1 过去进行时的用法 一、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
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
我正在街上走时突然有人喊我
二、下面几种情况不用一般过去时而要用过去进行时: 1
表示过去某一阶段暂时性的习惯动作时
如: Tom was getting up at six o’clock every day that week
汤姆那一周里每天都是六点钟起床
与 always 连用表示赞美,厌烦等感情色彩时
如: John was always coming to school late
约翰上学总是迟到
Lei Feng was always doing good deeds for the people
雷锋总是为人民做好事
用来描写故事发生的情景时
如: It was a dark night
The wind was blowing hard and the rain was falling heavily
A PLA man suddenly appeared on the river bank
He wanted to cross the river
那是一个漆黑的夜晚,风刮得很厉害,雨下得很大,一个解放军战士突然出现在河岸上,他想过河去