过去进行时表示过去的某一时间正在进行的动作或行为。常见的时间状语有at that moment,at 7:00 last night等。
肯定句: 主语+be(was/were)+ 动词ing 形式
例:
My wife was cooking at that moment.我的妻子那时正在做饭。
They were having breakfast at 7 a.m.yesterday.
昨天早上七点他们正在吃早饭。
He was watching TV at nine last night.昨天晚上九点他在看电视。
They were talking loudly.他们在大声地说话。
否定句: 主语+be(was/were)+not+ 动词ing 形式
例:
My wife wasn't cooking at that moment.我的妻子那时没在做饭。
They weren't having breakfast at 7 a.m.yesterday.
昨天早上七点他们没在吃早饭。
They were not speaking English at that moment.他们那时不在说英语。
一般疑问句:was/were+ 主语+ 动词ing 形式
例:
Was my wife cooking at that moment?我的妻子那时正在做饭吗?
Were they having breakfast at 7 a.m.yesterday?
昨天早上七点他们正在吃早饭吗?
Was he sleeping at 8:00 yesterday morning?昨天早上八点他在睡觉吗?
过去进行时的时间状语
(1)when和while引导的状语从句中,强调某个动作正在进行的过程中时要用进行时态,while表示一段时间,因此它所引导的状语从句中,谓语动词常用进行时态,如:
When/While we were having supper,the light went out.
我们正在吃饭时灯熄灭了。
(2)when用作并列连词时,主句常用进行时态,从句则用一般过去时,表示主句动作发生的过程中,另一个意想不到的动作发生了,如:
I was walking in the street when someone called me.
我在街上走时突然有人喊我。
填空题
1.I______(have)my breakfast at half past six yesterday morning.
2.Mary______(go)over her lessons from six to seven last night.John and peter_____(do)the same thing.
3.What_____you______(do)at that time?We______(watch)TV.
4.Was your father at home yesterday evening?Yes,he was.He______(listen) to the radio.
5.They______(not make)a model ship when I saw him.
选择题
1.I_____a meal when you_____me.
A.cooked;were ringing
B.was cooking;rang
C.was cooking;were ringing
D.cooked;rang
2.While she_____TV,she_____a sound outside the room.
A.was watching;was hearing
B.watched;was hearing
C.watched;heard
D.was watching;heard
3.They_____a football game from 7 to 9 last night.
A.were watching
B.watch
C.watched
D.are watching
4.It was Friday evening.Mr.and Mrs.Green _____ready to fly to England.
A.are getting
B.get
C.were getting
D.got
5.I_____at 130 kilometers per hour when the policeman stopped me.
A.had driven
B.have driven
C.drive
D.was driving