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1、SimplePastFORM[VERB+ed]or irregularverbsExamples:·You called Debbie.·Did you call Debbie?·You didnotcall Debbie.CompleteListofSimplePastFormsUSE1CompletedActioninthePastUsetheSimplePasttoexpresstheideathatanactionstartedandfinishedataspecifictimeinthepast.Sometimes,thespeakermaynotactuallyment
2、ionthespecifictime,buttheydohaveonespecifictimeinmind.Examples:·I saw amovieyesterday.·I didn'tsee aplayyesterday.·Lastyear,I traveled toJapan.·Lastyear,I didn'ttravel toKorea.·Did you have dinnerlastnight?·She washed hercar.·He didn'twash hiscar.USE2ASeriesofCompletedActionsWeusetheSimplePast
3、tolistaseriesofcompletedactionsinthepast.Theseactionshappen1st,2nd,3rd,4th,andsoon.Examples:4·I finished work, walked tothebeach,and found aniceplacetoswim.·He arrived fromtheairportat8:00, checked intothehotelat9:00,and met theothersat10:00.·Did you add flour, pour inthemilk,andthen add theeg
4、gs?USE3DurationinPastTheSimplePastcanbeusedwithadurationwhichstartsandstopsinthepast.Adurationisalongeractionoftenindicatedbyexpressionssuchas:fortwoyears,forfiveminutes,allday,allyear,etc.Examples:·I lived inBrazilfortwoyears.·Shauna studied Japaneseforfiveyears.·They sat atthebeachallday.·Th
5、ey didnotstay atthepartytheentiretime.·We talked onthephoneforthirtyminutes.·A:Howlong did you wait forthem?B:We waited foronehour.USE4HabitsinthePastTheSimplePastcanalsobeusedtodescribeahabitwhichstoppedinthepast.Itcanhavethesamemeaningas"usedto."Tomakeitclearthatwearetalkingaboutahabit,weoft
6、enaddexpressionssuchas:always,often,usually,never,whenIwasachild,whenIwasyounger,etc.Examples:·I studied FrenchwhenIwasachild.·He played theviolin.·He didn'tplay thepiano.·Did you play amusicalinstrumentwhenyouwereakid?·She worked atthemovietheaterafterschool.·Theynever went toschool,theyalway
7、s skipped class.4USE5PastFactsorGeneralizationsTheSimplePastcanalsobeusedtodescribepastfactsorgeneralizationswhicharenolongertrue.AsinUSE4above,thisuseoftheSimplePastisquitesimilartotheexpression"usedto."Examples:·She was shyasachild,bu
