1.過去進行式表示過去某一時刻或某一階段正在進行的動作。
2.過去進行式的形式是was (were) +現在分詞。
3.過去進行式表示過去某一時刻正在進行的動作,與表示過去某一時刻的副詞或副詞片語連用。
I was watching TV at 2 o＇clock this afternoon.
下午兩點時我正在看電視。
I was having dinner at eight o'clock yesterday evening.
昨晚八點我正在吃飯。
4.過去進行式表示過去某一段時間持續進行的動作。
I was watching TV before 4 o＇clock.
四點前我一直在看電視。
Tom was reading a book all morning.
整個早晨湯姆都在讀書。
5.arrive, begin, come, drive, fly, go, leave, meet, move, stay, start等表示動作的動詞的過去進行式,可用來表示過去將來即將發生的動作。
Your mother was coming today.
你媽媽今天要來。
She was flying here two o＇clock this afternoon.
她將在今天下午飛到這里。
I were meeting your mother at the airport.
所以我要到飛機場接你媽媽去。
He was meeting his brother at the airport the next day.
他第二天要到飛機場接他哥哥去。