什麼是past continuous tense

2008-01-05 7:24 pm
什麼是past continuous tense

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2008-01-05 7:41 pm
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Past continuous tense 是過去進行式,在描述一些過去正在發生的一些事物。
Past Continuous Tense﹝過去進行時態﹞

動詞的過去進行時態的形態是:

was / were + 動詞的現在分詞
動詞的過去進行時態表示: 過去某一時間內正在進行的動作或狀態 例如:
He was sleeping when I saw him yesterday.
When he came, I was reading the magazine.
Where were you going when I saw you yesterday?
2008-01-09 4:41 am
Past Perfect Tense (過去完成式)

當我們想表達一個比 Simple Past Tense 更早發生的動作時,就會用上 Past Perfect Tense 或 Past Perfect Continuous Tense,現在先說 Past Perfect Tense。
這個 Past Perfect Tense 與 Present Perfect Tense 雖然名字很相似,但是用法卻有一點兒不同。Past Perfect Tense 不需要像 Present Perfect Tense 般注意什麼 "有沒有準確時間",只要在相比下較 Simple Past Tense 早,便可以交給它去辦了。

E.g.:We were there at 9:00 a.m., but the bus had gone.
E.g.:I studied hard in library yesterday afternoon, because I had got a very bad result. If I don't work hard now, I will fail again.

為了加深概念,我們再看多兩個例子吧:
E.g.:He had left ten minutes ago.
E.g.:He left ten minutes ago.

這兩個例子,其中一個是錯誤的,你知道是哪個嗎?如果單從中文翻譯:"他十分鐘前已經走了",好像是第一句比較正確,十分鐘前嘛!你認為呢?
其實我這般地問,答案當然不是啦~

這是一個對 Tenses 不熟識的考生常犯的錯誤,如果你對 Tenses 已經很有信心,請耐心地再聽多次吧,因為我喜歡 "有殺錯,冇放過…"。還記得之前我們說過,Past Perfect Tense 是一個動作比 Simple Past Tense 還要早時便可用得著嗎?因此如果要用 Past Perfect Tense,先決條件就是要有比較,那麼你應該有一個問題了:從上面的例子中,不是已經有了比較嗎?"十分鐘" 嘛!…

但其實這比較並不是 Verb to Noun, Verb to Preposition…etc(i.e. 不是與詞意相比),而是與 動詞 相比。再再再再簡單點來說,就是用 Past Perfect 之前,必須有一個 Simple Past Tense 作為其比較對象。

相反地,如果我們 "包咬頸",一定要用 "Ten minutes ago" 作比較!那麼問題便會發生了。因為單單一個時間副詞:"Ago, Before…etc"並不代表比某個時間前,反之,從以上例子中,我們應該把整件事視為一個 Simple Past Tense。因 "Ten minutes ago" 是過去了,"Twenty minutes ago" 又是過去了,在沒有 動詞 比較之下,又怎能斷定是不是比 Simple Past Tense 早呢?想一想是不是?所以並不需要畫蛇添足。


好了,一些基本理論講完之後,便來一點用法上面要注意的地方吧。


1. 當一個動作於另一個動作後 "隨即發生",我們就會兩個動作都同時用 Simple Past Tense,以表達它們迫切性。不過,這一個用法一般都較少人會注意。

E.g.:When the thief saw the policeman, he ran away.


2. 當一句 clause 以 "Before, After, Until…etc" 這些 Conjunction(連接詞)作開頭時,我們就可以用 Past Perfect Tense 或 Simple Past Tense,隨你喜歡。

E.g.:After she took/had taken a shower, she started to do her homework.


Past Continuous Tense (過去進行式)

它的用法與 Present Continuous Tense 相同,只是時態是過去式罷了。
E.g.:I saw Miss Tam yesterday. She was waiting for a bus.

其次,當我們講故事時,都會用 Past Continuous Tense 來描述故事背景,以其他 Past Tenses 來表達事件及動作。
E.g.:I was waiting for a bus. Suddenly I saw a black car stop in front of a bank. Some men got out of the car and rushed into the bank. Soon I heard...

(參考資料 - 全中文解釋 http://www.crazyhill.com/hung/english/tense.htm)
2008-01-05 7:47 pm
It means: Be(past tense)+verb+Continuous
Full sentence: People+Be(past tense)+verb+Continuous+Some action+.
E.G: Lilli was going to go to the Cinema.
They were making sandwiches.
參考: School
2008-01-05 7:37 pm
Past Continuous tense 係過去進行式~
Past Continuous tense嘅key words 係有時間ge~e.g. :yesterday afternoon,at 10 o'clock last night.......仲有when,as同while~如果一句句子入面有呢三個字~呢句句子就一定係Past Continuous tense~because呢3個字ge解釋就係當~
參考: myself


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