TOEIC®备考课程：past continuous（过去进行时）
❓ 法语中的"prétérit continu"和英语的“past continuous”意思相同。
1. past continuous（过去进行时）的构成
| 肯定句 | 否定句 | 疑问句 |
|---|---|---|
| I was reading | I was not (wasn't) reading | Was I reading? |
| You were reading | You were not (weren’t) reading | Were you reading? |
| He/She/It was reading | He/She/It was not (wasn’t) reading | Was he/she/it reading? |
| We were reading | We were not (weren’t) reading | Were we reading? |
| You were reading | You were not (weren’t) reading | Were you reading? |
| They were reading | They were not (weren’t) reading | Were they reading? |
- 肯定句使用结构：主语 + was/were + -ing。
- 否定句使用结构：主语 + was/were + not + -ing。
- 疑问句使用结构：was/were + 主语 + -ing + ?。
常见错误
- 在第三人称单数中误用“were”：
- 错误：We were reading a book.
- 正确：We was reading a book.
2. 什么时候使用past continuous（过去进行时）？
2.1. 表示过去正在发生的动作
总体来说，past continuous用于描述过去某一具体时刻正在进行的动作。
- Yesterday at 8 PM, I was watching a movie.
2.2. 过去被中断的动作
在上一点的基础上，past continuous也用来表示过去正在进行但被打断的动作。
- Yesterday at 8 PM, I was watching a movie when my friend called me.
与past continuous常用的时间标志
诸如 "while"、"when"、"at that moment" 这样的表达常与past continuous一起使用，指出某动作发生的时间或持续时间。
- While she was waiting for the bus, she met an old friend.
- Josephine was writing on the whiteboard when her phone rang.
- At that moment, Josephine was writing on the whiteboard.
🎯 提示：在TOEIC®句子中，如果看到这些时间标志后面紧接着prétérit simple（如she met, rang等），几乎可以确定所用时态是past continuous！
更通用的结构如下：
- While \+ past continuous**\,** past simple
- Past continuous, when past simple
- At that moment, past continuous
总结
在TOEIC®考试中，你至少会遇到几道考查past continuous的题目。必须记住，其结构为was / were + ing，用于描述过去正在发生的动作。
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