现在进行时与过去进行时:用法与例句

 

1、现在进行时

(1)现在进行时表示现在或现阶段正在发生或进行的动作。它是由“be + 动词的现在分词”构成。其否定句是在be之后加not。疑问句则将be提到主语之前。

现在分词的构成

变化规则 例词
一般情况直接加-ing do—doing    help —- helping
以不发音的e结尾的,去-e加-ing take—taking     have —- having
重读闭音节末尾只有一个辅音字母的,双写此辅音字母再加-ing stop —- stopping    set —- setting

begin—-beginning  drop—dropping

(3)现在进行时的用法。

① 表示说话时正在进行的动作。如:

What are you doing ?                Who are you waiting for ?

I’m cooking

② 表示现阶段一直在进行的动作,但说话时不一定在进行。如:

He is working in a factory.         She is translating look now.

③ 表示不断重复的动作。如:

The boy is always asking some strange questions.

The children are singing and dancing.

④ 表示位置移动的动词,可以用现在进行时表示将要发生的事。如go, come, leave, fly, start等。如:

When are you starting ?                    I’m leaving tomorrow.

2、过去进行时

过去进行时表示过去某一时刻正在进行的动作。

过去进行时常和表示过去的时间状语连用。如:this time yesterday, at that time, then, last night, at 9:00 yesterday, all night等。其构成和现在进行时类似,只需将be变为相应的过去式:was/ were + 动词-ing。如:

What were you doing this time yesterday ?

When I was watering the garden, it began to rain.

I was watching TV.

I was writing while my mother was cooking.

教学难点:

① 过去进行时表示一个过去的动作发生时或发生之后,另一个过去的动作正在进行。过去进行时也可用来表示过去一段时间内持续发生的动作。如:

When I was watering the garden, it began to rain.

当我在花园浇水时,突然下雨了。

While we were having a party, the lights went out.

② 过去进行时还可以表示两个过去的动作同时进行,这时可用连接词while引导。如:

George was reading while his wife was listening to the radio.

③ “was going + 不定式”表示过去打算。如

He was going to be our team leader. 他原打算当我们的领队。

④ 过去进行时与一般过去的区别

过去进行时表示在过去一段时间正在进行的动作,而一般过去时表示一个完成的动作。如:

I was typing letters last night.

I typed some letters last night.