1.表示過(guò)去時(shí)間發(fā)生的動(dòng)作或存在的狀態(tài).
例：I talked to her last week.
我上星期和她談了.
My mother was ill yesterday.
昨天我媽媽病了.
2.表示過(guò)去習(xí)慣性的動(dòng)作.
例：He came to the lab twice week.
他每周到實(shí)驗(yàn)室來(lái)兩次.
When Jack was a child,he always asked his parents to tell him stories.
當(dāng)杰克還是孩子的時(shí)候,總是要父母講故事給他聽(tīng).
3.在時(shí)間、條件狀語(yǔ)從句中,常用一般過(guò)去時(shí)代替過(guò)去將來(lái)時(shí).
例：They said they would let us know if they heard any news about him.
他們說(shuō)如果聽(tīng)到任何關(guān)于他的消息,就通知我們.
They told us that would hot leave she came back.
他們告訴我們,直到她回來(lái)他們才會(huì)離開(kāi).
常與一般過(guò)去時(shí)連用的時(shí)間副詞：
yesterday 昨天
last year 去年
at that time 在那時(shí)
yesterday morning 昨天上午
just now 剛才
two days ago 兩天前
a few days ago 幾天前
that day 那天
in 1999 在1999年
in the old days 在過(guò)去的日子里