一般过去时经典例题
一、初中英语一般过去时
1.Jake _____his key in the office so he had to wait until his wife _______ home.
A. has forgotten … comes
B. forgot… come
C. had left… came
D. had left…would come
【答案】 C
【解析】【分析】句意:杰克把他的钥匙丢在办公室了,因此他不得不等到他的妻子回家。结合语境可知前文描述的是过去某时前已经完成的动作,故用过去完成时态。下文指的是过去某时的动作,故用一般过去时态。选C。
【点评】英语中的时态主要是借助于时间状语与上下文语境来进行判断。解答此类题型,首先要注意句子中的时间状语,如果没有则要通过分析上下文,结合语境来判断句子的时态。
2.—Linda hasn't come to the party yet.
—But she . I think I have to call her again.
A. promises
B. promised
C. will promise
【答案】 B
【解析】【分析】句意:——琳达还没来参加聚会。——但她答应了。我想我得再给她打个电话。根据 I think I have to call her again. 我得再给她打个电话。可知她答应了,应用一般过去时,故选B。
【点评】考查动词一般过去时的用法。
3.—My car ________ yesterday. Could you please give me a ride tomorrow?
—I'm sorry I can't, I'm ________ Dalian tomorrow morning.
A. breaks down; flying at
B. has broken down; flying at
C. broke down; flying to
D. had broken down; flying to
【答案】 C
【解析】【分析】句意:——我的车坏了,你明天能搭我一程吗?——对不起我不能,我明天早上要坐飞机去大连。break down,出毛病,出故障,根据yesterday,可知用一般过去时,break的过去式是broke,根据tomorrow morning,可知用一般将来时,一些表示移动的动词可以用be+doing,表将来时,故选C。
【点评】考查动词的时态。注意根据时间状语确定动词时态。
4.The car suddenly _________ on the road and went out of control. Finally, it was seen _________ into the wall of the building.
A. was broken down; crash
B. broke down; crash
C. was broken down; to crash
D. broke down; to crash
【答案】 D
【解析】【分析】句意:汽车在路上突然加速,失去了控制。最后,人们看到它撞到了建筑物的墙壁上。break down和主语car是主动关系,故排除A和C,be seen to do,固定搭配,被看到做某事,故用不定式,故选D。
【点评】考查语态和固定搭配,注意be seen to do的用法。
5.— Are you a basketball player in your school ?
— Yes. I ______________ the team 3 years ago. I ______________ in it for 3 years.
A. joined; was
B. was joined; am
C. have joined; have been
D. joined; have been 【答案】 D
【解析】【分析】句意:——你是你们学校的篮球运动员吗?——是的,三年前我加入了这个团队,我在里面呆了3年。3 years ago是一般过去时的标志,join和主语 I 之间是主动关系,且for 3 years是时间段,是现在完成时标志,故用持续性动词,have been in表示持续,故选D。
【点评】考查时态,注意现在完成时的持续性动词的用法。
6.I was walking in the street when someone _______ me.
A. called
B. was calling
C. calls
D. call
【答案】 A
【解析】【分析】句意:我正在街上走这时有人叫我。状语从句中前后时态要保持一致,根据主句中的was walking可知此处用过去的时态,排除CD;此处call表示短暂性动作,所以不用进行时态,故答案为A。
【点评】考查动词的时态,注意时态的前后一致。
7.-Have you ever been to Xiamen?
-Yes. I _ there in 2013.
A. go
B. went
C. have gone
【答案】 B
【解析】【分析】句意:一你去过厦门吗?一是的,我2013年去的。当句子里有表示过去的时间状语时,句子通常就是强调在这个过去时间里发生的动作,句子要用一般过去时态。本句强调在2013年去那儿,用一般过去时,故选B。
8.Mrs Black some flowers in the garden yesterday.
A. picks
B. picked
C. is picked
【答案】B
【解析】【分析】句意:布莱克夫人昨天在花园里摘了一些花。时间状语是昨天,应该用一般过去时,故选B。
【点评】考查动词过去时。表达过去发生的动作用一般过去时。
9.—Are you a basketball player in you school?
—Yes, I ______the team 3 years ago. I ______in it for 3 years.
A. joined, was
B. was joined, am
C. have joined, have been
D. joined, have been
【答案】D
【解析】【分析】句意:——你是你们学校的篮球运动员吗?——是的,我在3年前加入了篮球队。我已经参加它3年了。第一空,根据时间状语3 years ago,三年前,可知此处用一般过去时,故为joined。第二空,根据for 3 years,可知此处用延续性动词的现在完成时,结构为have done,主语是I,故用have been。故选D。
【点评】考查一般过去时和现在完成时。注意根据时间状语确定动词的时态。
10.Simon looks worried because he a writing competition and now he's waiting for the result.
A. enters
B. entered
C. will enter
D. is entering
【答案】 B
【解析】【分析】句意:西蒙看起来很担心,因为他参加了写作竞赛,现在正在等待结果。根据后半句可知参加竞赛是过去的事情,故用一般过去时,因此先B。
【点评】考查动词的时态。
11.David is a tennis player. He to play tennis when he was six years old.
A. begins
B. will begin
C. began
D. has begun
【答案】C
【解析】【分析】句意:戴维是一个网球运动员,当他六岁的时候他开始打网球。根据句中的时间状语从句when he was six years old可知,该动作是在过去做的,应选择一般过去时态,动词用过去式,故选 C。
【点评】考查一般过去时态。
12.John and I ________ to visit his grandparents last Sunday afternoon.
A. go
B. went
C. will go
D. have gone
【答案】 B
【解析】【分析】考查动词时态。根据last Sunday知道用一般过去时,故选B。
13.He to play sports, but now he is interested in soccer and volleyball.
A. doesn't use
B. wasn't used
C. didn't use
D. didn't used
【答案】 C
【解析】【分析】句意:他______做运动,但是现在他对足球和排球很感兴趣。根据句意和选项可知此题考查一般过去时态的否定句式didn't+动词原形,故选C。
【点评】此题考查一般过去时态的否定句式,平时应多归纳总结各种时态,语态和句式的结构及用法。
14.2016?连云港)—Did Billy and Anna find a way out at last?
—Yes, they a plan and did it.
A. were working out
B. worked out
C. are working out
D. have worked out
【答案】 B
【解析】【分析】考查动词的时态。句意:—比利和安娜最后找到了方法了吗?—是的,他们做好了计划并且找到了方法。根据and后的动词did可知,空格处也应该用一般过去时。故选B。
15.-Have you finished your homework?
-Yes, I have. I it this morning.
A. finish
B. finishes
C. finished
D. have finished
【答案】C
【解析】【分析】句意:你完成你的作业了吗?——是的,我完成了。我今天早晨完成的。结合语境可知下文描述的是过去某时发生的动作,故用一般过去时态。选C。
【点评】英语中的时态主要是借助于时间状语与上下文语境来进行判断。解答此类题型,首先要注意句子中的时间状语,如果没有则要通过分析上下文,结合语境来判断句子的时态。英语疑问句中一般具有时态上的对应关系,注意结合这一特点进行区分。
16.A bridge ________over the river last year.
A. builds
B. built
C. was built
D. is built
【答案】 C
【解析】【分析】句意:去年河上建了一座桥。主语是谓语的执行者时,用主动语态,主语是谓语的承受者时,用被动语态。a bridge是谓语build的承受者,用被动语态;表示在last year发生的过去动作,用一般过去时态,故选C。
17.As we all know, the Silk Road _______ China to the west in ancient times.
A. connects
B. connected
C. will connect
D. is connecting
【答案】B
【解析】【分析】句意:众所周知,在古代丝绸之路是连接中国和西方的。In ancient times“在古代”,因此要用一般过去式。结合句意,故选B。
【点评】考查动词时态。
18.——Nobody but you _______ late for school this morning.
——Sorry , I _______ to school when it began to rain heavily.
A. was , went
B. were ,was going
C. was , was about to go
D. is, am going
【答案】C
【解析】【分析】句意:除了你今天早上没人迟到了。对不起,我即将上学的时候,天开始下起了大雨。Be about to do sth即将做某事,所以选C。
【点评】考查主谓一致。
19. __ terrible environment! The pollution here is even more serious than I __ .
A. What a; thought
B. How; think
C. What an; think
D. How; thought
【答案】 A
【解析】【分析】句意:多么糟糕的环境啊!这里的污染比我想的更严重。What 和How 都可以引导感叹句,其句型是what +a/an+形容词+可数名词单数或者what +形容词+可数名词复数或不可数名词;how +形容词+a/an+可数名词单数或how +形容词或副词。第一个空修饰的是名词environment,是可数名词单数,故用what;根据句意可知,我所想的应是过去所想,现在已经看到了这里的环境,故第二个空应用一般过去时态。选A。
20.—Could you ______ me your bike? Mine is broken.
—Sorry. Tony ______ it yesterday.
A. borrow ; lent
B. borrow ; has lent
C. lend ; borrowed
D. lend ; has borrowed 【答案】 C
【解析】【分析】句意:——你能借给我你的自行车吗?我的坏了。——对不起,Tony昨天借走了。借给,lend,借走,borrow,排除A、B。yesterday表明时态是一般过去时,所以borrow用过去式borrowed,故选C。
【点评】考查动词辨析及一般过去时,注意平时识记。
21.—I know you ______ to China many years ago. And how long have you ______ in China ?
—I don't remember it exactly.
A. come, live
B. came; come
C. come; come
D. came; lived
【答案】D
【解析】【分析】句意:—我知道你多年前就来中国了。你在中国住了多久了?—我记不太清了。根据过去时间短语many years ago可知,谓语动词使用过去式came。how long与持续性动词连用,live是持续性动词,come暂时性动词。根据语境可知,本句为现在完成时态,所以动词使用过去分词lived。故选:D。
【点评】此题考查一般过去时和现在完成时的用法。
22.— Look at the sign! It says "No smoking".
—Oh, sorry. I ______ it.
A. don't see
B. haven't seen
C. wasn't seen
D. didn't see
【答案】 D
【解析】【分析】句意:——看看这个标志,它说“禁止吸烟”。——哦,对不起,我没有看见它。A.一般现在时;B.现在完成时;C.一般过去时的被动语态;D.一般过去时。根据句子可知是过去没有看见“禁止吸烟”标志,现在看见了,所以用一般过去时,故选D。
【点评】考查一般过去时,注意理解句意。
23.—Have you visited the park?
—Yes. I _______ it yesterday.
A. have visited
B. had visited
C. visited
D. visit
【答案】 C
【解析】【分析】句意是:——你参观过那个公园吗?——是的,我昨天去的。答句有明确的时间状语yesterday,应该用一般过去时,have visited 是现在完成时,had visited 是过去完成时,visited是一般过去时,visit是一般现在时,故选C。
24.By the time my mum got home, I _______ my homework.
A. have finished
B. had finished
C. finished
D. will finish
【答案】 B
【解析】【分析】考查动词时态。句意为“我母亲到家时,我已经做完作业了。”主句动作在从句动作(一般过去时)之前就已经完成了,因此主句应用过去完成时,故选B。
25.I Game of Thrones(权利的游戏) with my friends last month. It's amazing.
A. watch
B. watched
C. watches
D. have watched
【答案】 B
【解析】【分析】句意:我上个月和我的朋友一起看了《权力的游戏》,太神奇了。last month,是一般过去时标志,因此用过去式watched,故选B。
【点评】考查时态,注意一般过去时的用法。
26.– A nice car! Is it yours?–No, it isn't. I __________ it from a friend of mine two days ago.
A. borrow
B. have borrowed
C. will borrow
D. borrowed
【答案】 D
【解析】【分析】句意:一辆漂亮的车!它是你的?一不,不是。两天前我向我的一个朋友借
的。borrow sth. from sb.从某人那里借来某物。borrow表示的是借进,lend表示借出。a friend of mine我的一个朋友。根据two days ago可知该用一般过去时,故选D。
27.Alice __________ for 15 years, yet she still doesn't know what kind of man she __________.
A. has been married; has married with
B. has got married; married to
C. has been married; married
D. has married; has married to
【答案】 C
【解析】【分析】句意:爱丽丝已经结婚十五年了,然而她还不知道她嫁的是什么样的男
人。第一空根据时间状语for 15 years,十五年了,可知动作从过去开始发生持续到现在,
时态为现在完成时has+过去分词,且动词应为延续性动词;短暂性动词marry变为延续
性,应用has been married。第二空,结婚,marry,动作发生在过去,因此用一般过去时married,故选C。
【点评】考查现在完成时。注意掌握现在完成时的时间状语提示和结构:have/has+过去分
词。
28.After Steven sent some e-mails ,he______ surfing the Internet.
A. starts
B. has started
C. will start
D. started
【答案】 D
【解析】【分析】句意:Steven发了一些电子邮件之后,他就开始上网冲浪。start开始,是
一个动词。根据句意和上句话中Steven sent some e-mails可知,这里应该用一般过去时。
故选D。A是一般现在时;B是现在完成时;C是一般将来时。
【点评】考查动词时态。
29.—________ you _______the Chinese Culture Festival in the Central Square?
—Yes. It was really a great success.
A. Are…attending
B. Will…attend
C. Do…attend
D. Did…attend
【答案】D
【解析】【分析】句意:—你参加了中央广场的中国文化节吗?—是的。这真是一个巨大
的成功。根据答语It was really a great success.,可知是过去的动作,需用一般过去时,可
排除ABC三个选项,故选D。
【点评】考查动词时态辨析题。根据提示和语境确定动词的正确时态,选出正确答案。
30.—I am sorry I _______ my exercise book at home.
— Don't forget _______ it to school tomorrow.
A. forget; to take
B. left; to bring
C. forgot; to bring
D. left; to take
【答案】A
【解析】【分析】forget忘记;leave留下;bring带来;take带走。句意:抱歉,我把我的练习本忘在家里了。——明天不要忘了把它带到学校来。Forget后接动名词表示忘记做过的某事,接不定式是忘记去做某事,结合语境可知上文描述的是刚才发生的动作,故从句谓语动词用过去时态,下文表示不要忘记做某事,选A。
【点评】该题型是属于基础题型,是必考内容。英语动词同汉语一样具有一词多义,一词多性的特点。解答此类问题首先要理解每个单词的基本含义,并注意交叉含义间的区别,了解其特殊用法及习惯搭配等特点,然后结合语境选择正确答案。英语宾语从句的时态和主句没有必然的联系,需结合语境进行具体分析。