过去进行时的基本用法1、表示过去某一时刻或某一段时间内正在进行或持续进行的动作,常与表示过去的具体时间(then,atthattime,thistimeyesterday,allmorning,when...,while...,etc.)连用,有时用上下文暗示。1、Thestudents_______________(write)busilywhenMissBrownwalkedintotheclassroom.2、ThereportersaidthattheUFO______________(travel)fromeasttowestwhenhesawit.werewritingwastravelling1.I___________myhomeworkwhenMike_________lastnight.(昨天晚上迈克来的时候我正在写作业。)2.WhileAnn____________TV,herfather__________home.(安正在看电视时,她父亲回来了。)[哦,赶快关电视啦!]3.WhatwereyoudoingwhenI____________atthedoor?(我敲门(knock)的时候你在干什么?)4.She________________theroomwhenI_________toseeher.(我去看她的时候她不是在打扫房间。)5.I_____________myvocationEnglandthistimelastsummer.(去年夏天的这个时候我正在英国渡假(spendone’svocation)。)wasdoingcamewaswatchingcameknockedwasn'tcleaningwentwasspending6.Mary___________whilePeter_______________thepiano.(Mary在跳舞,而Peter在弹钢琴。)7.They_____________thenewspaperwhenI__________theroom.(我走进屋子时他们正在看报纸。)8.What_______you_________atfiveyesterdayafternoon?(昨天下午5点你在做什么?)9.Thestudents____________fortheirlessonswhenMr.Blackenteredtheclassroom.(Black先生走进教室的时候学生们正在准备功课。)10.Theteacher_____________tosomeparentswhenIsawher.(我见到老师的时候她正在和家常谈话。)[哎,回家可能要挨揍了,哇……]wasdancingwasplayingwerereadingwentintoweredoingwerepreparingprepareforwastalking二、过去进行时与一般过去时的区别1、过去进行时着重描述当时正在持续进行的动作,它的特点是:暂时,持续和未完成,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,而且已经结束了,强调结果。1)Shirley__________abookaboutChinalastyearbutIdon'tknowwhethershehadfinishedit.A.haswrittenB.wroteC.hadwrittenD.waswriting2)Mary__________adresswhenshecutherfinger.A.madeB.ismakingC.wasmakingD.makeswasmaking表示正在做衣服的过程,如用made则表示这一动作已结束,做衣服的动作已结束与cutherfinger就没有联系.3)He___________(write)aletter,thenwenttobed.wrotewrote表示动作已结束,做另一件事,如用waswriting就与wenttobed在逻辑上相矛盾。2、过去进行时侧重表示动作延长的时间长度;一般过去时表示过去某时发生过某事,侧重说明事实。He_____________allnightlastnight(生动的描写,他一直写……)He________somethinglastnight.(说明他写了……的事实)waswritingwrote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,know,remember,hope,wish,want等;④表示所属关系的动词:belong,have,own,hold(容纳)等