过去进行时 知识点

一、过去进行时的概念:表示过去在某一时间段或某一段时间内正在发生或进行的动作。其形式为 主语+was /were +现在分词。常与表示过去的时间状语连用,如:last night,last Saturday,yesterday等;或者与when,while,as引导的过去时间状语连用。
二、过去进行时的结构:结构组成
1. 过去进行时的肯定句:由“主语+was/were + doing"构成。
例如: We were having supper when the phone rang. 我们正在吃晚饭时电话响了。
2. 过去进行时的否定句“”由"主语+was/were not +doing"构成。   
例如: This time yesterday Jack was not watching TV. He was repairing his bike. 昨天这个时候,杰克不是在看电视,而是在修理自行车。
3. 过去进行时的疑问句:由"was/were +主语+doing"组成。 
例如: Were you playing basketball at four yesterday afternoon? 昨天下午四点你们在打篮球吗?
三、过去进行时的用法:
1.过去进行时可以表示在过去某个时间点发生的事情。时间点可以用介词短语、副词或从句来表示。
例如: ①What was she doing at nine o'clock yesterday? 昨天晚上九点她正在做什么? (介词短语表示时间点)
②When 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,那么主从句的动词都可用过去进行时。
例如:①While 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)
② He was cleaning his car while I was cooking. 他擦车时我在做饭。(两个动作同时进行)
3.3.过去进行时表示感情色彩与现在进行时相似,过去进行时也可表示满意、称赞、惊讶、厌恶等感情色彩,也通常与 always,forever,continually等副词连用。例如:They were always quarrelling. 他们老是吵架。
注意: 通常不能用于过去进行时的动词主要有:agree,be动词,believe,belong,care,forget,hate,have(拥有),hear,know,like,love,mean,mind,notice,own,remember,seem,suppose,understand,want,wish等静态动词 和暂时性动词。

过去进行时 知识点题库

James has just arrived, but I didn't know he _______ until yesterday.
A . will come B . was coming C . had come D . came
—Ouch! You hurt me!

—I am sorry. But I didn't mean any harm. I (try) to drive a rat out.

As Polly observed the passengers on the train, she had a feeling that she  (watch) by a tall man in a dark overcoat.
Tears were t (滴,淌) down her cheeks.
— George, the old washing machine doesn't work!

—How come? The repairman just demonstrated(演示)the machine to us and it        well.

A . had been working B . would work C . works D . was working
She ________ to someone on the phone, so I just nodded to her and went away.
A . talked B . has talked C . had talked D . was talking
He reminded us to speed up, as the time      for the project.
A . ran out B . has run out C . had run out D . was running out
—I went to your office at 9:00 yesterday morning, but you were not in.

—Sorry, I      with the manager in the meeting room at that time.

A . am talking B . was talking C . were talking D . have talked
—Why weren't you at the meeting?

—I________ for a long distance call from my sister in America.

A . was waited B . was waiting C . has waited D . have been waiting
His eyes locked with mine, and I guessed he ________ the decision right then whether or not to simply tell me the truth.
A . made B . would make C . was making D . had made
—Mary, you didn't answer me when I called you just now.

—Sorry, I ________ to my teacher on the phone.

A . was talking B . talked C . would talk D . had talked
—I called you yesterday, but you didn't answer the phone.

 —Oh, maybe I _____ in the kitchen. So I didn't hear it.

A . have cooked B . cooked C . was cooking
We (chat) when she came in.
—Did you watch the movie Tangshan Earthquake last night?

—I had planned to, but it _______ hard all the time.

A . is raining B . was raining C . has rained D . had rained.
He hurried home, never once looking back to see if he (follow).
I was (闲逛;游荡) in the street when I caught sight of a robbery.
Carla, curled up on the sofa, was smoking a cigarette and  (stroke) her cat.
I had just finished my homework and was to watch TV when she dropped in.
When I was (look) for the entrance, I saw the shoes were sold downstairs. 
I saw Lily on the playground. She ________ long jump.
A . practices B . practiced C . has practiced D . was practicing