過去簡單式Simple Past 一、過去簡單式的使用時機
1. 英文用過去簡單式用來表達發生在過去的事件。
I went home late last night.
He had a great time at his birthday party.
2. 過去簡單式也用來表達在過去重複進行的活動、習慣。
We lived in America for five years when I was a child.
My grandmother went to church every Sunday morning.
二、常與過去簡單式連用的時間副詞：
this morning, tonight, yesterday, last night, this Monday, last weekend, this January, last April, the daybefore yesterday, three days ago, five years ago, in 2005…等。
三、動詞過去式的變化規則 1. 規則動詞的過去式：
A: 動詞字尾加ed:work-worked, help-helped, call-called, B: 動詞字尾e時，加d即可:live-lived, die-died, dance- danced
C: 動詞字尾為子音加y時，去y加ied:
study-studied, cry-cried, worry-worried, copy-copied.
D: 單音節的動詞短母音加子音時，重複字尾再加ed:
shop-shopped, plan-planned, tap-tapped, hop-hopped 四、過去簡單式的句型
（一） 過去簡單式一般動詞的句型為
＊肯定句: I ate a big dinner last night.
＊否定句: 用did幫助動詞否定。否定句在助動詞後面加not, 助動 詞後動詞要回復原型。
They didn’t do their homework.
He didn’t sing at the KTV last weekend.
＊Yes/No 問句 : 助動詞did放在主詞前面，動詞改為原型。
Did you sleep well last night?
Did Tom have a good time?
＊WH問句:
What time did you get up this morning?
Where did Linda go last weekend?
Who did you go shopping with?
＊what 跟who 可以當主詞，當主詞時則不須助動詞，動詞用過去 式。
Who took my umbrella?
What happened last night?
五 規則動詞的過去式發音的變化如下：
1.動詞字尾是無聲子音時，加ed後讀/ t /。無聲子音指的是除了/ t
/ 之 外的/ k /, / f /, / s /, / ʃ/, / tʃ/, /θ / 等。cook-cooked, laugh- laughed, kiss-kissed, wash-washed, watch-watched
2.動詞字尾是有聲子音或母音時，加ed後讀/d/。有聲子音指的是
除了/ d /之外的/ b /, / g /, / r /, / l /, / m /, / n /, / v / 等。
call-called, rain-rained, love-loved, play-played, try-tried
3.動詞字尾的發音是/ t /, / d /的發音時，加ed後讀/ɪd /。
want-wanted, need-needed, visit-visited, wait-waited
