不用一般过去时而要用过去进行时的5种情况
过去进行时的基本句型
肯定式：I was working. He/She/it was working. We were working.
疑问式：Were you working? Was he/she/it working? Were we working?
否定式：I was not working. He/she/it was not working. We were not working.
以下不用一般过去时而要用过去进行时
1) 表示过去某一阶段暂时性的习惯动作时。
Tom was getting up at six o’clock every day that week.
那周Tom每天6点起床。
2) 与always连用表示赞美，厌烦等感情色彩时。
John was always coming to school late. John上学总是迟到。
Lei Feng was always doing good deeds for the people. 雷锋总是乐于助人。
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3) 用来描写故事发生的情景时。It was a dark night. The wind was blowing hard and the rain was falling heavily. A PLA man suddenly appeared on the river bank. He wanted to cross the river. 漆黑的夜晚，狂风大作，大雨滂沱，一位中国人民解放军突然出现在河畔，他想渡河。4) when作并列连词，表示“（这时）突然”之意时，第一个并列分句用过去进行时，when引导的并列分句用一般过去时。 I was taking a walk when I met him. 遇到他时，我正在散步。We were playing outside when it began to rain. 下雨时我们正在外边玩耍。5) go, come, leave, start, arrive等动词可用过去进行时表示过去将来的含义。I was leaving for Wuhan that day. 那天我正打算去武汉。1. —Sir, I'm here.—Please listen. I ________ asking your parents to come our school, but I'd like to hear your opinion first.A. have considered B. am going to consider C. considered D. have been considering2. Hello, you ________ 7856321. But I'm sorry, right now I'm unable to answer your questions.A. reached B. were reaching C. have reached D. had reached3. —May I speak to Mr. Williams at five tomorrow afternoon?—I'm sorry. He ________ a conference then.A. attends B. has attended C. would attend D. will be attending4. —Did you telephone Uncle Sam our plan for the Christmas holidays on his farm? —Yes, he was happy about our arrival，and he eagerly asked when ________.A. has we arrived B. we had arrivedC. were we arriving D. we were arriving5. The teacher said we ________ ten lessons by the end of this term.A. should have studied B. were going to studyC. have studied D. should study6. I hope her health ______ greatly by the time we come back next year.A. improves B. improvedC. will be improved D. will have improved7. —Hey, John！I ________ to meet you here.—Oh, yes. This is my first time to be at the Internet café. Do you often come here?A. haven't expected B. wasn't expectingC. hadn't expected D. didn't expect8. —Have you met Mr. Li?—Yes. When I arrived, he ________ for Shanghai to attend a national conference.A. just left B. had just leftC. just leaves D. was just leaving9. It's only six o'clock now；little Tom should be up，though，because he ________ for nine hours.A. has been sleeping B. had been sleepingC. has slept D. had slept10. —Good morning, Doctor White's office. —Hello, this is John Woods. Could you please tell Doctor White I ________? My car won't start.A. was delayed B. will be delayedC. am delaying D. would delay
