still _______ speak it well enough now.
2)在时间、条件、方式或让步状语从句中,用一般过去时代替过去将来时。
He promised to buy me puter if he got a raise.
Ex. She told me that she ________ leave until I _____ back.
A. will not; came B. will not; come
C. would not; came D. would not; come
3) 两个或两个以上在过去接连发生的一串动作用and或but 连接时,用一般过去
He bought a watch but lost it.
Suddenly, a tall man driving a golden carriage _______ the girl and took her away, ____ in the woods.
A. seizing, disappeared B. seized, disappeared
C. seizing, disappearing D. seized, disappearing
4)有时可以代替一般现在时,表达一种婉转、客气、礼貌、商量的语气。
I wanted to ask you if I could borrow your bike?
Would you mind my sitting here?
注意:一般过去时中动词过去时的形式。
begin forget reply hear build
cost choose read destroy feel
teach break develop leave speak
spend write