一般過去時主要用于:
1 、表示過去某個時間發(fā)生的動作或情況(包括習慣性的動作或狀態(tài))
e.g. When did you read the novel?
She often came to help us in those days.
2 、談到過去的情況時
e.g. I didn`t know you were so busy.
3 、談到已死人的情況時
e.g. Lei Feng was a great communist fighter.
與這個時態(tài)連用的時間狀語常有:
yesterday, last night, the other day, two months ago, in 1985, then, just now,
when, after, as soon as 引導的時間狀語從句,表示主句動作開始的時間。