pastcontinuous(过去进行时英文版讲解)

1、Past Con ti nu ous Tense1. The Past Continuous tense is an important tense in English. We use itto say what we were in the middle of doing at a particular moment inthe past.2. Structure:The past progressive tense (also sometimes called past continuous)is formed by using was/were + main verb + ing(wa

2、s/were doing) , as in, We were eati ng dinner whe n the pho ne ran g.Verbs usually cannot be used in past continuous tense: agree、be、believe、belong、care、forge、hate、have、hear、know、like、 love、mean mind、notice、own remembe、seem, suppose、understand、 wan t、wish, etc. Example:Wrong I was knowing the answer

3、. ( x)Right : I knew the answer. ( V )3. Temporal Adverbials:this morning 、the whole morning 、all day yesterday 、from nine to ten last evening 、when while, etc.4. Basic Sentence Patter ns:subjectauxiliaryverbmai n verb(+)PositiveIwaswatch ingTV.sentenceYouwereworki nghard.(-)He, she,wasnothelpi ngMa

4、ry.Negativite sentenceWewerenotjoki ng.()Gen eralWereyoubeingsillyquestio nWeretheyplayi ngfootball()SpecialWhat washe/she/iteat ingquestio nWhat wereyoudoing5. How to use the Past Continuous Tense1) The Past Continuous tense expresses action at a particular moment in the past. The action started be

5、fore that momentbut has not finished at that moment. For example,“y esterday I watched afilm on TV. The film started at 7pm and finished at 9pm” . Thus,“ At 8pm yesterday, I was watch ing TV. ”When we use the Past Continu ous ten se, our liste ner usually knows or understands what time we are talkin

6、g about. Look at these examples:Iwas work ingat 10pm last ni ght.What were you doingat 10pm last nightWhat were you doingwhen he arrived(“when he arrived is also a way of defining the time)She was cooking when I telephoned her.We were havingdinner when it started to rain.2) Its also commorto use thi

7、s tense to talk about two on-going actionsthat were happe ning at the same time in the past, as in.While Justin Timberlake was finishinghis new album, his fans werewaiting for it to come out.3) We can also use this tense to talk about actions in the past thattook place over time , as in,I could nt sleep last ni ght because dogs