A2 · 时态与进行体
过去进行时(Past Progressive)
过去某个时刻正在进行的事。
一目了然
- 记住这句
- 长的过程加 -ing,短的事件把它打断。
- 什么时候用
- 过去的过去
- 过去
- 与现在相连的过去
- 现在
- 将来
- 将来完成
过去 — 发生过、已经结束,并且就停留在当时的事。
- 构成
- I was working我(当时)正在工作
- 标志词
- while
- when
- at eight o’clock
- all morning
- at that moment
- 易错点
- 错误:I watched television when the storm started.正确:I was watching television when the storm started.
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构成形式
词干(规则) 时态标记 助动词
| 我(当时)正在工作 | I was working |
| 你(当时)正在工作 | you were working |
| 他、她、它(当时)正在工作 | he, she, it was working |
| 我们(当时)正在工作 | we were working |
| 你们(当时)正在工作,您(当时)正在工作 | you were working |
| 他们(当时)正在工作 | they were working |
| 肯定句 | I was working. / They were working. |
| 否定句 | I was not working. |
| 疑问句 | Were you working? |
| 与一般过去时连用 | I was cooking when the phone rang. |
规则逐条讲
这个主题讲的形式提示要用这个形式的词
较长的过程用进行时,短暂的事件用一般过去时。
She was driving home when she saw the accident.她开车回家的路上看到了那起事故。
两个过程同时进行时,两个都用进行时。
He was reading while she was cooking.她做饭的时候,他在看书。
讲故事时的背景——天气、环境、气氛——用进行时。
It was raining and nobody was waiting at the stop.当时在下雨,车站上没有人在等车。
状态动词在这里同样不用进行时。
I knew the answer immediately.我马上就知道了答案。
例句
We were having dinner when you called.你打电话来的时候,我们正在吃晚饭。
What were you doing at ten last night?昨晚十点你在干什么?
The sun was shining and the birds were singing.阳光灿烂,鸟儿在歌唱。
She was not listening.她当时没在听。
While I was waiting, I read the whole newspaper.等人的时候,我把整份报纸都看完了。
再看 6 个例句
I was reading when the phone rang.电话响的时候我正在看书。
They were waiting outside.他们当时在外面等着。
It was raining all afternoon.整个下午都在下雨。
What were you doing at six?你六点的时候在干什么?
Nobody was watching the clock.当时没有人在看钟。
While we were eating, the lights went out.我们吃饭的时候,灯灭了。
中文母语者最容易踩的坑
注意
中文“暴风雨来的时候我看电视”两个动词都没有标记,于是很多人把两个动词都译成一般过去时:I watched television when the storm started。可这句英语的意思是:暴风雨开始以后,我才去看电视。想说“暴风雨开始时我正在看电视”,就要用 I was watching television when the storm started。也别忘了 was:I watching 是错的。
详细讲解
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过去进行时由 was 或 were 加动词的 -ing 形式构成。它描述过去某个时刻已经在进行中的事——也就是另一件事发生时的背景。
它和一般过去时的配合才是这种形式真正的用途:较长的过程用进行时,中途插进来的短暂事件用一般过去时。while 引出那个较长的过程,when 引出那个短暂的事件。
中文表达这层意思很方便:“我在做饭的时候,电话响了”“我正看着电视,暴风雨来了”。这里的“在”“正……着”正好提示了英语的 was/were + -ing。但中文也常常把“在”省掉:“我看电视的时候……”,这时英语仍然必须用进行时。
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