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English Year 5 Grammar
 Below are some examples to show how the past continuous tense is used in sentences:
下列例句显示如何应用过去进行时式：
1. To show an action which was happening at a particular moment in the past. Time
expressions such as ‘yesterday’, ‘just now’, ‘last night’, etc. are usually used with the
past continuous tense.
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表示在过去某一时刻正在发生的动作。时间词如“昨天”、“刚才”、“昨晚”等常与过
去进行时式连用。
Grammar

P I was washing my car yesterday.
P She was writing a letter last night.
P It was raining heavily this evening.
P They were walking in the park this morning.
P We were playing football on the field this afternoon.

2. To show two actions that were going on at the same time in the past. Conjunctions
‘while’ or ‘when’ are usually used to join the two actions.
表示在过去同一时刻同时进行的两个动作。连词“while”或“when”常用于连接这两个
动作。

P They were swimming while we were fishing.
P The boys were singing while the girls were dancing.
P My mother was sleeping while my father was reading.
P Elaine was cooking when Tom was watching television.
P I was watching television when my brothers were playing outside.

3. To show an action that was going on when another action took place. The ongoing
action is in the past continuous tense and the latter action in the simple past tense.
Conjunctions ‘when’, ‘while’ and ‘as’ are also used to connect the two actions. Take
note that if the conjunctions are used at the beginning of the sentence, we need to
put a comma between the two sentences.
表示另一动作发生时正在进行的动作。进行中的动作用过去进行时式；而后来的动作用简
单过去时式。连词“when”、“while”和“as”也用于连接这两个动作。请注意在句子开
头应用连词时，必须在两个句子之间加上逗号。

P When Mr Tan was taking a bath, the telephone rang.
P The telephone rang when Mr Tan was taking a bath.
P While Mr Tan was taking a bath, the telephone rang.
P The telephone rang while Mr Tan was taking a bath.
P As Mr Tan was taking a bath, the telephone rang.
P The telephone rang as Mr Tan was taking a bath.

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