Question

英语语法问题 一篇短文为什么通篇都是过去式？

David lost his yellow pencil. He could not find it. "Where is my yellow pencil?" he asked his sister. His sister did not know. "I don't know where your pencil is," she said. David thought about it. He thought and thought. He used his yellow pencil before lunch. He used it to write a note to his teacher. The note said, "Dear teacher, Thank you for helping me. David." He put the note in an envelope. Where was the envelope? He looked in the kitchen. He looked on the kitchen counter. He found the envelope. It was next to the toaster. He found the pencil. It was under the toaster.

Answer 1

这篇文章应该是为了教学生学习一般过去式特地撰写出来的，个人认为应该是出自教材，如果你在英语国家的书籍或报纸上是看不到这样通篇只有一种时态的文章的。

Answer 2

这篇是记叙文，此体裁记录已发生的事情，故用过去时态，不一定全是一般过去时。(引号里的除外)

Answer 3

因为通篇讲述的都是过去的事情，所以用过去式。

Answer 4

因为这段对话和行为发生在过去