测一测
could you please let me take a look at your latest pictures? 请问在这个句子中，could是一般过去时的用法吗？
A. 是的
B. 不是
知识点解析
随着科技的发展，诸多电子产品哗的一下就“过时”了，也即成为人们生活的一般过去时。
小编发现，这唯一不变的还是“一般过去时”这几个字⊙﹏⊙
说起一般过去时，它可是英语动词的语法之一呢，今天我们就来瞧瞧吧！ (o゜▽゜)o☆
一、定义：表示过去某个时间或某一段时间内发生的动作或状态；也可表示过去经常或反复发生的动作；
He was at school last Tuesday．
二、 构成：一般过去时是用动词的过去式(did)来表示；
I was in the classroom yesterday morning．
I did not sleep well last night.
三、时间标志词；
1). yesterday系列: yesterday, yesterday morning, yesterday afternoon, the day before yesterday(前天);
I got up at 7:00 yesterday.
Were you at home the day before yesterday?
2). 时间段 ago: two months ago, three years ago, two days ago;
They were over there a moment ago．
My parents were not at home three days ago．
3). last 时间名词: last night / year / week / night;
I visited the Palace Museum last year.
I went to the park last week.
4). in系列: in 1999, in the past等;
I was born in 1990.
He always went to work by bus in the past.
5). 特殊：just now 等; e.g:
I visited my grandparents just now.
四、基本用法。
1).一般过去时表示过去某个时间或一段时间内发生的动作或状态，常和表示过去的时间状语连用；
They were in China last week.
I went to school on foot the day before yesterday.
2).表示过去经常或反复发生的动作, 常和often, always, once a week等表示频度的时间状语连用；
She went to the cinema once a month when she was at school.
When I was in the countryside, I often walked by the riverside.
3).在特定的过去时间内几个相继发生的动作；
After four o'clock, she left work, walked out of the office and went home.
He opened a letter, read it and passed it on to the copy editor in the morning.
4).有些情态动词的过去式是一种委婉、客气、礼貌的表达，不要误认为是一般过去时。
Could I use your phone, please?
Would you open the door for me, please?
好啦～有关一般过去时的分享就到这里，下面就是各位少侠的答题时间啦，快来做做练习吧(*´∀`)~♥
小练习
I ______ late yesterday.
A. was
B. will be
C. am
I ______ him when I was young.
A. will know
B. known
C. knew
They ______ very happy at their son's birthday party.
A. are
B. will be
C. were
考试真题
来看看考试的真题吧~
Then, after two and a half years, the mother drove the young panda away.(2016，高考)
Is Peter coming?
-No, he changed his mind after a phone call at the last minute.(2015，高考)
Haven't seen you for ages! Where have you been?
-I went to Ningxia and stayed for one year, teaching as a volunteer.(2014，高考)
