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作业10 过去进行时
【一】、过去进行时结构:was/were + 动词的现在分词
否定句则在was/were后加一个not,疑问句将was/were提前则可。
如:He was reading a book at 5:00pm yesterday.
→He was not reading a book at 5:00 yesterday.
→Was he reading a book at 5:00 yesterday? (Yes, he was./ No, he wasn’t.)
→What was he doing at 5:00 yesterday?
【二】、过去进行时用法:
(1)过去进行时主要表示过去某个时刻(时间点)正在进行的动作,常和过去的状语连用。 如:(just)then 那时,当时;at this/that time 在这/那时;at that moment=then在那时
at 3:00 yesterday afternoon在昨天下午三点;(at)this time yesterday在昨天这个时候
①What were you doing at nine last night? 昨晚九点的时候,你在做什么?
②I was watching TV at home at 3:00 yesterday afternoon. 我昨天下午三点正在家里看电视。
③They were playing football at this time yesterday.昨天这个时候他们在踢足球。
(2)过去进行时也可以表示过去某一段时间内(时间段)正在进行的动作。常与those days,
the whole morning, from 8:00 to 12:00 last night,last night 等时间状语连用。
①From 1983 to 1998 , he was teaching at Yale . 从1983到1998年,他正在耶鲁大学教书。
②They were building a bridge last winter . 去年冬天他们正在造一座桥。
③He was writing a book those days. 那几天他正在写一本书。
(3)根据情境或上下文需要使用过去进行时。
A: I saw you in the library yesterday morning. What were you doing there?
B: I was reading a book on Diaoyu Island.
(4)过去进行时常出现在含有when和while引导的时间状语从句的复合句中.
eg. ①I was playing computer games when my father got home.
= When my father got home, I was playing computer games.
② Mother was cooking while I was doing my homework.
= While I was doing my homework, mother was cooking.
★when和while与过去进行时有着密切的关系,他们作从属连词时都有“当…….时候”之意,用法稍有不同:
结论 ※a. when后常跟短动词(瞬间动词),有时也可跟长动词。
while后只能接长动词(延续性动词或be动词)。
※b. 主句和从句两个动作都发生在过去,长动作用过去进行时,短动作用一般过去时,短动作发生在长动作进行的过程当中。
※C. while连接两个长动作,当两个动作一长一短时, while(when)放在长动词的前
面,when放在短动词的前面。
(5)过去进行时和一般过去时的区别。
过去进行时表示过去某时正在进行的动作,而一般过去时则表示一个完成的动作。也就是说用一般过去时,只表示有过这件事;用过去进行时,则强调动作的连续性。
① I wrote a letter this morning. 今天上午我写了一封信。(信写完了)
I was writing a letter this morning. 今天上午我在写一封信。(信不一定写完)
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