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English Year 5 Grammar

F The Past Continuous Tense 过去进行时式

✒ The past continuous tense is used to show:
过去进行时式用于表示：
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(1) an action which was happening at a particular moment in the past.
在过去某一时刻正在发生的动作。
(2) two actions that were going on at the same time in the past.
在过去同一时刻同时进行的两个动作。
(3) an action that was going on when another action took place.
另一动作发生时正在进行的动作。

 The past continuous form of any verb is composed of two parts:
过去进行时式的动词包含两部分：
Verb ‘to be’ (the past tense) + Main verb (present participle)
“to be”动词（过去式）+ 主动词（现在分词）
Main verb 主动词
Verb ‘to be’ “to be”动词
（the past tense 过去式） （present participle / verb + ‘-ing’
现在分词 / 动词 + “-ing”）
listening
was
shopping
were
driving

 The past continuous tense can be used to express affirmative, negative or interrogative
sentences.
过去进行时式可用于表达肯定句、否定句或疑问句。

Affirmative Sentences Negative Sentences Interrogative Sentences
肯定句 否定句 疑问句
I was walking. I was not walking. Was I walking?

You were walking. You were not walking. Were you walking?

We were walking. We were not walking. Were we walking?

They were walking. They were not walking. Were they walking?

He was walking. He was not walking. Was he walking?

She was walking. She was not walking. Was she walking?

It was walking. It was not walking. Was it walking?

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