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Look at the sentences and answer the questions. Sentence (a) is from the reading passage.
1 What is the difference between sentences (a) and (b)?
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.
Past continuous passive过去进行时的被动 is used in sentence (a) and past simple passive一般过去时的被动 is used in sentence (b). In sentence (a) the action was being done while in sentence (b) the action was already finished.
Look at the sentences and answer the questions. Sentence (a) is from the reading passage.
2 Which sentence emphasises强调 process过程 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.
Past Continuous Passive
过去进行时的被动
A. 主动语态:was/were doing
We were discussing our vacation plans a few minutes before.
Vacation plans were being discussed by us a few minutes before.
B.被动语态:was/were being + 过去分词
过去进行时的被动语态
基本含义
过去进行时的被动语态是表示过去的某个时间正在进行的被动动作。
基本结构
肯定句:was/were being +过去分词
否定句:was/were not being +过去分词
eg. He was being interviewed by our director yesterday afternoon.
eg. This film was not being shown then.
过去进行时的被动语态
过去进行时的被动语态与一般过去时的被动语态的区别
过去进行时的被动语态was/were being done表示的是过去正在进行且尚未完成的被动动作,而一般过去时的被动语态was/were done表示已经完成的被动动作。
eg.This road was being built this time last year.
这条路去年这个时候还在修建。
eg.This road was built last year.
这条路是去年修建的。
Finish these sentences with past continuous passive.
(1) A meeting ______________(hold)when I was there.
(2)The college ______________(build)at this time last year.
(3) They were living with their parents for the moment because their own house ________________ (rebuild).
(4)Was the TV set ______________(fix) this time yesterday?
(5)After school we went to the reading-room to do some reading, only to be told that it ____________________(decorate).
(6)The man ____________________(question) by the police at that time.
was being held
was being built
was being rebuilt
being fixed
was being decorated
was being questioned
Rewrite these sentences with past continuous passive.
(7) At that time the villagers were destroying their forest.
=At that time their forest _______________________by the villagers.
(8)We were preparing the feast盛宴 when it began to snow outside.
=The feast _______________________ by us when it began to snow outside.
(9)We were cleaning the rooms at nine yesterday morning.
=The rooms ______________________ by us at nine yesterday morning.
was being destroyed
was being prepared
were being cleaned
Rewrite the underlined sentences using the past continuous passive.
Walking home a few days ago, I saw that people were doing reconstruction work on the old market. It would be turned into a modern shopping mall. Some people were tearing down the old gate. Some were removing the wooden stands. Some were clearing away rubbish from the floor. While all this was going on, a journalist was taking photos. The resulting story in the local newspaper divided the people of the town: some were in favour of the new shopping mall, and some were against it.
Walking home a few days ago, I saw that reconstruction work was being done on the old market. It would be turned into a modern shopping mall. The old gate was being torn down. The wooden stands were being removed. Rubbish was being cleared away from the floor. While all this was going on, photos were being taken by a journalist. The resulting story in the local newspaper divided the people of the town: some were in favour of the new shopping mall, and some were against it.
Look at the two groups of pictures and describe the changes in the news industry using the past continuous passive where appropriate.
Yesterday, I watched a documentary纪录片 about the news industry新闻产业 in the past.
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I saw that an interview面试 was being done face to face while interviews can now be done online.
News新闻 was being edited编辑 with a pen while it can now be edited on a computer.
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News was being printed印刷 on paper while it can now be released发布 on the Internet.
Newspapers报纸 were being delivered递送 at the door, while it can now be read online.
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