一、was/were doing
过去进行时在:过去某个特定的时间正在进行或发生的动作
He is writing now.(at this time yesterday)
He was writing at this time yesterday.
练习:1. She is sweeping the floor now. (then)
2. I am preparing for the trip. (at7:00 this morning)
3. Peter, what are you doing there? (just now) 二、时间状语从句:
表示当…时,… 通常由when, while, as引导
例:当他在写的时候,她在哭。
While he was /is writing,she was/is crying.
三、时态:可以是现在时,也可以是过去时,但是主从句的时态必须保持一致。
我回家时, 妻子在做饭。
When I come home, my wife is cooking.
When I came home my wife was
cooking.
四、动词: 延续性动词使用现在/过去进行时,非延续性动词用一般现在/过去时。
He cut himself while he was shaving.
五、连词
when:时态灵活,由动词决定
while:其后必须是进行时