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过去进行时
1.过去进行时的构成:was/were+doing
2.过去进行时的用法:
1)表示过去某一时刻或过去一段时间内正在进行的动作。 常用的时间状语有at that time, this time yesterday, at ten yesterday, from nine to ten last evening,the whole morning, all day yesterday, when, while,as等。或用另一动作来表示过去的时间。例如:
E.g. They were playing football at ten o’clock yesterday morning.
I was washing my clothes at this time yesterday.
My mother was cooking when I got home.
My brother fell while he was riding his bicycle and hurt himself. 我兄弟骑车时摔了下来,受了伤。
It was raining when they left the station. 他们离开车站时,正下着雨。
When I got to the top of the mountain, the sun was shining. 我到达山顶时,阳光灿烂。
2) 过去某阶段持续进行的动作 What were you doing during the holiday? 另外,在复合句中,若主要动作和背景动作是同时发生的,那么主从句都可用过去进行时e.g. Jenny was reading while Danny was writing.
3)过去进行时常和always等表示频率的副词连用,表示过去频繁发生的习惯性动作,此时的过去进行时带有一定的感情色彩。如:Alice was always changing her mind.爱丽斯总是在改变主意。
典型例题:
1)(2014和平区高三模拟三,9 马晓玲)——when did Bod leave?
——I have no idea. I __________ a shower upstairs.
A. took B. have taken