我想問下past continuous tense同simple past tense有咩分別???

Simple past tense

Simple past is formed for regular verbs by adding –ed to the root of a word. Example: He walked to the store. A negation is produced by adding did not and the verb in its infinitive form. Example: He did not walk to the store. Question sentences are started with did as in Did he walk to the store?

Simple past is used for describing acts that have already been concluded and whose exact time of occurrence is known. Furthermore, simple past is used for retelling successive events. That is why it is commonly used in storytelling.


Past continuous tense

Past continuous tense is formed by using the adequate form of to be and the verb’s present participle: He was going to church. By inserting not before the main verb a negation is achieved. Example: He was not going to church. A question is formed by prefixing the adequate form of to be as in Was he going?.

Past progressive is used for describing events that were just about to occur when a new event happened. The already occurring event is presented in past progressive, the new one in simple past. Example: We were sitting in the garden when the thunderstorm started. Use is similar to other languages' imperfect tense.

Past continuous tense 是過去進行式

E.g.1/ He was cooking in the kitchen at Kitty's home.


Simple Past Tense 是簡單的過去式 / 過去式

E.g.2/ I went to the non-profit making organisation yesterday.

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兩者主要的分別在於 Past Continuous Tense 是過去所進行 ' 中' 的動作, 其實它的用法和現在進行式差不多, 只是現在你要的是過去進行式, 一樣是用作顯示一個含動作的意思. 是 過去 "郁緊", 正做緊那樣所提到的動作

而 Simple Past Tense 則是用來形容普通過去所發生的人事 / 物/ 其他事情. Simple Past Tense 亦可名為 Past Tense, 是一個可說是定點的模式, 不過是過去的定位, 所描繪的人 / 事必然要在過去已經發生, 可以是最近先發生完 / 發生了許久.

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總括而言, Simple Past Tense 用作形容過去所發生的 sth, 而且必定已發生完


Past Continuous Tense 是過去進行 ' 中 ' 的一種形式, 是較 dynamic ...

其實好簡單
past continuous 就係 過去進行式, 即係話o係過去果段時間, 果個人"做緊"d咩野, 或者 "發生緊" 咩事
past tense 就係 過去式, 即係只係好普通咁講出一d過左去既野

eg:
1. I was having a bath while the accident happened. 當件意外發生時, 我正在洗澡.
2. I was not at home yesterday. 我昨天不在家.

pct- 多了"當時", pst- 己經做了

pct- I was watching TV (我當時在看電視)

pst- I watched TV (我看過了電視)

pct- When I see her, she was smiling (當我見到她時, 她正在笑)

pst- When I see her, she smiled (當我見到她時, 她笑了)

2007-07-23 15:52:25 補充：
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