语法
Simple Past Tense 一般过去时态
The Simple Past Tense is used for a past action. We know when the action happened. Therefore, words and phrases like‘a few seconds ago’,‘just now’,‘this morning’, ‘yesterday’,‘last month’,‘last year’,‘last Christmas’, etc. are often used in sentences written in the simple past tense.
一般过去时态用于表示一个过去的动作。因此，‘a few seconds ago’(几秒钟之前), ‘just now’(刚才), ‘this morning’(今天早上), yesterday’(昨天), ‘last month’(上个月), ‘last year’(去年), ‘last Christmas’(上一个圣诞节)等字与词组常常用在一般过去时态的句子里。
Examples:
例子:
I saw Robin last week.
上个星期，我看见罗宾。
We toured Europe last year.
去年我们到欧洲去旅游。
Liling drove to her friend’s house last evening.
昨天傍晚，丽玲开车到她朋友的家。
My colleagues and I went hiking last Saturday.
上个星期六，我和同事去徒步旅行。
Grandmother took her medicine about an hour ago.
祖母大约一个小时前吃药。
Fengjiao swept the floor this morning.
凤娇今天早上扫地。
The airplane landed at the airport at 10 a.m. yesterday.
那架飞机昨天早上十点降落机场。
They completed their project a week ago.
他们一个星期前完成了他们的计划。
The police arrested the robbers last Wednesday.
警方上个星期三逮捕了那些强盗。
A few days ago, Mingfa spoke to the dean of the university.
几天前，明发跟那所大学的学监谈话。
Exercises 习题
A. Give the simple past tense of the following verbs.
试写出下列动词的一般过去式。
1. carry – ____________
2. beg – ____________
3. build – ____________
4. study – ____________
5. learn – ____________
6. burst – ____________
7. wait – ____________
8. choose – ____________
9. read – ____________
10. forget – ____________
11. apologize – ____________
12. reply – ____________
13. forgive– ____________
14. lose – ____________
15. laugh – ____________
16. sell – ____________
17. shake – ____________
18. kneel – ____________
19. bleed – ____________
20. spill – ____________
B. Fill in the blanks with the simple past tense of the verbs given in brackets.
用括号里动词的一般过去式来填充空格。
1. Tommy ____________ (show) me his photo albums a while ago. 2. I ____________ (wear) this jacket when I ____________ (go) shopping yesterday. 3. Jolene ____________ (spend) some time reading yesterday afternoon. 4. You ____________ (leave) you umbrella at school last week. 5. I ____________ (think) of visiting you last month but ____________ (have) no transport. 6. The children ____________ (fly) kites last week. 7. Firemen ____________ (arrive) and ____________ (put) out the fire shortly. 8. My pet cat ____________ (catch) a mouse last month. 9. My dad’s car ____________ (break) down yesterday morning. So, I ____________ (take) a cab to school. 10. Wendy ____________ (hurt) her knee while playing netball three days ago.Answers 答案
A.
1. carried
2. begged
3. built
4. studied
5. learned
6. burst
7. waited
8. chose
9. read
10. forgot
11. apologized
12. replied
13. forgave
14. lost
15. laughed
16. sold
17. shook
18. knelt
19. bled
20. spilled
B.
1. showed
2. wore, went
3. spent
4. left
5. thought, had
6. flew
7. arrived, put
8. caught
9. broke, took
10. hurt