英语中的八个基本时态,即:一般现在时、一般过去时、一般将来时、过去将来时、现在进行时、过去进行时、现在完成时、过去完成时。 而题目中所说的是过去进行时 它的构成形式为: I / he /she was We / they / you were + 动词的现在分词 过去进行时的功用 1) 表示在过去某个时间后者某段时间正在进行的动作,如: When I rang him up, he was having dinner. This time last year I was living in Shanghai. What were you doing at 10 o’clock last night? 2) 过去进行时和一般过去时连用,表示在一个动作发生的过程中,发生了另一个动作,如: It was raining when I got up. I fell asleep when I was watching television. 3) 过去一般时所说明的动作是已经完成的,而过去进行时不表示正在进行的动作一定会完成,如: Tom was cooking the dinner. Tom cooked the dinner.