初學一般過去時的常見錯誤

1. 昨天是星期日。

誤：It were Sunday yesterday.

正：It was Sunday yesterday.

析：be動詞的過去式有兩種形式，分別是was和were。was為am，is的過去式，were為are的過去式。本句的主語為it，故謂語使用was。初學一般過去時，同學們要注意was和were的用法區別。

2. 威爾遜叔叔上星期一到上海去了。

誤：Uncle Wilson was went to Shanghai last Monday.

正：Uncle Wilson went to Shanghai last Monday.

析：初學一般過去時態時，首先學了was和were，同學們常在每句中都用上was和were。本句中的was是多余的。

3. 昨天晚上露茜吃海鮮了嗎？

誤：Did Lucy had seafood last night?

正：Did Lucy have seafood last night?

析：did為助動詞，它后應接動詞原形。初學時，同學們常把謂語部分中的動詞都變成一般過去時。

4. 昨天早上邁克什么時候起床的？

誤：When did Mike gets up yesterday morning?

正：When did Mike get up yesterday morning?

析：同學們在掌握了動詞的三單形式之后，主語為第三人稱單數時，常會習慣地在動詞后加s，本句中did為助動詞，其后接動詞原形。

5. 他穿上上衣出去了。

誤：He putted on his coat and went out.

正：He put on his coat and went out.

析：put為不規則動詞，它的過去式與原形相同，但受重讀閉音節、末尾只有一個輔音字母、雙寫輔音字母再加ed這一規則的影響，同學們常把put，cut，forget和swim等的過去式錯寫成putted，cutted，forgetted和swimmed。

6. 安說她的父母想在中國工作。

誤：Ann said that her parents wanted to worked in China.

正：Ann said that her parents wanted to work in China.

析：動詞不定式由to加動詞原形構成，而初學一般過去時，同學們常錯誤地理解成動詞都用過去式。

下列每句中均有一處錯誤，找出并改正。

1. The twins was born in a big city in 1987.

2. She could understood her lessons in Chinese easily.

3. Did you helped your father yesterday?

4. Yesterday it began to rained at noon.

5. Last Sunday my brother and I cleanned our house.

Keys: 1. was→were2. understood→understand3. helped→help4. rained→rain5. cleanned→cleaned