一般过去时
主要用来表示在特定过去时间中一次完成的动作或一度存在的状态，也可表示过去的习惯动作。它与现在时间不发生关系，它表示的动作或状态都已成为过去，现已不复存在。它经常与表示过去的时间连用。如：I went to a park yesterday. I read a book last night. I watched TVyesterday evening.I went on a big trip last weekend. I failed my Chinese test.
☆注意☆ 一般过去时主要体现在动词的形式要用过去式，动词的过去式的构成规则有：
Ａ、规则动词① 一般直接在动词的后面加ed ；如 worked , learned , cleaned , visited② 以e结尾的动词直接加d ；如 lived, danced , used
③ 以辅音字母加y结尾的动词要改y为i再加ed （此类动词较少）如 study –studied carry – carried worry – worried （play、stay除外）④ 双写最后一个字母（此类动词较少）如 stopped
Ｂ、不规则动词（此类词并无规则，须熟记）小学阶段要记住以下动词的原形和过去式：
sing – sang , eat – ate , see – saw , have – had , do – did ,
go – went , take– took , get – got , read – read , am/is – was , are – were , say – said , tell – told , come – came , drink – drank
