一般过去时
1. 一般过去时常用来表示过去某个时间发生的动作或存在的状态。在一般过去时态的句子中，要注意其谓语动词要用动词的过去式，尤其是不规则动词的过去式的构成，如see-saw，go-went等；此外，疑问句和否定句要使用助动词did。用在一般过去时态中的时间状语有yesterday，last Tuesday，three weeks ago等，当然，还有由when，before，after等引导的表示过去的时间状语从句。
eg: Mary didn’t stay at home yesterday morning.
I often played games by the river when I was young.
【中考链接】We were in Qingdao last week and _______ a great time.
A. will have B. have had C. had D. have （2008·北京）
【解析】选C。根据句中的时间状语last week可知句子用的是一般过去时态，and连接的前后两个并列句，时态要保持一致。故and后也用一般过去时态。
2. 有时候，在一个句子中，并没有表明明确的时间状语，但根据句子的意思，可以判断出动作是发生在过去的，因此也用一般过去时态。
eg: I knew he liked collecting match boxes. （我当时知道他收集火柴盒）
--- Hi, Nancy. How was your trip to the Great Wall?
--- Hi, Bill. Oh, we had a good time there.
（句子在说他们谈论的过去的事，应用一般过去时态。）
【中考链接】① --- When _______ your mother ________ you that blue dress, Mary?
--- Sorry, I really can’t remember. （2008·武汉）
A. does, buy B. has, bought C. had, bought D. did, buy
② --- I called you just now, but nobody answered. Where _______?
--- I was out with my mother. （2008·安徽）
A. were you B. are you C. have you gone D. have you gone
【解析】① 选D。句子问的是“你妈妈合适为你买的那条蓝色的裙子”，可知买裙子的事情发生在过去，故应用一般过去时态。
② 选A。根据句意，说的是“我刚才给你打电话，但没人接”，紧接着问“你当时在哪儿”，因此用一般过去时态。
过去进行时
1. 过去进行时态用来表示过去某一具体时刻或某一阶段正在进行的动作，其基本构成为was / were +doing。常用在过去进行时态中的时间状语有at this time yesterday，at ten o’clock last night，at that time等以及由when或while引导的时间状语从句。
eg: I was listening to the radiio at half past eight yesterday morning.
What were you doing when I knocked at the door?
【中考链接】--- Were you at home at nine o’clock last night?
--- Yes, I _________ a shower at that time. （2008·吉林）
A. took B. was taking C. was taken D. am taking
【解析】选B。根据句中的时间状语at nine o’clock last night，可知是过去具体的某一时刻，因此答句应用过去进行时态。
2. 表示在过去的某一时间同事发生的两个动作，往往用过去进行时态来表示延续的动作，用一般过去时态来表示短暂的动作。此外，while用来引导时间状语从句时，也可用过去进行时态来表达主句和从句同事发生的动作（动词应为延续性动词）；此时，强调动作同时进行。
eg: Mum was cooking dinner when I returned home.
Danny was writing a while we wrere watching TV.
【中考链接】① The children ______ a P.E. class on the playground when it suddenly began to
rain. （2008 河北）
A. have B. am having C. had D. were having
② I ______my homework while my parents ______ TV last night. ( 2006·南京）
A. did, have watched B. was doing, were watching
C. had done, were watching D. would do, were watching
【解析】① 选D。 When 引导的时间状语从句是过去时，所以主句的动作是发生在过去的时间点里孩子们正在上体育课，所以用过去进行时态。
② 选B。因为时间状语是在昨晚表示过去的时间，而while用来引导时间状语从句时，也可用过去进行时态来表达主句和从句同事发生的动作，所以选D。
3. 过去进行时态还可以用来表示在过去一段时间内持续进行的动作（有时也可以有间歇）。
eg: It was snowing last night.
We were listening to music the whole morning yesterday.
注意，此时用过去进行时态是和一般过去时态有明显的差别的。前者表示过去某一时刻或某一段时间内正在进行的动作（可能没完成），而后者往往表示动作已经完成。
eg: I was reading a storybook last night. （强调昨晚一直在看，可能未看完）。
I read a storybook last night. （只是表达动作昨晚看故事书了，已看完）。
过去将来时
过去将来时态表示从过去某一时间来看要发生的动作或存在的状态，常用的时间状语有the next day, the next year等。
1.构成
和一般将来时态相对应，其构成常用以下两种，“would + 动词原形”和“was / were going to + 动词原形”。此外，还可用was / were to do sth.和限于某些瞬间动词come, go, leave等的过去进行时态来表示过去将来。
2.用法
（1）常用于宾语从句中。eg: He told me he would come here by train the next week.
【中考链接】The Japanese asked when Lucy _________ the USA. （2006·山西）)
A. flying to B. will fly to C. would fly to D. flew for
【解析】选C。主句中的谓语动词为asked, 从当时看将要发生的动作要用过去将来时。故选C。
（2）叙述发生在过去的故事。
eg: It was a sunny morning. A boy ran on the road and he was going to …
（3）表示过去的习惯性动作常用would + do 来表示，相当于uesd to do，意为“过去常常”。
eg: He would often put up his hand in class when he was young.
= He uesd to put up his hand in class when he was young.
过去完成时
过去完成时态常用来表示在“过去的过去”发生或完成的动作，也可用来表示在“过去的过去”发生的动作或状态持续到“过去”，其基本结构为had+done。
1. 表示在过去某一时间或动作之前已经发生或完成了的动作。也就是我们常说的“过去的过去”，与之常连用的时间状语有by last week, by the end of last year等。并且过去完成时常出现在由when, before, after引导的复合句中。
eg: We had finished our homework when class was over.
By the time we got there, he had left.
【中考链接】By the end of last year, we _______ more than 2,000 words.
A. learned B. have learned C. had learned （2008·青海）
【解析】选C。根据句中的时间状语by the end of last year, 说的是“到去年年底为止”，故句子用完成时态。
2. 表示从过去某一时间开始一直持续到过去另一时间的动作或状态，常与for, since等引导的时间状语连用，句中需用延续性动词。
eg: He said he had been a teacher since 2001.
The film had been on 10 minutes when we got to the cinima.
3. 常用在宾语从句中，此时主句为一般过去时。
eg: He told me he had finished writing the novel.
【中考链接】---Why did Miss Wang look so woried when we saw her?
---Because she wondered ______. （2008·南京）
A. where did the other students go
B. when would the policeman come
C. what her students have done during the trip
D. if her students had survived the earthquake.
【解析】选D。此题考查宾语从句。宾语从句要用陈述句语序，所以排除A和B。宾语从句和主句的时态要保持一致，主句是一般过去时，从句应用过去的某种时态，即过去完成时态，所以选D。
备战中考
（ ）1. Our teacher, Mr.Zhang, _____ English on the radio three days ago.
A. teaches B. taught C. will teach D. had taught
（ ）2. --- Were you at home at 10 o’clock last night?
--- Yes.I _____ TV at that time.
A. watched B. was watching C. was watched D. am watching
（ ）3. Parick said he _____ his grandpa next Saturday.
A. will visit B. were going to visit C. would visit D. is going to visit
（ ）4. When the ambulance came, he _____ for three minutes.
A. died B. has died C. had died D. had been dead
（ ）5. Bill _____ to work in his hometown after he graduated from Beijng.
A. goes B. went C. will go D. had gone
（ ）6. --- Did he tell you when he ____- to school?
--- No, he didn’t.
A. returned B. will return C. would return D. has returned
（ ）7. While he _____ his homework, his mother came back.
A. was doing B. is doing C. did D. would do
（ ）8. --- Has he returne the money to you yet?
--- Not yet. But he said he _____ it soon.
A. returned B. has returned C. will return D. would return
（ ）9. --- When ___ you ____this white car?
---Three weeks ago.
A. did, buy B. do, buy C. have, bought D. will, buy
（ ）10. I really wanted to know how many tree you _____.
A. have planted B. had planted C. will plant D. will planted
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