一般過去時的用法：
①一般過去時的基本用法
a)表示過去某個特定時間發(fā)生的動作或存在的狀態(tài)。
　　He suddenly fell ill yesterday.
　　昨天他突然生病了。
　　The engine stopped because the fuel was used up.
　　發(fā)動機因燃料用光而停機了。
b)表示過去經(jīng)常發(fā)生的動作或存在的狀態(tài)。
　　I wrote home once a week at college.
　　我上大學(xué)時每周給家里寫一封信。
　　He was already in the habit of reading widely in his boyhood.
　　他童年時就養(yǎng)成了廣泛閱讀的習(xí)慣。
注：表示過去的習(xí)慣性動作，除了用過去時外，還可以用used to或would來表示。
　　She used to study late into the night when she was in Senior Three.
　　她上高三時經(jīng)常學(xué)習(xí)到深夜。
　　He would sit for hours doing nothing.
　　過去他常常一坐幾個鐘頭什么事也不做。
c)表示過去連續(xù)發(fā)生的一系列動作。
　　She entered the room, picked up a magazine and looked through it carefully.
　　她走進房間，拿起一本雜志，認真地翻閱了起來。
　　The students go up early in the morning, did morning exercises and then read English aloud in the open air.
　　學(xué)生們很早起床，做早操，然后在室外朗讀英語。
d)在時間、條件狀語從句中表示過去將要發(fā)生的動作。
　　We would not leave until the teacher came back.
　　老師回來我們才會離開。
　　She told me she would not go if it rained the next day.
　　她告訴我如果第二天下雨的話，她就不去了。