1. begin 2. hold

3. is 4.go5. steal 6. are

7. can 8. run9. leave 10. take11. get 12. see

Find out the following words’ simple past forms in Reading A

began held

was wentstole were could ranleft tookgot saw

The simple past tense表示过去某一时间所发生的动作或存在的状态，一般与表示过去的时间连用。Last night I went to the movie with a friend.She was on a journey last month.We didn’t go to school yesterday.一般过去时的句子中谓语动词要用过去式，动词的过去式有以下几种变化形式。1. 一般的动词后面加 – ed. 如： look looked2. 以 -e 结尾的动词后面直接加 -d.3. 以辅音 +y 结尾的动词，变 y 为 i, 再加 -ed.4. 以重读闭音节结尾，末尾只有一个辅音字母的动词，先双写这个辅音字母，再加 -ed.5. 不规则动词的过去式形式不以加 -ed 构成，需要逐个记忆

Adverbial phrases of time

Sentence structure

yesterday ；yesterday morning last night/ week/ yeartwo days ago (three years ago…)in 1990 (in 1998…)

主语 + be (was/were) 主语 + 动词过去式

1 Rebecca was a film. （改否定句）

Rebecca ___ ___ a film but a novel.

2 Lucy did her homework at home. （改否定句）

Lucy ___ ___ her homework at home.

3 They were construction workers ten years ago. （变一般疑问句 )

____ they construction workers ten years ago?

4 He found some meat in the fridge. （变一般疑问句 )

____ he ___ ___ meat in the fridge?

was not

didn’t do

Were

Did find any

主语 +didn’t + 动词原型

Did + 主语 + 动词原型

主语 +was/ were +not

Was/ Were + 主语

Simple Simple presentpresent Simple pastSimple past

肯定句肯定句 I I amam ~. ~.

He He isis ~ . ~ .I I waswas ~. ~.

He He waswas ~ . ~ .

否定句否定句 I I am notam not ~. ~.

He He isn’tisn’t ~ . ~ .He He wasn’twasn’t

~ .~ .

一般疑问一般疑问句句

Are Are you ~?you ~?

IsIs he ~ ? he ~ ?Were Were you ~?you ~?

WasWas he ~ ? he ~ ?

特殊疑问特殊疑问句句

疑问词 疑问词 + + is/ is/ areare ＋主语 ＋主语 ~ ~

??

疑问词疑问词 + + was/ was/ werewere ＋主语 ＋主语

~?~?

时态时态句型句型

Simple presentSimple present Simple pastSimple past

肯定句肯定句 I I gogo ~. ~.

He He goesgoes ~. ~.I I wentwent ~. ~.

He He wentwent ~. ~.

否定句否定句I I don’t godon’t go ~. ~.

He He doesn’t doesn’t gogo ~. ~.

I I didn’t godidn’t go ~.~.

He He didn’t didn’t gogo ~. ~.

疑问句疑问句

Do Do youyou go go ~ ?~ ?

DoesDoes he he gogo ~ ~ ??

Did Did youyou go go ~ ?~ ?

DidDid he he gogo ~ ~ ??

时态时态句型句型

特殊疑特殊疑问句问句

疑问词 疑问词 + + do/ dodo/ doeses ＋主语 ＋主语 ~ ?~ ?

疑问词疑问词 + + diddid ＋主语 ＋主语 ~?~?

She plays computer games.

She goes water skiing.

She played computer games.

Did she play table tennis?

No, she didn’t play table tennis.

She went water skiing.

Did she go skiing?

No, she didn’t go skiing.

What does Judy usually do on the weekend?

Things to remember:We add –ed to most regular verbs.

What did Judy do on last weekend?

a. simple past of regular verbs

1.clean - brush -

2. like - live -

3. study - try -

4. stop - plan -

规则动词的过去式

ed ed clean brush

like lived d

stud tried ied

stop planped ned

a. simple past of irregular verbs

be - break - buy -

can - come - cost -

do - drive - fall -

get - give - go –

catch-

was/were broke bought

could came cost

did drove fell

got gave went

caught

不规则动词的过去式

Police catch pizza gang Yesterday, a robbery took place at the famous restaurant, the Pizza Palace. At two thirty, two men(1)____ (go) into the Pizza Palace. They (2) _______ (carry) guns. Another member of the gang, a woman,(3)_______ (wait) outside in the car. The robbers (4) __________ (not take) any money, but they (5) ____ (take) a lot of pizzas. They ran towards their car, but they (6) ____(fall) into a hole in the road. The woman tried to (7) _____ (drive) away. However, three policemen (8)______ (arrive) in time and (9) _______ (catch) the members of the gang. This is the world’s first pizza robbery.

went carried

waited

tookdid not take

felldrive

caughtarrived

B 表示过去的时间状语yesterday the day before yesterdayyesterday morning/ afternoon/ evening last week (year, night, month, term….)just now, thenin 1998/ 2004 2 hours/ a month/ long long agoonce upon a time

Fill in the blank with the words in the brackets in the correct form.

Last Tuesday Lisa(1)_____(fly) from London to Madrid. She (2)_____(get) up at six o’clock in the morning and (3)____(have) a cup of coffee. At 6:30 she (4)______(leave) home and (5)______(drive) to the airport. When she ______(arrive), she(7)_______(park) the car and then (8)______(go) to the airport café. She (9)____(eat) breakfast there. The she (10)_______(walk) through passport control and (11)_______(wait) for her flight. The plane (12)_________(depart) on time and (13)_______(arrive) in Madrid two hours later. Finally she (14)_____(take) a taxi from the airport to her hotel in the centre of Madrid.

flewgot

hadleft drove

arrived parkedwent

ate walkedwaited

departedarrived

took