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新人教高中英语选择性必修二Unit 3 Times Change
Using Language
Grammar
2
Look at the sentences and answer the questions. Sentence (a) is from the reading passage.
a When I hurried to the store, I saw that the books were already being packed into boxes.
a When I hurried to the store, I saw that the books were already packed into boxes.
1 What is the difference between sentences (a) and (b)?
2 Which of the sentences emphasises process and which emphasises result?
a When I hurried to the store, I saw that the books were already being packed into boxes.
b When I hurried to the store, I saw that the books were already packed into boxes.
1 What is the difference between sentences (a) and (b)?
Past continuous passive is used in sentence (a) and past simple passive is used in sentence (b). In sentence (a) the action was being done while in sentence (b) the action was already finished.
2 Which of the sentences emphasises process and which emphasises result?
Sentence (a) emphasises process and sentence (b) emphasises result.
a When I hurried to the store, I saw that the books were already being packed into boxes.
b When I hurried to the store, I saw that the books were already packed into boxes.
Now look for more sentences with the past continuous passive in the reading passage, and summarise its use in you own words.
① More and more customers were being attracted by chain stores and online discounts.
② In one area, a book reading was being delivered.
③ The large board in the corner had been replaced by a big screen, where customer’s comments on the month’s best-seller were being displayed.
过去进行时的被动语态
肯定句 主语 + was/were being + 过去分词+其他
否定句 主语 + was/were not being + 过去分词+其他
一般疑问句 Was/were+主语 + being + 过去分词+其他
特殊疑问句 疑问词 + was/were +(主语)+ not being + 过去分词+其他
过去进行时的被动语态表示过去的某个时间点正在进行的被动动作。
eg A nature park was being built in this area in order to protect wild animals.
The workers were not being trained.
Was a new library being built in our school just then?
What w