内容正文:
Section Ⅲ Using language—Grammar
过去进行时的被动语态
[对应学生用书P66]
[观察]
1.The day I heard that the Rainbow Bookstore was closing after 50 years of business,I was heartbroken.
2.When I hurried to the store,I saw that the books were already being packed into boxes.
3.More and more customers were being attracted by chain stores and online discounts.
4.In one area,a book reading was being delivered.
5.Nearby,customers were poring over shelves selling stationery,posters and other bestsellerthemed gifts.
6.Under Jennifer's leadership,the bookstore was being turned into a place for literatureloving members of the community to get together.
7.I joined Casey,who was looking up at the screen on which readers' comments kept popping up.
[归纳]
1.句1、5、7句采用了过去进行时,其构成形式为:主语+was/were doing+其他。
2.句2、3、4、6采用了过去进行时的被动语态,其构成形式为:主语+was/were being done+其他。
[对应学生用书P66]
过去完成时的被动语态表示过去某个时刻正在进行或者发生的被动动作。谓语动词的主语是动作的承受者而不是发出者。
Trees were being planted by them at this time yesterday.
昨天这个时候他们在种树。
1.肯定句:主语+was/were+being+及物动词的过去分词(+by+动作的执行者).
Computer was being majored by him during his college.
那时他正在大学学计算机专业。
2.否定句:主语+was/were+not+being+及物动词的过去分词(+by+动作的执行者).
The TV set was not being fixed by him this time yesterday.
昨天这个时候他没有修理电视机。
3.一般疑问句:Was/Were+主语+being+及物动词的过去分词(+by+动作的执行者)?
Was a new library being put up in their school just then?
他们学校当时正在建一座新图书馆吗?
4.特殊疑问句:疑问词+was/were+主语+being+及物动词的过去分词(+by+动作的执行者)?
What was being done to the machine then?
那时正在对这台机器采取什么措施?
[即学即练] 句型转换
①The boy's father was scolding him when his mother came back.
→The boy was being scolded by his father when his mother came back.(改为被动语态)
②The man was being questioned by the policeman at that time.
→Who was being questioned by the policeman at that time? (对The man进行提问)
1.过去进行时的被动语态强调的是在过去的某个时间点正在进行的被动动作。常与过去进行时的被动语态连用的时间状语(从句)有:then,at this time yesterday,at that moment,yesterday afternoon,in+年份等时间状语及when,the moment等引导的时间状语从句。
Another bridge was being built over the Yangtze River then.
那时长江上正在建造另一座大桥。
The president was being in