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过去进行时是英语中的一个时态,用来描述过去某个时间正在进行的动作或状态。下面是一些过去进行时的知识点总结。
构成
过去进行时的构成是“was/were + 现在分词”,例如:
- I was studying English yesterday.(我昨天正在学英语。)
- They were playing soccer at that time.(他们那个时候正在踢足球。)
用法
- 表示过去某一时刻正在进行的动作或状态,常和表示具体时间的状语连用,如:at six o'clock yesterday, at this time last year, 等等。
- She was cooking dinner at 7 p.m. yesterday.(昨天晚上7点她正在做晚饭。)
- They were watching TV at this time last night.(昨晚这个时候他们正在看电视。)
- 表示过去某段时间内一直在进行的动作或状态。
- I was studying English for two hours yesterday.(昨天我学习英语学了两个小时。)
- They were talking on the phone for half an hour.(他们打电话聊了半个小时。)
注意事项
- 过去进行时通常和表示具体时间的状语连用,以避免歧义,如:
- He was reading a book.(他在读一本书。)(无法确定具体时间)
- He was reading a book at 8 p.m. yesterday.(昨天晚上8点他在读一本书。)(确定了具体时间)
- 过去进行时和过去简单时不同,过去进行时强调的是动作的持续性和进行性,而过去简单时强调的是动作的完成性或发生性。
- They were playing basketball when it started raining.(下雨的时候他们正在打篮球。)(过去进行时)
- They played basketball yesterday afternoon.(昨天下午他们打了篮球。)(过去简单时)