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 it to say what we were in the middle of doing at a particular mome nt in the past.2. Structure:The past progressive tense (also sometimes called past continuous) is formed by using was/were + main verb + in

2、g (was/were doing) , as in, We were eat ing dinner whe n the phone 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、remember、seem suppose understand、want、wish, etc. Example:Wrong： I was knowing the ans

3、wer. %)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:subjectauxiliary verbmain verb(+) PositiveIwaswatch ingTV.sentenceYouwereworki nghard.(-)NegativeHe, she, itwasnothelp

4、i ngMary.sentenceWewerenotjoki ng.()GeneralWereyoubeingsillyquestio nWeretheyplayi ngfootball() SpecialWhat washe/she/iteat ingquestio nWhat wereyoudoing5. How to use the Past Continuous Tense1) The Past Continuous tense expressesaction at a particular moment in the past. The action started before t

5、hat moment but has not finished at that moment. For example, “esterday I watched a film on TV. The film started at 7pm and fin ished at 9pm”.Thus, “ At 8pm yesterday, I was watch ing TV.When we use the Past Continuous tense, our listener usually knows or understands what time we are talking about. L

6、ook at these examples:I was work ing at 10pm last ni ght.What were you doing at 10pm last ni ghtWhat were you doing whe n he arrived(when he arrived is also a way of defining the time)Shewas cook ing whe n I teleph oned her.We were hav ing dinner whe n it started to rain.2) Its also com mon to use t

7、his tense to talk about two on-going acti ons that were happening at the same time in the past, as in,While Justin Timberlake was finishing his new album, his fans were waiting for it to come out.3) We can also use this tense to talk about actions in the past that took place over time , as in,I could nt sleep last ni ght because do