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1、精品好文档，推荐学习交流PastContinuousTense1.ThePastContinuoustenseisanimportanttenseinEnglish.Weuseittosaywhatwewereinthemiddleofdoingataparticularmomentinthepast.2.Structure:lThepastprogressivetense(alsosometimescalled"pastcontinuous")isformedbyusingwas/were+mainverb+ing

2、(was/weredoing),asin,"Wewereeatingdinnerwhenthephonerang."lVerbsusuallycannotbeusedinpastcontinuoustense：agree、be、believe、belong、care、forge、hate、have、hear、know、like、love、mean、mind、notice、own、remember、seem、suppose、understand、want、wish,etc.Example:Wrong：Iwasknowi

3、ngtheanswer.(×)Right：Iknewtheanswer.(√)3.TemporalAdverbials:thismorning、thewholemorning、alldayyesterday、fromninetotenlastevening、when、while,etc.4.BasicSentencePatterns: subjectauxiliaryverb mainverb (+)lPositivesentenceIwas watchingTV.Youwere workinghard.(-)lNe

4、gativesentenceHe,she,itwasnothelpingMary.Wewerenotjoking. (?)lGeneralquestionWereyou beingsilly?Werethey playingfootball?(?)lSpecialquestionWhatwashe/she/iteating?Whatwereyoudoing?5.HowtousethePastContinuousTense1)ThePastContinuoustenseexpressesactionata partic

5、ularmoment inthepast.Theactionstartedbeforethatmomentbuthasnotfinishedatthatmoment.Forexample,“yesterdayIwatchedafilmonTV.Thefilmstartedat7pmandfinishedat9pm”.Thus,“At8pmyesterday,IwaswatchingTV.”WhenweusethePastContinuoustense,ourlistenerusuallyknowsorundersta

6、ndswhattimewearetalkingabout.Lookattheseexamples:仅供学习与交流，如有侵权请联系网站删除谢谢2精品好文档，推荐学习交流lI wasworking at10pmlastnight.lWhat were you doing at10pmlastnight?lWhat were you doing whenhearrived?(“whenhearrived"isalsoawayofdefiningthetime)lShe wascooking whenItelephonedh

7、er.lWe werehaving dinnerwhenitstartedtorain.1)It'salsocommontousethistensetotalkabouttwoon-goingactionsthatwerehappeningatthesametimeinthepast,asin,"WhileJustinTimberlakewasfinishinghisnewalbum,hisfanswerewaitingforittocomeout."2)Wecanalsousethistensetotalkabou

8、tactionsinthepastthattookplaceovertime,asin,"Icouldn'tsleeplastnightbecausedogswerebarkingthewholenight."NOTICE:·when+shortaction(PastSimple)·while+longaction(PastContinuous