過去進行時考題例析

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1. Amon___________his ship in a big storm when a giant fish came out of the sea.

A. will sail B. is sailing C. was sailing D. has sailed

【解析】 句意：Amon駕船在暴風雨中航行時，一條大魚從海里游了出來。考查動詞時態辨析。本句是when引導的時間狀語從句，時態遵循“主過從過”;根據when a giant fish came out of the sea可知遇到大雨時Amon正在航行，主句需用過去進行時，故選C。

2. Students in Grade Nine___________a maths exam at this time yesterday.

A. take B. are taking C. were taking D. have taken

【解析】 句意：昨天這個時候九年級的學生正在參加數學考試。考查動詞時態辨析。at this time yesterday“昨天這個時候”，用于過去進行時“was / were+doing”結構，根據句意結構和語境，可知選C。

3. —I called you last night， but nobody answered. Where were you then？

—Oh， I___________my pet dog in my yard.

A. walked B. was walking C. am walking D. will walk

【解析】 句意：——我昨晚給你打電話了，但是沒有人接。那時你在哪里？——哦，我在院子里遛我的寵物狗。考查動詞時態辨析。根據句意語境可知，昨晚你打電話時我正在遛狗，需用過去進行時“was / were doing”結構，故選B。

4. Peter with his classmates___________for the bus when the earthquake happened.

A. is waiting B. was waiting C. are waiting D. were waiting

【解析】 句意：地震發生時，彼得和他的同學們正在等公共汽車。選項A和C是現在進行時;選項B和D是過去進行時。根據句意可知這一動作正在發生，因此句子Peter with his classmates___________for the bus應該用過去進行時，排除A和C;又因為Peter with his classmates中的with表示伴隨，因此本題的主語是Peter，為單數，所以be動詞用was，故選B。

5. Sorry， I didn't see you， because I___________a picture.

A. draw B. drew C. was drawing D. have drawn

【解析】 句意：對不起，我沒看見你，因為我在畫畫。根據I didn't see you可知是過去那個時候在畫畫，所以用過去進行時態;draw為一般現在時態的結構，drew為一般過去時態的結構， was drawing為過去進行時態的結構，have drawn為現在完成時態的結構，故選C。

6. —Linda， you weren't at home at five o'clock yesterday afternoon.

—I___________soccer with my classmates when you called me.

A. play B. was playing C. was play? D. played

【解析】 句意：——琳達，你昨天下午五點不在家。——你給我打電話的時候我正和我的同學們踢足球。A為一般現在時;B為過去進行時;選項C的結構不對，故排除;D為一般過去時，根據at five o'clock yesterday afternoon“昨天下午五點”，可知本題的時態應該用過去進行時，指昨天下午五點的時候，正在發生的事情。其結構是：was / were+動詞的現在分詞，選B。

7. —Oh！ What's wrong with your finger？

—I hurt it while I___________a model plane.

A. made B. was making C. am making D. make

【解析】 句意：——哦，你的手指怎么了？——我在制作飛機模型的時候傷到了它。made“制作”，是make的過去式;was making過去進行時;am making現在進行時;make制作，動詞原形。根據句意可知，這件事已經發生了，應用過去時態，C和D不對;while引導的時間狀語從句中，常用過去進行時，故選B。

8. —Didn't you hear Dad call you？

—No， I didn't. I___________with Jack on the phone.

A. am talking B. would talk C. have talked D. was talking

【解析】句意：——你沒聽見爸爸打電話給你嗎？——不，我沒有。我正在通過電話和Jack交談。am talking“正在交談”，現在進行時;would talk“將會交談”，過去將來時;have talked“已經交談”，現在完成時;was talking“正在交談”，過去進行時。根據上文Didn't you hear Dad call you？及下文No， I didn't.回答可知下文是用過去進行時，根據題意，故選D。

9. Tom said he___________basketball with his classmates from 4：00 to 6：00 yesterday afternoon.

A. is played B. was playing C. plays D. had played

【解析】句意：湯姆說他昨天下午4點到6點正在和同學們一起打籃球。考查過去進行時。is played一般現在時的被動語態;was playing過去進行時;plays第三人稱單數;had played過去完成時。根據句意可知是昨天下午4點到6點正在和同學們一起打籃球，表示過去某一時間段內正在發生或進行的動作或狀態，應用過去進行時，其構成為“was / were+動詞的現在分詞”，主語he是單數，用was，play basketball“打籃球”，play的現在分詞是playing，故答案選B。

【實戰演練】

1. —______________did the rainstorm come？

—While we___________a physics lesson yesterday.

A. When; have had B. While; are having C. When; were having D. While; have

2. —Were you at home at 9 o'clock last night？

—Yes. I___________a shower at that time.

A. took B. was taking C. was taken D. am taking

3. —I went to your office at 9：00 yesterday morning， but you were not in.

—Sorry， I___________with the manager in the meeting room at that time.

A. am talking B. was talking? C. were talking D. have talked

4. —I went to your home yesterday morning， but you weren't in.

—Well， I___________along the river at that time.

A. walked B. was walking C. am walking D. have walked

5. —Hi， I didn't see you at John's birthday party last night.

—Oh， I___________the book report at that time.

A. prepared for B. prepare for C. am preparing for D. was preparing for

6. —Alex， why didn't you answer my call at nine last night？

—Sorry. I___________my mobile phone at home. I___________basketball in the park with my

friends.

A. forgot; played B. forgot; was playing? C. left; played D. left; was playing

7. My English teacher took a photo of me while I___________at the sports meeting.

A. run? ? B. was running? ? C. ran? ? ? D. running

8. —Did you notice a man passing by？

—No， I___________on the phone.

A. talk? B. am talking? C. was talking? ? ? D. talked

9. Lucy___________her friends the whole morning， but they didn't show up.

A. expects? B. will expect? ? C. is expecting? ? ? ? D. was expecting

10. —I went to see you yesterday evening. But you weren't in. Where were you then？

—I___________a walk by the lake with my father.

A. was having? ? ? B. am having? ? C. have had? ? ? ? D. had