英语语法之过去进行时和一般过去时

1. 通过下面的例子来看看如何使用过去进行时和一般过去时

•When I woke up this morning, it was snowing.

•I was sleeping when you called me.

2. 语法测试一

1) I ______ work at 9 a.m. this morning.

A. started

B. was starting

2) This time last year I ______ at university.

A. studied

B. was studying

3) Sarah hurt her ankle while she ______.

A. ran

B. was running

4) I ______ your call because I was working.

A. missed

B. was missing

5) While I was walking home, I ______ a new shop in the high street.

A. noticed

B. was noticing

6) At 6 p.m. yesterday it ______ dark.

A. already got

B. was already getting

7) I saw you driving down Green Street yesterday! Where ______?

A. did you go

B. were you going

8) When we saw the crime, we ______ the police.

A. called

B. were calling

3. 语法释义

过去进行时和一般过去时帮助我们了解两类发生在过去的动作或状况是如何联系在一起的。

•一般过去时：一般过去时用于动作发生在过去，而非现在。一般过去时规则动词以ed结尾（例如：called, played, arrived）。不规则动词通常会有元音的变化（例如：wake→woke, break→broke, feel→felt）。

e.g.:

1) My parents called me yesterday.

2) I woke up early this morning.

3) Sam played basketball when he was at university.

否定形式用didn’t + 动词原形。

e.g.:

1) My parents didn’t call me yesterday.

2) I didn’t wake up early this morning.

疑问句形式用did + 主语+ 动词原形。

e.g.:

1) Did you wake up early this morning?

2) Did Sam play basketball when he was at university?

•过去进行时：过去进行时用于在过去的某段时间动作正在进行。

e.g:

1) What were you doing at 8 p.m. last night? I was studying.

意思是我从八点之前就开始了学习并持续到八点以后。

过去进行时也可用于某活动正在进行，且持续一段时间，并非仅仅某一刻。

e.g.:

1) We were cleaning the house all morning.

过去进行时用was或were + 动词ing的形式。

e.g.:

1) She couldn’t come to the party. She was working.

2) Three years ago, we were living in my home town.

3) I tried to give him some advice, but he wasn’t listening.

4) What were you doing this time last year?

•过去进行时和一般过去时：当两个时态一起用的时候，说明一般过去时的动作发生在过去进行时的动作中，而后者正在进行中。

e.g.:

1) While I was studying, I suddenly felt sleepy.

经常用这两个时态说明一个动作影响或干预另外一个。

e.g.:

1) I broke my leg when I was skiing.

2) As I was going to work, I saw an old friend.

3) We were watching television when the power went off.

下面两个句子有何不同？

1) When the guests arrived, Jane was cooking dinner.

2) When the guests arrived, Jane cooked dinner.

第一个句子，Jane在客人到达之前已经开始做饭了，因为它用了过去进行时。

第二个句子，客人到达后，Jane才开始做饭。

4. 语法测试二

1) I ______ my new job yesterday.

A. started

B. was starting