1. 疑问词在句中不充当主语或者不修饰主语时,一般过去时的特殊疑问句结构为：疑问词 + 一般疑问句？例如：What did you do yesterday? 昨天你做什么了？When were you born? 你是什么时候出生的？Why didn’t you come here? 你们为什么没到这儿来？
2. 疑问词在句中充当主语或修饰主语时,一般过去时的特殊疑问句结构为:疑问词 + 行为动词的过去式(或 was/were + 表语) + 其它成分?例如:Who cleaned our classroom yesterday? 昨天谁打扫我们的教室了？Who was on duty the day before yesterday? 前天谁值日？Whose father came to see our teacher just now? 刚才谁的父亲来看我们老师了？好了，关于一般过去时，我们就先谈到这里。
下面我们就实际操练一下吧。练一练：用括号中所给动词的适当形式填空。
1. He _____ (not bring) us books yesterday.
2. Yesterday Mike and I_____(go) to the farm. We_____(carry) some water for the old man. We_____(have) a good time there.
3. Some foreign friends_____(visit) your school three days ago._____ they_____(ask) you any questions about your study?
4. The old man_____(stay) in Shanghai in 2000.
5. —When_____ your sister_____(do) her homework?—She_____(do) it an hour ago.
6. When we_____(be) on holiday in Zunyi last summer, we_____(enjoy) ourselves there.Key: 1. did not/didn’t bring
2. went, carried, had
3. visited， Did, ask
4. stayed
5. did, do, did
6. were, enjoyed对于一般过去时的考查，多以单选、句型转换或词语运用的形式考查学生在具体语境中灵活运用时态的能力。在考试中，会让大家判断是否该用一般过去时，或动词过去式的正确变化，或一般过去时的句型构成。希望各位熟练掌握该结构。
