知识点总结
1.定义
过去进行时常表示过去某一时刻或过去某一阶段内正在进行的动作。 2.构成: was/were +doing 3.过去进行时的基本句型
肯定式 I was working. He / She / it was working. We were working. 疑问式 Were you working? Was he / she / it working? Were we working? 否定式 I was not working. He / she / it was not working. We were not working. 4.过去进行时的基本用法
a.过去进行时表示过去某一时间正在进行的动作,常和表过去的时间状语连用,如: I was doing my homework at this time yesterday. They were expecting you yesterday.
b.过去进行时可与 soon, the next moment, in minutes, minutes later
等时间状语连用,表示一个新的动作
刚刚开始。如:
Soon the whole town was talking about it.
c.过去进行时可用来申述原因或用作借口,这种用法常用在口语中。如: -- Have you finished your homework, Mary?
-- No, I was helping my mother is the kitchen all day yesterday. d.过去进行时可用来为一个后一系列动作的发生提供背景。如: I hurt my leg when I was riding a bike.
我在骑车时把腿摔坏了。
e.过去进行时可表示过去未曾实现的愿望或打算,这时 be 动词 was/were 要重读。如:
5. 一般过去时和过去进行时的区别
(1 )一般过去式常表示在过去某时发生的动作或存在的状态(包括过去习惯动作),常与一般过去时连用
的时间状语有 just now, a moment ago, yesterday, last week(month, year), the day before yesterday
及表
示过去的时间状语从句。如:
I was sixteen yesterday old last year. He worked in a factory in 1986.
I met her in the street the day before yesterday. He often swam in the river when he was young.
(2 )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,
点钟? +yesterday),at+ (last night /
time/moment, (at) this time yesterday (last night/Sunday/week Sunday?), when sb. did sth 等时间状语从句。
at that
What were you doing at seven p.m. yesterday?
I first met Mary three years ago. She was working at a radio shop at the time. I was cooking when she knocked at the door.
(3 )一般过去时往往表示某一动作已经完成,而过去进行时却表示动作在持续或未完成。如:
I saw you while you were speaking to the teacher.
注意:有的过去时间状语既可用于一般过去时,也可用于过去进行时,但含义不同。如: She wrote a letter to her friend last night.
(信写完了)
(信不一定写完)
She was writing a letter to her friend last night.
6.过去进行时的时间状语
(1 )when 和 while 引导的状语从句中,强调某个动作正在进行的过程中时要用进行时态, 段时间,因此它所引导的状语从句中,谓语动词常用进行时态,如: When/While we were having supper, the light went out.
( 2 )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中,另一个意想不到的动作发生了。如:
while 表示一
I was walking in the street when someone called me. 7.下面几种情况不用一般过去时而要用过去进行时: (1 )表示过去某一阶段暂时性的习惯动作时。如:
Tom was getting up at six o
’ clock every day that week.
(2 )与 always 连用表示赞美,厌烦等感情色彩时。如: John was always coming to school late.
Lei Feng was always doing good deeds for the people. (3 ) 用来描写故事发生的情景时。如:
It was a dark night. The wind was blowing hard and the rain was falling heavily. A PLA man suddenly appeared on the river bank. He wanted to cross the river.
(4 ) when 作并列连词,表示 分句用一般过去时。如:
“(这时)突然 ”之意时,第一个并列分句用过去进行时, when 引导的并列
I was taking a walk when I met him.
We were playing outside when it began to rain.
( 5 )go, come, leave, start, arrive 等动词可用过去进行时表示过去将来的含义。如: I was leaving for Wuhan that day. She was coming later.
8. 过去进行时表示婉转语气(只限于 I was wondering if you could help me. I was hoping you could send me home.
want, hope, wonder
等动词),用以提出请求。如:
常见考法
1.对过去进行时基本用法的考查;
2.过去进行时和一般过去时的搭配表达。
误区提醒
1.对过去进行时的时间状语不熟悉,机械理解; 【典型例题】
1) Mary ___ a dress when she cut her finger. A. made B. is making C. was making D. makes
2.主从句时态的搭配错误。
解析:答案 C. 割伤手指是已发生的事情,应用过去时。同时, 提供事情发生的背景,因此用过去进行时。
2) As she ___ the newspaper, Granny ___ asleep.
when 表时间的同时性, \玛丽在做衣服时 \
A.read ; was fallingB. was reading ; fellC. was reading ; was fallingD. read ; fell
解析:答案 B.句中的 as = when, while ,意为 \当?? 之时 \。描述一件事发生的背景时,用过去进行;一个 长动作发生的时候, 另一个短动作发生。 句意为 \在她看报纸时, 奶奶睡着了。 \句中的 是系动词,后跟形容词,如:
fall sick 。
fell (fall 的过去时 ),
3) Tom ___ into the house when no one ___. A. slipped, was looking B. had slipped, looked C. slipped, had looked D. was slipping, looked
解析:错选 D 。因为常见的表达是: Mother was cooking supper when I got home. 主句是一般过去时而从句是过去进行时。此题受之影响而犯错。正确答案
A 。