1、过去进行时 一. 概念:过去进行时主要表示过去某个时刻或某一阶段正在进行的动作,常和表示过去的时间状语then,at that time/ moment, yesterday,at nine,last night等连用或者与when, while, as引导的过去时间状语连用。但在不少情况下,没有表示时间的状语,这时需要通过上下文来表示。 We were watching TV from seven to nine last night. What was he researching all day last Sunday? 二.过去进行时的主要用法是描述一件事发生的背景;一个长
2、动作发生的时候,另一个短动作发生(长动作用过去进行时,短动作用一般过去时)。也可以表示两个动作同时发生,此时均用过去进行时 When I saw him he was cleaning his room. While he was waiting for the bus, he was reading a newspaper. He was cleaning his car while I was cooking. 三.When/ While“当……的时候”的区别 ①when 既指时间点,也可指段时间,while只指段时间,因此when引导的时间状语从句中的动词可以是短暂性动词
3、也可以是延续性动词,而while从句中的动词必须是延续性动词。 ②when 说明从句的动作和主句的动作可以是同时,也可以是先后发生;while 则强调主从句动作同时发生。 They were singing while we were dancing. ③when和while 还可作并列连词。when表示“在那时”;while表示“而,却”,表对照关系。如: a. The children were playing when they heard the sound of a motor bike. b. He is strong while his brothe
4、r is weak. 典型例题 1) Mary ___ a dress when she cut her finger. A. made B. is making C. was making D. makes 2) As she ___ the newspaper, Granny ___ asleep. A.read; was falling B. was reading; fell C. was reading; was falling D. read;fell 四、 通常不能用于过去进行时的动词主要有:agree, be, bel
5、ieve, belong, care, forget, hate, have(拥有), hear, know, like, love, mean, mind, notice, own, remember, seem, suppose, understand, want, wish等。例如: 误:I was knowing the answer. 正:I knew the answer. 误:I wasn‘t understanding him. 正:I didn‘t understand him. 相关习题 I.用所给词的适当形式填空: 1. While we _
6、 (wait) for the bus, a girl __________ (run) up to us. 2. I __________ (telephone) a friend when Bob __________ (come) in. 3. Jim __________ (jump) on the bus as it __________ (move) away. 4. We __________ (test) the new machine when the electricity __________ (go) off. 5. She _________
7、 (not want) to stay in bed while the others ________________ (all, work) in the fields. II.单项选择. 1. I ______ a meal when you _____ me. A. cooked, were ringing B. was cooking, rang C. was cooking, were ringing D. cooked, rang 2. He said he _____ to draw a plane o
8、n the blackboard at that time. A. tries B. tried C. was trying D. will try 3. While she ______ TV, she ______ a sound outside the room. A. was watching, was hearing B. watched, was hearing C. watched, heard D. was watching, hear
9、d 4. They _____ a football game from 7 to 9 last night. A. were watching B. watch C. watched D. are watching 5. What book ____ you ______ when I ____ you at four yesterday afternoon? A. did, read, was seeing B. did, read, saw C. were, reading, saw D. were, reading, was seeing






