一般過去時：表示過去發生的動作或事件， 常和表示過去的時間狀語連用，如yesterday, last night, the day before yesterday, 3 days ago.

　　含有be動詞的句子， 將動詞變為過去式，am, is的過去式為was,are的過去式為were

　　I was at the butcher’s.

　　You were a student a year ago.

　　The teacher was very beautiful ten years ago.

　　變疑問句將be動詞移動到句首

　　Were you at the butcher’s?

　　Were you a student a year ago?

　　Was the teacher very beautiful ten years ago?

　　變否定句在be動詞后面加not

　　I was not at the butcher’s.

　　You were not a student a year ago.

　　The teacher was not very beautiful ten years ago.

　　肯定回答否定回答

　　Yes, I was. No, I was not.

　　Yes, you were. No, you were not.

　　Yes, he/she was. No, he/she was not.

　　特殊疑問句：

　　What did you do?

　　(必背)

　　1.不含有be動詞的句子，將動詞變為過去式，動詞過去式構成

　　I finished my homework yesterday.

　　The boy went to a restaurant.

　　The Sawyers lived at King Streeta year ago.