一般过去时的被动语态

你好!我是你的英语老师。今天我们要攻克的是中、高考中的一个高频考点——一般过去时的被动语态

被动语态是中考的必考题型(通常出现在单选题、语法填空或完成句子中),也是高考语法填空和短文改错的常客。掌握它的关键在于:一看时间(过去),二看关系(被动)


一、 核心公式:结构化呈现

一般过去时的被动语态表示“过去某个时间发生的被动动作”。

句式类型 结构公式 范例
肯定句 主语 + was/were + 动词过去分词 (done) The letter was written yesterday.
否定句 主语 + was/were + not + 过去分词 The trees were not planted last year.
一般疑问句 Was/Were + 主语 + 过去分词? Was the window broken by Tom?
特殊疑问句 疑问词 + was/were + 主语 + 过去分词? When was the bridge built?

二、 动作转换:主动变被动的“三步走”

要理解被动语态,最快的方法是看它如何从主动语态演变而来:

主动语态: Shakespeare (主语) wrote (谓语) Hamlet (宾语) in 1603.
被动语态: Hamlet (新主语) was written (was+done) by Shakespeare (宾语) in 1603.

转换步骤:
1. 宾变主: 原句的宾语变成被动句的主语。
2. 动变被: 谓语动词变为 was/were + done
3. 主变宾: 原句的主语放在 by 之后(如果不重要可省略)。


三、 易错点与考试陷阱(重点标注 ⚠️)

这是同学们在考试中最容易丢分的地方,请务必仔细阅读:

1. 主谓一致陷阱

  • 陷阱: 看到过去时间就选 was,忽略了主语的单复数。
  • 对策:
    • 主语是 I / He / She / It / 单数名词 $\rightarrow$ 用 was
    • 主语是 We / You / They / 复数名词 $\rightarrow$ 用 were
    • 注意: 不可数名词(如 water, news, homework)视作单数,用 was

2. 过去分词(Done)拼写错误

  • 陷阱: 误把过去式当成过去分词(如:wrote 误当作 written,took 误当作 taken)。
  • 对策: 熟记不规则动词表第三栏。

3. 不及物动词(短语)无被动

  • 陷阱: 考试常考 happen, take place, appear, disappear, die。这些词没有被动语态!
  • 错误: An accident was happened yesterday. (X)
  • 正确: An accident happened yesterday. (√)

4. 含有介词的动词短语

  • 陷阱: 变被动时漏掉介词。
  • 范例: We looked after the baby. $\rightarrow$ The baby was looked after (by us). (after不能丢!

四、 高阶考点:特殊结构(高考/竞赛提优)

类别 结构特点 典型例句
双宾语结构 优先把“人”变为主语;若把“物”变为主语,给人之前常加 tofor He gave me a book. $\rightarrow$ I was given a book. / A book was given to me.
使役/感官动词 主动语态中省略 to 的不定式,变被动时必须把 to 还原 I saw him cross the road. $\rightarrow$ He was seen to cross the road.
“据说/据报”结构 固定句型:It was said/reported that... It was reported that the meeting was put off.

五、 教师寄语:口诀助记

被动语态并不难,was/were 放在 done 之前。
主语单复要看准,过去分词莫写错。
不及物动词无被动,happen/appear 记心中。
主动省 to 被动还,by 引出动作人。


六、 即学即练(实战演练)

请用括号内动词的正确形式填空:

  1. The Olympic Games __ (hold) in Beijing in 2008.
  2. These photos __ (take) by my father three days ago.
  3. I __ (tell) to wait at the school gate just now.
  4. The lost boy __ (find) in a small village last night.
  5. (中考真题) A new hospital __ (build) in our town last year.

【答案解析】
1. was held (Olympic Games 虽有s,但在指代“奥运会”这一赛事时,谓语常用单数,且为过去发生)。
2. were taken (主语 photos 是复数)。
3. was told (主语是 I)。
4. was found (主语是单数)。
5. was built (时间状语 last year 提示用一般过去时,医院是被建)。