在英语语法中,过去进行式是一种动词结构(由动词“to be”-“was”或“were”-的过去形式和一个现在分词组成),表示过去正在进行的、已经完成的动作。过去进行式也称为过去进行式。
一般过去时(如worked)通常被称为过去时,用于描述完成的动作。过去进行式(例如过去或正在进行)用于描述过去某个时间正在进行但后来已完成的行动。以下摘自老师的《英语语法》一文有助于阐明动词过去进行式的含义。
通常,用过去进行式表达的动作在另一个动作发生时正在进行。在这种情况下,所发生的动作用简单过去式表达,句子通常包括一个从句,从句以when或while开头。用when时,过去进行式动作可以出现在主句中,如(39a)所示,或在从属条款中,如(39b)中所述。
尽管大多数教科书强调在(39)这样的句子中使用过去进行式,但在(40)这样的句子中,过去进行式经常被使用,其中过去的两个进行中的动作同时发生:
当动词在过去时态中是连续的时,有些人会感到困惑,认为一个连续动词表示现在发生的动作。Marjolijn Verspoor和Kim Sauter在下面阐明了现在进行式和过去进行式动词时态之间的区别。
“正在行走和正在行走的区别在于,现在进行时指的是正在发生的事件,而过去进行时指的是在过去某个特定时刻发生的事件。
要形成进行时态,必须使用be形式,后跟动词的现在分词形式(-ing)”(Verspoor and Sauter 2000)。
下面是一些文献中的过去进行动词的例子。要进行更多练习,请查看是否可以将每个动词的过去进行动词改为简单的过去动词,然后再改为现在进行动词。
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