一般過去時(shí)：

    功能：

    （1 ）表示過去某個(gè)特定時(shí)間或某一段時(shí)間發(fā)生的動(dòng)作或情況。？。 We visited
the school last spring. ？。 I went to school by bike when I was in middle
school. ？。 China was founded in 1949.

    （2 ）在表示時(shí)間或條件等的狀語(yǔ)從句中代替過去將來時(shí)。？。 She told
me that she would not go with us if it rained the next day. ？。 They
would not leave until she came back.？。 My friend promised to marry me
once she made her final decision.

    一般過去時(shí)，現(xiàn)在時(shí)和過去時(shí)的幾組差異：（別以為這很簡(jiǎn)單，下面的差異
你不一定明白。）

    ？。 Her brother was a chemist. （已去世）？。 Her brother is a chemist.
（尚健在）

    ？。 That's all I had to say. （話已說完）？。 That's all I have to
say.（言之未盡）

    ？。 It was so nice to see you. （離別時(shí)用）？。 It is so nice to
see you.（見面時(shí)用）

    ？。 Jane did a lot of work this morning. （已是當(dāng)天下午或晚上）？。

    Jane has done a lot of work this morning. （仍是上午）［本句現(xiàn)在完
成時(shí)，此乃后話！］

    測(cè)試精編I ：（用所給動(dòng)詞的正確進(jìn)態(tài)填空）。

    1. Yesterday I ________ （think ） that you were not in Beijing.

    2. Alice usually ________ （sit ） in the front of the classroom，
but she ________（sit ） at the back this morning.

    3. He ________（tell） the news to us three days ago.

    4. He________ （begin ） to teach Chinese in 1990. 5. she would not
telephone me if she ________（have） no time.

    測(cè)試精編II

    1. They ________ the trip until the rain stopped. A. continued B.
didn't continue C. hadn't continued D. would continue

    2. The local peasants gave the soldiers clothes and food without which
they ________ of hunger and cold. （without 在這里表?xiàng)l件，你知道嗎？）

    A. would die B. will die C. would be dead D. would have died

    3. It was not until then that I came to know that the earth ________
around the sun. A. moved B. has moved C. will move D. moves

    4. When all those present ________ he began his lecture.（重點(diǎn)題）

    A. sit B. set C. seated D. were seated

    5. If I had had time， I would have written to you. But in fact I
________ not. A. have B. would have C. had D. had had

    （后設(shè)答案，大家不要偷看哦~ （*^__^*）嘻嘻……）

    KEYS

    1. thought 2. sits， sat 3. told 4. began 5. had 1. B 2. A 3. D 4.
D 5. C