过去进行时 英语
过去进行时是英语中的一种时态,也称为过去进行式或过去进行态。它用于描述在过去某个时间正在进行的动作或事件。在语法上,过去进行时由“was/were + 现在分词”构成。
1.例如,下面是一些使用过去进行时的例子:
I was studying for my exam when my friend called me.(我正在备考考试时,我的朋友给我打了电话。)
They were playing soccer in the park when it started to rain.(他们正在公园里踢足球,突然下起了雨。)
She was cooking dinner when the guests arrived.(她正在做晚餐,客人们到了。)
2.过去进行时通常用于描述过去某个时间正在进行的动作或事件,强调动作的持续性和未完成性。它可以与过去简单时态一起使用,以便描述同时发生的事件。例如:
While I was studying for my exam, my friend called me.(当我正在备考考试时,我的朋友给我打了电话。)
They were playing soccer in the park when it started to rain.(他们正在公园里踢足球,突然下起了雨。)
She was cooking dinner when the guests arrived.(她正在做晚餐,客人们到了。)
3.过去进行时还可以用于描述过去某个时间的背景情况。例如:
It was raining heavily and the wind was blowing when I left the house.(当我离开房子时,雨下得很大,风也很大。)
The sun was setting and the sky was turning orange when we arrived at the beach.(当我们到达海滩时,太阳正在落山,天空变成了橙色。)