一般過去時主要用于：


　　1 、表示過去某個時間發生的動作或情況（包括習慣性的動作或狀態）


　　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。