初中英语过去进行时态知识点 定义:表示过去某一时刻正在进行的动作,或表示过去某一阶段一直在进行的动作。如: I was having a talk with Li Hua at that time. 那时,我正在跟李华谈话。 I was watching TV at home last night. 昨晚我一直在看电视。 ……
初中英语过去进行时态知识点
定义:表示过去某一时刻正在进行的动作,或表示过去某一阶段一直在进行的动作。如:
I was having a talk with Li Hua at that time.
那时,我正在跟李华谈话。
I was watching TV at home last night.
昨晚我一直在看电视。
结构:由“was / were + 现在分词”构成。如:
I was doing my lessons then.
那时,我在做功课。
We were cleaning the house.
我们在打扫房子。
1.时间点可以用介词短语、副词或从句来表示。
例如:What was she doing at nine o‘clock yesterday?
昨天晚上九点她在做什么? (介词短语表示时间点)
When I saw him he was decorating his room.
当我看见他的时候他正在装饰房间。(when从句表示时间点)
2.在复合句中,如果主要动作和背景动作都是延续的或同时发生的,那么主从句中的动词都可用过去进行时。
例如:While he was waiting for the bus,he was reading a newspaper.
他边等车边看报。(两个动作都是延续的)
He was cleaning his car while I was cooking.
他擦车时我正在做饭。(两个动作同时进行)
通常不能用于过去进行时的动词主要有:agree,be,believe,belong,care,forget,hate,have(拥有),hear,know,like,love,mean,mind,notice,own,remember,seem,suppose,understand,want,wish等。
3. 使用过去进行时应注意的几点
① 过去进行时可表示按计划、安排过去某时刻将要发生的动作。如:
He said they were leaving for Beijing this afternoon.
他说他今天下午要去北京。
② 动词hope, wonder等的过去进行时常用来表示提出要求,虽然表示现在的内容,但语气比一般现在时或一般过去时要委婉。如:
I was wondering whether you could come to join us.
我想你能否过来跟我们一起活动?
③ 过去进行时中有always, forever, continually, constantly修饰时,表示说话人的赞赏或厌烦的感情。如:
He was always thinking of others.
他总是想到人家。