一般過去時用動詞的過去式構成，即在動詞原形后加ed.

例句：

He was here just now. 他剛才還在這里。

What did you do yesterday?你昨天做了什么事?

We often played together when we were children. 我們小時候常在一起玩。

He used to smoke a lot,but he doesn‘t now. 他過去經常抽煙，但現在不抽了。

Whenever we were in trouble,he would help us. 每當我們遇到困難，他都會幫助我們。

At that time she was very good at English. 那時她英語學得很好。

He said he would wait until they came back.