时态(tense)是一种动词形式，不同的时态用以表示不同的时间与方式。在英语考试中，时态题是必考的内容。下面是小编收集整理的英语一般过去时时态题，大家一起来看看吧!
英语一般过去时时态题:
1. The discussion ____ alive when an interesting topic was brought in.
A. was coming B. had come C. has come D. came
解析:答案选 D。由when…was brought in可知，come也是过去发生的事，用一般过去时。句意是:当引入一个有趣的话题时，那场讨论又变得活跃起来。
2. She ______her hairstyle in her hometown before she came to Chongqing for a better job.
A. would change B. has changed C. changed D. was changing
解析:答案选 C。由came可知，她已来重庆了，而改变发型是在来重庆之前，即过去的过去，按理要用过去完成时，但before已经表明紧接着发生的先后两个动作，所以也可用一般过去时，所以选C。
3. What we used to think ______ impossible now does seem possible.
A. is B. was C. has been D. will be
解析:答案选 B。根据句中的used to可知，空格处应填一般过去时。句意为:我们过去认为不可能的现在都似乎有可能成为现实。
4. It is said that the early European playing-cards ______ for entertainment and education.
A. were being designed B. have designed
C. have been designed D. were designed
解析:答案选 D。解答此题的关键是要抓住early这一形容词。early European playing-cards的意思是“早期欧洲人玩的扑克牌”，既然是“早期”，肯定就是过去的事了，所以用一般过去时。
5. I ______ in London for many years, but I’ve never regretted my final decision to move back to China.
A. lived B. was living C. have lived D. had lived
解析:答案选 A。许多同学一看到后面的have never regretted为现在完成时，同时选项C也是现在完成时，结果滥用时态呼应，将答案误选C。其实，此题的最佳答案是A。句中but后的句子告诉我们，说话者现在已搬回了上海，所以他住在伦敦应属于过去的事情，故应用一般过去时。
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6. Eliza remembers everything exactly as if ______ yesterday.
A. was happening B. happens C. has happened D. happened
解析:答案选 D。根据句中的yesterday可知，要用一般过去时。
7. I ______ along the street looking for a place to park when the accident ______.
A. went; was occurring B. went; occurred
C. was going; occurred D. was going; had occurred
解析:答案选 C。第一空用过去进行时，表示过去正在发生的情况; 第二空用一般过去时，表示过去突然发生的一件事。
8. My cousin went to Canada two yours ago. He ______ there for a few months and then went to America.
A. worked B. would work C. would be working D. has been working
解析:答案选 A。注意句中的三个动作:去加拿大→在那儿住了几年→然后去了美国。由于前后两个动作用的都是一般过去时，显然中间的“在那儿住了几年”应用一般过去时。
9. As the years passed, many occasions—birthdays, awards, graduations — ______ with Dad’s flowers.
A. are marked B. were marked C. have marked D. had marked
解析:答案选 B。由于句中增加了插入成分birthdays, awards, graduations，使得句子的主语与谓语were marked分离，从而增加了考生对句子理解的难度。根据句意，空格处应填被动语态; 再根据句中的passed的时态特点可知，空格处也应用一般过去时，故选B。
10. —Ouch! You hurt me!
—I am sorry. But I ______ any harm. I ______ to drive a rat out.
A. didn’t mean; tried B. don’t mean; am trying
C. haven’t meant; tried D. didn’t mean; was trying
解析:答案选 D。对于刚刚发生的情况，要用一般过去时或过去进行时。答语的意思是:对不起。但我不是有意要弄伤你，我是在把一只老鼠赶出去。
一般过去时的用法:
(1) 表示过去经常性或习惯性的动作。如:
We used to go there every year. 我每年都去那儿。
We often played together when we were children.我们小时候常在一起玩。
The little boy made a living by selling newspaper. 那个小男孩靠卖报谋生。
She usually went out on Saturday nights. 她通常在周六晚上外出。
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(2) 有些情况，发生的时间虽然不很清楚，但实际上是过去发生的，也要用过去时。如:
It was a pity you didn’t go to the lecture. 很遗憾你没去听讲座。
I was glad to hear from you. 很高兴收到你的信。
How did you like the film? 你觉得这部电影怎样?
过去将来时间的常见表达方式:
was (were)+不定式。
①表示定于过去某时将要做某事。如:
He told me that we were to leave at 2:30pm.他告诉我我们下午两点半动身。
He was to meet her at 10 outside the cinema. 他约定和她10点钟在电影院外见面。
②若表示过去没有实现或被取消的计划，则用was (were) to+动词完成式。如:
We were to have left at 6 last night. 我们本来计划昨晚6点离开的。
过去完成时用法:
过去完成时表示过去某一时刻或某一动作之前已发生或完成的动作、状态(“已完成”)。句中常用by , before , until , when 等引导的时间状语。如:
Yesterday he told me that he hadn’t eaten anything since Tuesday. 他昨天告诉我自星期二以来他一直未吃任何东西。(指从星期二至昨天未吃东西)
I saw Mr. Smith last Sunday. We hadn’t seen each other since we left Paris. 上周星期天我见到史密斯先生了，自从离开巴黎后我们还一直没见过面。
By the end of the year no decision had been made. 到年底也没有做出任何决定。
He had left when I arrived. 当我到达时他已经离开。