一般过去式与过去进行时(英语语法)

一般过去式与过去进行时

一般过去时Simple Past tense

构成：【主+was/were】或者【主+动词过去式】

I was very surprised when the Alien went into a toy shop. ......我很惊讶The Alien was so cute! 外星人很可爱！

We were on the playground when the UFO landed. 我们在操场上When the police arrived, the Alien disappeared suddenly.

be动词在一般过去时中表示“是”、“在”【有意义】

过去进行时Past Continuous tense

基本构成：was/were +doing

We were playing football when the UFO landed?

I was eating an apple when the UFO landed?

I was reading a book when the UFO landed?

be动词在过去进行时中只是一个符号，【无意义】

一般过去时的用法

1、表示过去某个时间发生的动作或存在的状态。

He was at home yesterday.

I got up at six thirty yesterday morning.

I visited my aunt last weekend.

2、表示过去经常或反复发生的动作。

My father often went to work by bus last year.

When I was a child, I often listened to music.

He always carried an umbrella.

常与一般过去时态连用的时间有：

①yesterday, yesterday morning, the day before yesterday

②last night last week, last month, last year…

③two days ago, three years ago…

a moment ago=just now(刚才）

④in 1990, (in 1998…)

⑤this morning, this Monday

⑥When I was 5 years old

过去进行时的用法：

一、过去进行时常表示过去某一时刻或过去某一阶段内正在进行的动作。

过去某一时刻

1.昨天的这个时候我正在做作业。

I was doing my homework at this time yesterday.

过去某一阶段内

2.昨晚我一直在作业。

I was doing my homework last night.

二、过去进行时可描述故事发生的背景。一个长动作发生的时候，另一个短动作突然发生。

长动作（延续性动词）用过去进行时，短动作（点动词）用一般过去时。【当两种时态用于同一个句子时，过去进行时描述故事发生的背景，过去时报道该事件。】

When my mother came back, I was watching TV.

【when + 一般过去时，过去进行时】

I was watching TV when my mother came back.

【过去进行时，when + 一般过去时】

三、过去进行时可表示两个动作同时进行,有时含“对比”的含义。

【过去进行时+ while +过去进行时】

When I was watching TV, my mother was cooking.

当我在看电视时，我母亲在做饭。

注：两个动作同时发生，并且都是长动作（延续性动词）时，才能都用过去进行时。

四、过去进行时常与always，forever等连用，表示厌恶，埋怨，表扬，喜爱等感情色彩。

●My father was always smoking when he was young.埋怨

●She was always thinking of others. 表扬

●She was forever complaining. 厌恶

注：下列几类动词通常不用过去进行时。

●①表示状态的动词be；

●②感官动词：feel，hear，see，smell，taste等；

●③表示思维或心理状态的动词：believe（认为），forget，consider（考虑

认为），know，understand,remember，hope，wish，want等；

●④表示所属关系的动词：belong（属于），have，own（拥有），hold（容

纳）等

与过去进行时连用的时间状语有:

1.at this（that）time +过去时间

2.at ten o’clock+过去时间

3.from 6 to 9+过去时间

4.those days

5.由when和while引导的一般过去时的句子

过去进行时与一般过去时的区别

过去进行时着重描述当时正在持续进行的动作，强调过程；一般过去时表示发生过的动作或存在的状态，即表示动作发生过，或者已经结束了，强调事实或结果。She wrote a letter to her friend last night.她昨晚给她的朋友写了封信（信写完了）

She was writing a letter to her friend last night.她昨晚一直在给她的朋友写信。（信不一定写完）

翻译练习：

1.昨天上午７点你在做什么

2.有一天当他在河边散步的时候，刚好看见有人自杀（commit suicide）

3.我们正在下棋，突然电话响了。

4.当你回来时，他在看电视吗

5.昨晚我在看电视，我的父亲在看书。

Linda loves her dog Davy. They went to New York City last Saturday. While Linda was buying a newspaper at the train station, the dog got out of his box and ran away. The station was crowded and Linda couldn't see Davy anywhere. When Linda shouted his name, some people looked at her but Davy didn't come. Then she called the police. While she was