Hello, everyone!认识我吗?我是“一般过去时”,我有许多烦恼要向你们倾诉。原本我很快乐,可自遇到你们中某些粗心的同学,真叫我有口难言。在此,我想说说我的烦恼,希望能引起同学们的注意,让快乐重新回到我身边。

一、根本不把“我”放在眼里。

有些同学在使用英语时,不管时间状语是什么,总是喜欢使用“一般现在时”,根本不把“我”放在眼里,经常把“我”忘得一干二净,本该使用“我”的场合也把“一般现在时”搬了出来。例如:昨天他不在家。

[误]He is not at home yesterday.

[正]He was not at home yesterday.

去年他们住在上海。

[误]They live in Shanghai last year

[正]They lived in Shanghai last year.

[析]由句中yesterday, last year这两个时间状语可知,这两句该用一般过去时。我现在再次郑重地声明:表示在过去某一时间发生的动作或存在的状态要用一般过去时,即:当句中含有yesterday, yesterday morning/afternoon/evening, last night/year/week/month, a week ago, two days ago, just now等时间状语时,挺身而出的一定是“我”一般过去时。

二、滥用was和were。

只有在含有was或were的句子中,变一般疑问句时,才把was或were提到句首,其它情况下则用did来帮助完成。例如:你喜欢那个展出吗?

[误]Were you enjoy the show?

[正]Did you enjoy the show?

他们步行去动物园的吗?

[误]Were they walk to the zoo?

[正]Did they walk to the zoo?

三、行为动词不还原。

在含有行为动词的一般过去时的肯定句中,行为动词要用过去式。可是在一般疑问句或否定句中,由于句中加了助动词did,句中的行为动词要改为原形。好多粗心的同学总是把这一点给忘了,真令我哭笑不得。例如:

[误]Did you had lunch at school yesterday?

[正]Did you have lunch at school yesterday?

四、错拼行为动词的过去式。

有些同学没有掌握好行为动词过去式的构成规则,在运用时经常出现过去式拼写错误的现象,真让人头痛。例如:

[误]Who carryed the big box?

[正]Who carried the big box?

[析]以“辅音字母+y”结尾的动词变过去式时,要先把y改为i再加ed。

[误]A policeman stoped the car.

[正]A policeman stopped the car.

[析]末尾只有一个辅音字母的重读闭音节词,变过去式时,应先双写这个辅音字母,再加ed。

[误]She writed a letter to her friend yesterday.

[正]She wrote a letter to her friend yesterday.

[析]write的过去式是wrote,属不规则变化,切不可想当然直接在其后加d。