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过去进行时中“when和while讲解与练习
过去进行时表示过去某一时刻或者某段时间正在进行或发生的动作,常和表过去的时间状语连用,如:
1. I was doing my homework at this time yesterday.
昨天的这个时候我正在做作业。
2. They were waiting for you yesterday.
他们昨天一直在等你。
3. He was cooking in the kitchen at 12 o'clock yesterday.
昨天12点,他正在厨房烧饭。
过去进行时的构成:
肯定形式:主语+was/were+ V-ing
否定形式:主语+was not (wasn't)/were not (weren't)+V-ing
疑问形式:Was/Were+主语+V-ing。
基本用法:
1. 过去进行时表示过去某一段时间或某一时刻正在进行的动作。常与之连用的时间状语有,at that time/moment, (at) this time yesterday (last night/Sunday/week…), at+点钟+yesterday (last night / Sunday…),when sb. did sth.等时间状语从句,如:
1)What were you doing at 7p.m. yesterday?
昨天晚上七点你在干什么?
2)I first met Mary three years ago. She was working at a radio shop at the time.
我第一次遇到玛丽是在三年前,当时她在一家无线电商店工作。
3)I was cooking when she knocked at the door.
她敲门时我正在做饭。
2.when后通常用表示暂短性动词,while后通常用表示持续性动词,而while所引导的状语从句中,谓语动词常用进行时态,如:When the car exploded I was walking past it. = While I was walking past the car it exploded.
3.when用作并列连词时,主句常用进行时态,从句则用一般过去时,表示主句动作发生的过程