1. 过去的动作或状态
I went to see a film yesterday.
我昨天去看电影了。
We had to get the result before 6 p.m.
我们必须在下午6点前得到结果。
He rushed to the office in two minutes.
他两分钟内赶到了办公室。
Mary got the result of the exam last week.
玛丽上周知道了考试结果。
2. 谓语动词加ed
He finished the homework last week.
他上周完成了作业。
I played basketball with Tom.
我和汤姆一起打篮球了。
She handed in her paper yesterday.
她昨天交了论文。
We moved to a new place.
我们搬到一个新地方了。
3. 不规则的变化形式
动词的过去式变化,还有一些不规则的变化形式。
(1) 以辅音字母+y结尾的动词,把-y变为-i再加-ed。例如:
study - studied, copy - copied, cry - cried, justify - justified
(2) 以一个辅音字母结尾的重读闭音节动词,双写词尾辅音字母,再加-ed。例如:
stop - stopped, beg - begged, plan - planned, dot - dotted
(3) 注意不规则动词的过去式变化比较特殊,须记忆。
go - went, make - made, get - got, come - came, is/am - was, are - were, see - saw, bring - brought, teach - taught, think - thought, buy - bought, catch - caught, fly-flew, do - did, say - said, sit - sat, spend - spent, eat - ate, give - gave, write - wrote, read - read, put - put, fell - felt, find - found, hear - heard, know - knew, grow-grew。
He studied in this college for three years.
他在这所大学学习了三年。
She stopped the car quickly.
她快速地把车停住了。
We made an important decision.
我们做出了一个重要的决定。
I said to her that I was wrong.
我对她说是我错了。
4. 一般过去时的时间状语
I got the news last night.
我昨晚得到了这个消息。
She waited for the bus for half an hour yesterday morning.
她昨天早上等公交车等了半个小时。
He was in that school ten years ago.
他十年前在那个学校。
We moved here last week.
我们上周搬到这儿的
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