go ---- went begin ---- began sleep ---- slept run ---- ran
I heard the good news just now.
The twins didn’t go to school last week
Did you see the film yesterday ?
(2)一般过去时的用法
① 表示过去某一时间或一段时间发生的动作或存在的状态。
常和表示过去的状语连用:yesterday, last week, a minute ago, in 1998, just now, in those days等。
例如:
They had a baby last month.
My mother was ill yesterday.
My mother was ill yesterday.
He went out just now.
② 用于since引导的从句,主句的谓语动词如果用现在完成时,since引导的从句一般要用一般过去时。
如:
He has worked in the factory since it opened in 1990.
You haven’t changed much since we last met.
注意:
a. 表示过去的时间状语常见的有:yesterday, last night(week, year, month, Sunday), then, at that time, just now, a few days(weeks, months) ago.以及由after, before, when, while引导的的表示过去的时间状语。