一般過去時(shí)主要用于：


　　1 、表示過去某個(gè)時(shí)間發(fā)生的動作或情況（包括習(xí)慣性的動作或狀態(tài)）


　　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(shí)


　　e.g. I didn`t know you were so busy.


　　3 、談到已死人的情況時(shí)


　　e.g. Lei Feng was a great communist fighter.


　　與這個(gè)時(shí)態(tài)連用的時(shí)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(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語從句，表示主句動作開始的時(shí)間。