QX7.1.1.2.1.1一般过去式
Read the sentences from the reading passage and summarise the grammar rules.
(a) The book was full of magic.
(b) The family never had enough food.
(c) To my surprise, the family were happy together.
一般过去时
如果想要表达与出生相关的信息，应该怎么说呢？请看下面的例句：
I was born in a small village in Shanxi Province. 我出生在山西省的一个小村庄。
They were born in the same year. 他们是同一年出生的。
如果问某人是否在某年出生，是否在某地出生，可以说：
Were you born in 2008? 你是2008年出生的吗？
Were you born in Beijing? 你是在北京出生的吗？
其实不仅表示出生要用一般过去时，只要是表达过去的状态、特征、行为等，就需要用一般过去时。例如：
My primary school teacher was very strict. 我的小学老师很严格。
He was a doctor from 1797 to 1801. 他在1797年至1801年期间是一名医生。
很多一般过去时的句子中包含了表示过去的时间状语，如上面出现的from 1797 to 1801。
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通过学习，我们掌握了be的过去式，那么一般动词的过去式是如何构成的呢？请同学们观察下面两个例句：
He often goes to school by bike, but today he walked to school. 他经常骑自行车去学校，但是今天他是走路去的学校。
I live in Beijing now, but I lived in Shanghai three years ago. 我现在住在北京，但是三年前我住在上海。
从上面的两个例句中我们不难看出，walked, lived所表达的都是过去的事情。也就是说，当我们谈论过去的动作或状态时，常常使用一般过去时，句中的谓语要用
动词的过去式。
从上面的两个例句中，我们看到walk→walked, live→lived，那么我们可以推论，动词过去式的构成大致是在动词后加 -ed / -d。这类变化被称为动词的规则变
化。更详细的变化方式请见下表：
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