表示过去某个时间里发生的动作或状态。一般过去式的动词通常用动词的过去式形式来表示，而动词的过去式是在动词原形的基础上变化的。动词的过去式可分为规则动词和不规则动词。
【过去式】
⒈过去发生的而已经结束的动作需要用一般过去式来表示
⒉表示过去某个时间里发生的动作或状态。
⒊过去习惯性、经常性的动作、行为；过去主语所具备的能力和性格。
【过去时态】表示行为、动作和状态在各种时间条件下的动词形式。
【过去时态结构】是指过去时态下的动词形式的语法构成。
如：work-worked，listen-listened
一般的就是直接加ed，特殊的有一些变化。
A:What did you do last weekend? 你上周末做了什么？
B:I played football.我踢了足球。
A:Did you read books?你看了书吗？
B:Yes,I did.是的，我看了。
A:What did you do last week?你上个星期做了什么？
B:I studied English.我学习了英语。
A:Did you read books?你看了书吗？
B:Yes,I did.是的，我看了。
表示一般过去式的动词通常用动词的过去式形式来表示。不规则动词的过去式变化规律性不强，须多加记忆。
am，is—was,
are—were（是）,
read—read（读）,
become—became (成为),
go—went（走）,
buy—bought（买）,
sell—sold（卖）,
come—came（来）,
take—took（拿）,
have (has)—had（有）,
begin—began（开始）,
bring—brought（拿来）,
can—could（能）,
catch—caught（捉住）,
cut—cut（砍，割）,
do/does—did（做，干）,
draw—drew（画画,拉）,
drink—drank（喝）,
drive—drove（驾驶）,
eat—ate（吃）,
fall—fell（跌倒，落下）,
feel—felt（感觉）,
fly—flew（飞）,
get—got（获得）,
give—gave（给）,
grow—grew（生长）,
keep—kept（保持）,
know—knew（知道，认识）,
learn—learnt（学习）,
leave—left（离开）,
let—let（让）,
lie—lay（躺，平放）,
make—made（使得，做）,
may—might（可以）,
must—must（必须）,
ride—rode（骑）,
ring—rang（鸣铃）,
run—ran（跑）,
say—said（ 说）,
see—saw（看见）,
sell—sold（卖）,
send—sent（送）,
set—set（放）,
sing—sang（唱歌）,
sit—sat（坐）,
sleep—slept（睡觉）,
speak—spoke（说话）,
spend—spent（花费）,
stand—stood（站立）,
swim—swam（游泳）,
teach—taught（教）,
tell—told（告诉）,
think—thought（认为）,
throw—threw（投掷）,
understand—understood（懂得）,
wear—wore（穿）,
will—would（将要）,
win—won（获胜）,
bend—bent（弯曲）,
blow—blew（吹）
而不规则动词的过去式的发音则略有不同，但是有些还是按照一定规律变化的。如以上的：make—made，get—got ，buy—bought ，come—came ，fly—flew ，bring—brought，teach—taught，think—thought，say—said，sit—sat，read—ead，spend—spent，give—gave，tell—told，write—wrote，feel—felt，find—found，hear—heard，know—knew，put—put，grow—grew，take—took，catch—caught，become—became，swim—swam，sweep—swept，sing—sang，draw—drew。
仔细看一看，能发现它们的一些变化规律，也就是说不需要死记硬背这些过去式，知道了原型和变化规律，就可以写出来了。有的变化部分读音也是有规律的。分类记忆是对学习过去式很有帮助的！
挺身而出：
一般过去时的用法
一.概念：一般过去时是表示在过去的时间里发生的动作或状态，通常与表示过去的时间状语连用。
二．时间状语：yesterday,the day before yesterday,two days ago,long long ago,a minute ago,last year(week,month),just now,at that time,in those days.
三．过去时的用法：
1．有确定的过去时间状语时要用过去式。
例：We had a good time last week.
2．表示过去连续发生的动作时，要用过去式。
例：The boy closed the door,turned off the window,and then went to bed.
⒊ 表示过去一段时间内经常或反复的动作，要用过去式。
例：She often came to help me at that time.
四.一般过去式的构成形式：☆Be动词的过去式：⑴肯定句：主语+ be动词的过去式（was,were）
例：He was ill yesterday. She was nine two years ago.They were my students long long ago.
⑵否定句：主语+ be动词的过去式（was,were）+ not
例：He was not ill yesterday.She was not nine two years ago.They were not my students long long ago.
⑶一般疑问句：直接把be动词提到句首。
例：Was he ill yesterday?
肯定回答：Yes,he was.
否定回答：No,he wasn't.Was she nine two years ago? Yes,she was. / No,she wasn't.Were they your students long long ago? Yes,they were. / No,they weren't.
☆实意动词的过去式：⑴肯定句：主语+动词的过去式
例：He played football last week.She watched TV last night.
⑵否定句：主语+ did not +动词原形
例：He did not play football last week.She didn’t watch TV last night.
⑶一般疑问句：Did +主语+动词原形 例：Did he play football last week?
回答：Yes,he did./ No,he didn't.
Did she watch TV last night?
回答：Yes,she did. / No,she didn’t.
五．动词变过去式的几种常用规则：1．一般词动直接+ ed;
例：look--looked want--wanted listen --listened
2．以e结尾的词直接+ d;例：live--lived phone--phoned
3．以辅音字母加y结尾，变y为i加ed；例：try--tried study--studied
4．重读闭音节结尾的，词尾只有一个辅音字母，双写词尾辅音字母+ ed；例：stop--stopped plan--planned
⒌不规则动词： 动词由原形转变为过去式时不按词尾加“-ed”之变化规则者叫做不规则动词。小学常见的动词不规则过去式如：是be/is/am- was，是are- were，来come-came，去go- went，有have- had，做/干do- did，做make- made 读read- read，放put- put，切割cut- cut，写write- wrote，带走take- took，买buy- bought，带来bring- brought，想think- thought，看见see- saw，说say- said，说话speak- spoke，打破break- broke，得到get- got，跑run- ran，告诉tell- told，唱sing- sang，喝drink- drank，吃eat- ate，游泳swim- swam，开始begin- began，偷steal- stole，遇见meet- met，卖sell- sold，坐sit- sat，跑run-ran,读read-read，想要want-want，知道know-known，fall-fell等等。
I worked in that factory last year. 我在那一家工厂工作。I went to the Tian Long Mountain yesterday. 昨天我们去了天龙山。I stayed at home,yesterday.昨天，我整日呆在家里.
一般过去时态：表示过去某一时间所发生的动作或存在的状态。谓语动词要用一般过去式。
时间标志：yesterday（昨天），last weekend（上周），last month（上个月），last year，two months ago（两个月前），the day before yesterday（前天），in 1990 （在1990年），in those days （在那些日子里）等表示过去的时间状语。
从来不孤单^_^
I was born in 1990. （我出生在1990年。）
When did you go to the park? （你是什么时候去的公园？）
I went to the park last weekend. （我是上周去的公园。）
在上面的句子中第一句属于be动词的一般过去时态；
第二句和第三句属于实义动词go的一般过去时态。
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钢铁是这样炼成的：
肯定句：主语+was (were) +表语
如：I was late yesterday. （昨天我迟到了。）
否定句：主语+was (were) +not+表语
如：We weren't late yesterday. （我们昨天没迟到。）
疑问句：Was (Were) +主语+表语
如：Was you sick yesterday? （你昨天病了吗？）
肯定回答：Yes,I was. （是的，我病了。）
否定回答：No,I wasn't. （不，我没病。）
特殊疑问句：特殊疑问词+was (were) +主语+表语
如：When were you born? 你是什么时候出生的？
awake-awoke-awoken
狮吼王炮弹：
规则动词词尾加-ed有三种读音：
1. 在清辅音后读作[t]。如：asked,helped,watched,stopped。
2. 在浊辅音和元音后读作[d]。如：enjoyed,studied,moved,called。
3.在t / d后读作[id]。如：wanted,needed 清音t元浊d td后面读（一的）。
不规则动词的过去式大体上归纳有以下六条记忆法：
1. 以t结尾的词，过去式与原形相同。如：put—put,let—let,cut—cut,beat—beat。
2. 以d结尾的词，把d变成t。如：build—built,lend—lent,send—sent,spend—spent。
3. 以n结尾的词，在词后加t。如：mean—meant,burn—burnt,learn—learnt。
4.以ow 、aw结尾的词，把ow / aw变成ew。如：blow—blew,draw—drew,know—knew,grow—grew。
5.含有双写字母的词，将双写改为单写，在词尾加t。如：keep—kept,sleep—slept,feel—felt,smell—smelt。
6.含有元音字母o / i的词，将o / i变成a。如：sing—sang,give—gave,sit—sat,drink—drank。
但也有例外，如get的过去式是got，与第一条不符，仅仅是大多数动词符合。
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单词列表： 原形过去式过去分词is/am/are was/were been begin began begun breakbrokebrokenbuy bought bought catch caught caught come came come cut cut cut do did done draw drew drawn drink drank drunk drive drove driven eat ate eaten fallfellfallenfeel felt felt fight fought fought find found found fly flew flown get got got give gave given go went gone grow grew grown have had had hearheardheardhithithithurt hurt hurt know knew known leave left left lose lost lost make made made meet met met put put put read read read ride rode ridden ring rang rung rise rose risen run ran run say said said see saw seen sell sold sold send sent sent set set set shut shut shut sing sang sung sit sat sat sleep slept slept speak spoke spoken spend spent spent stand stood stood swim swam swum sweep swept swept take took taken teach taught taught tell told told think thought thought throw threw thrown understand understood understood wear wore worn write wrote written
