一个句子搞定小学英语语法:过去进行时
过去进行时
<例句>
What were you doing when I rang you?
我给你打电话的时候你在干吗?
<语法分析>
过去进行时主要表示过去某时的一个动作正在进行,而过去的时间可以由一个状语表示出来,有时候时间由上下文表示出来。过去进行时既具有一般过去时的特点,又具有进行时的特点。过去进行时与一般过去时的基本差别是,前者表示一个正在进行的动作,而后者则表示一个已经完成的动作。而且,用进行时态时有时有感情色彩。
<触类旁通>
(1) She was always working.
她总是不停地干活。
语法分析:这个句子具有赞扬的意味,有时用进行时态可使句子具有感情色彩,特别是带有always, forever和constantly等状语的时候。
(2) I got to know him when I was working in a pharmacy.
我在药房工作时结识了他。
语法分析:在状语从句中,经常要用到过去进行时。
(3) The kettle was boiling, the telephone was ringing and someone was knocking at the door.
壶里的水开着,电话铃响着,又有人在敲门。
语法分析:过去进行时表示正在进行的一次性动作。
(4) I was always missing trains.
我总是误火车。
语法分析:过去进行时可以表示经常重复性的动作。
(5)They were expecting to finish the work last week, but unexpectedly the machines went out of order.
他们原以为上个月会完成工作,但不巧机器出了故障。
语法分析:某些词或词组如come, go, plan, expect以及look forward to 等的过去进行时,有时是表示本来打算做而实际没有做成的事情。
(6) By the time he was ten he was already doing experiment in chemistry.
到十岁时,他已经在做化学实验了。
语法分析:过去进行时还可以表示该动作还未结束或已进入一个新阶段。
(7) I was wondering whether you could give me some advice.
不知道你可否帮我出点主意。
语法分析:有时用进行时表示现在的想法,可以显得客气一点。
<巩固练习>
(1) Soon all the people of the city _____[talk] of the wonderful cloth.
(2) She _____[come] to see me, but unfortunately she was ill.
(3) He was busy yesterday. He _____[prepare] for the exams.
(4) She lost her purse when she _____[sroll] across a meadow.
(5) I asked her to tell me what _____[trouble] her.
(6) I _____[hope] you could reconsider our proposal.
<参考答案>
(1) were talking (2) was coming (3) was preparing (4) was strolling (5) was troubling (6) was hoping