一般过去时与过去进行时 一、一般过去时往往表示某一动作已经完成，而过去进行时却表示动作在持续或未完成。 关键词：完成还是未完成 They were building a bridge last winter. They built a bridge last winter. Shirley _____a book about China last year but I don't know whether she has finished it. A. has written B. wrote C. had written D. was writing 2. They told me they _____ money for the Hope Project and they would do so year after year until all the children could go to school. A. collected B. were collecting C. has collected D. will collect 二、过去进行时可用来描绘事情发生的背景。即：过去某时A动作正在进行，B动作在A 动作进行的过程中发生了，A动作就是B动作发生的背景。如： He hurt his leg when he was playing basketball. 1. ──It was really very kind of you to give me a lift home. ──Oh, don’t mention it. I ___ past your house anyway. A. was coming B. will come C. had come D. have come 2. I _____ along the street looking for a place to park when the accident A．went; was occurring B．went; occurred C．was going; occurred D．was going; had occurred 3. — Where did you put the car keys? ── Oh, I ______ I put them on the chair because the phone rang as I ______ in. A. remembered; come B. remembered; was coming C. remember; come D. remember; was coming 1. Tom ___ into the house when no one . A. slipped; was looking B. had slipped; looked C. slipped; had looked D. was slipping; looked 2. Mary ____ a dress when she cut her finger. A. made B. is making C. was making D. makes 3. As she ____ the newspaper, Granny ____ asleep. A. read; was falling B. was reading; was falling C. was reading; fell D. read; fell 三、一般过去式常表示在过去某时发生的动作或存在的状态，强调的是动作的发生、结束或完成。过去进行时表示某一时刻或过去某一段时间正在进行的动作,强调的是动作的持续性。 I first met Lisa three years ago. She was working at a radio shop at the time. 我第一次遇到丽莎是在三年前，当时她在一家无线电商店工作。 1. —Did you see a man in black pass by just now? ──No, sir. I ____ a newspaper. A. read B. was reading C. would read D. am reading 2.—Ouch! You hurt me! ──I am sorry. But I ___ any harm. I ___ to drive a rat out. A. didn’t mean; tried B. don’t mean; am trying C. haven’t meant; tried D. didn’t mean; was trying 3. -----Did you watch the basketball match yesterday? ──Yes, I did. You know, my brother ________ in the match. A. is playing B. was playing C. has played D. had played 4. The telephone _______, but by the time I got indoors, it stopped. A. had rung B. was ringing C. rings D. has rung 四、一般过去时和过去进行时都可表达过去将来概念，其区别是： 在时间和条件状语从句中用一般过去时表示过去将来。 go，come，leave，start，arrive等表示位置转移的动词可用过去进行时表示过去将来的含义。 1. I wondered when they were leaving for Shanghai. 2. She said she wanted to be a doctor when she grew up. 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/db99959c16fc700aba68fc47.html