I'm Esther.

我是以斯帖。

In this video.

在這段視頻中。

I will introduce the past continuous tense.

我將介紹過去的連續時態。

This tense can be used to describe an action that was ongoing in the past.

這個時態可以用來描述過去正在進行的動作。

It can also be used to describe two actions happening at the same time in the past.

它也可以用來描述過去同時發生的兩個動作。

There's a lot to learn so let's get started.

要學的東西很多，我們開始吧。

Let's take a look at the first usage of the past continuous tense.

我們來看一下過去連續時的第一種用法。

This tense can be used to describe an action that was ongoing in the past.

這個時態可以用來描述過去正在進行的動作。

Let's take a look at these examples.

我們來看看這些例子。

'I was walking in the park in the evening.'

'傍晚時分，我在公園裡散步。

So first we start with the subject, 'I'.

所以首先我們從主體 "我 "開始。

For I, he, she, and it, we follow with 'was'.

對於我、他、她、它，我們用 "是 "來跟。

'I was'

"我是

And then we add an 'ING' to the end of the verb.

然後我們在動詞的末尾加一個 "ING"。

'I was walking'

"我在散步

Now take a look at the whole sentence.

現在來看一下整句話。

'I was walking in the park in the evening.'

'傍晚時分，我在公園裡散步。

You can see that this was an ongoing action and it happened in the past.

你可以看到，這是一個持續的行動，而且是發生在過去。

Let's look at the next example.

我們來看下一個例子。

'She was living here last year.'

'她去年就住在這裡。

Here, the subject is 'she'.

這裡的主語是 "她"。

So again we use 'was' and then 'verb-ing'.

所以我們又用'是'，然後用'動詞'。

Here we have another expression that shows that this action was happening in the past.

在這裡，我們有另一種表達方式，表明這個動作是在過去發生的。

'The dog,' or 'it', 'was eating dinner five minutes ago.'

'那條狗'或'它'，'5分鐘前還在吃晚飯'。

The subject here is 'the dog' which can be replaced by the pronoun 'it'.

這裡的主語是'狗'，可以用代詞'它'代替。

And so we follow with 'was'.

於是，我們接著用'是'。

And finally, 'Andy and Jim,' we can replace this with 'they'.

最後，'安迪和吉姆'，我們可以用'他們'代替。

For 'you', 'we' and 'they', we use 'were'.

對於 "你"、"我們 "和 "他們"，我們用 "曾經"。

'They were', or 'Andy and Jim were working at 9:00 p.m.'

"他們是"，或者 "安迪和吉姆晚上9點在工作

Let's move on.

讓我們繼續前進。

The past continuous tense is also used to describe an ongoing

過去的連續時態也用於描述正在進行的

action in the past that was interrupted by another action.

過去的行動被另一個行動所打斷；

This interrupting action is used in the past simple tense with the word 'when'.

這個打斷動作用的是過去簡單時態，用的是 "當 "字。

Let's take a look at this example.

我們來看看這個例子。

'I was playing cards when you called.'

'你打電話來的時候，我正在打牌。

Again we start with the subject 'was' or 'were',

同樣我們從主語 "是 "或 "是 "開始。

and then 'verb-ing',

然後'動詞--'。

so this is the action that was ongoing in the past,

所以這是過去正在進行的行動。

'I was playing cards'

"我在打牌

The interrupting action in this sentence is 'you called'.

這句話中的打斷動作是'你叫'。

You'll notice I use the word 'when' to show the interrupting action'

你會注意到我用了 "何時 "這個詞來表示中斷的動作。

And I used it in the past simple tense, 'called'.

而且我用的是過去的簡單時態，'叫'。

Let's take a look at the next sentence.

我們來看下一句話。

'The cat' or 'it' was eating when Eric came home.'

'貓'或'它'在吃飯的時候，埃裡克回家了。

Again the action in progress is 'the cat was eating'.

同樣正在進行的動作是'貓在吃東西'。

And 'Eric came home', you'll notice the past simple tense.

而 "埃裡克回家了"，你會注意到過去的簡單時態。

This is the interrupting action used with the word 'when'.

這是與 "當 "字一起使用的中斷動作。

'We were sleeping when Anne arrived.'

'安妮來的時候我們正在睡覺。

Again we have the ongoing action in the past.

我們又有過去的持續行動。

The subject here is 'we'.

這裡的主體是'我們'。

And so we used 'were' and then 'verb-ing'.

於是我們用了'是'，然後用了'動詞'。

'When Anne arrived' is the interrupting action.

'安到時'是中斷動作。

And finally, 'Alicia and I', or 'We' were walking when we saw Mark.'

最後，"艾麗西婭和我"，或者說 "我們 "走著走著就看到了馬克。

'When we saw Mark' is the interrupting action that interrupted the ongoing 'Alicia

'當我們看到馬克'是打斷了正在進行的'艾麗西亞'的動作。

and I were walking'.

和我一起走'。

It's also important to note that we can also switch the order of the sentence around and

還需要注意的是，我們還可以將句子的順序調換一下，然後

say,

說。

'When you called, I was playing cards,'

'你打電話來的時候，我正在打牌，'。

or 'When Eric came home, the cat was eating.'

或 "當埃裡克回家時，貓正在吃東西。

Let's move on.

讓我們繼續前進。

Another usage for the past continuous tense is to talk about two actions that were

過去連續時態的另一種用法是談論兩個動作，是

happening at the same time in the past.

在過去的同一時間發生。

We use the past continuous tense for both actions with the word 'while'.

我們用'而'字來表示這兩個動作的過去連續時態。

Let's take a look at some examples.

我們來看看一些例子。

The first sentence says, 'While I was playing soccer, she was watching

第一句話說："當我在踢足球時，她在看。

me.'

我。

You'll notice that both actions are in the past continuous tense.

你會注意到，這兩個動作都是過去的連續時態。

'I was playing soccer' and 'She was watching me'.

'我在踢球'和'她在看我'。

The word 'while' at the beginning shows that these actions were happening at the sametime.

開頭的 "而 "字說明這些行為是同時發生的。

'While you were reading, I was preparing dinner.'

'你看書的時候，我在準備晚飯。

Again both actions are expressed in the past continuous tense.

同樣，這兩個動作都是用過去連續時態來表達。

The word 'while' shows that they were happening at the same time.

從 "而 "字可以看出，它們是同時發生的。

'While Her husband' or 'he', 'was driving

"當她的丈夫 "或 "他"，"開車的時候

she was taking pictures.'

她在拍照。

Both actions are in the past continuous tense.

這兩個動作都是過去的連續時態。

And finally,

最後是：

'While we were eating, the music was playing.'

'當我們在吃飯的時候，音樂在響起。

Both actions were happening at the same time.

這兩個動作是同時發生的。

Now, you'll notice that in my examples the word 'while' comes at the beginning,

現在，你會注意到，在我的例子中，"而 "字是在開頭。

however, it's important to note that you can move the word 'while' around in several

然而，需要注意的是，你可以將 "而 "字移到幾個

ways.

的方式。

For example, instead of saying this,

例如，不說這個。

'While I was playing soccer, she was watching me.'

'我踢球的時候，她在看我。

I can move 'while' to the middle of the sentence.

我可以把'而'移到句子中間。

'I was playing soccer while she was watching me.'

'我在踢足球，她卻在看我。

I can put the 'while' between the two actions.

我可以在兩個動作之間加上'而'。

Or I can also change the sentence around and say,

或者我也可以把這句話改過來，說。

'While she was watching me, I was playing soccer.'

'當她在看我的時候，我在踢足球。

So it doesn't matter which action comes first with the 'while' if you put it in the

所以，如果你把它放在 "while "中，哪一個動作先出現並不重要。

beginning.

開始。

Let's move on.

讓我們繼續前進。

Now let's talk about the negative form of the past continuous tense.

現在我們來談談過去連續時態的否定形式。

Here are some examples.

下面是一些例子。

'She was not reading last night.'

'她昨天晚上沒有看書。

The subject is 'she' and so we use 'was'.

主語是 "她"，所以我們用 "是"。

However, before the 'verb-ing', we add 'not'.

但是，在'動詞-ing'之前，我們要加上'不'。

'She was not reading last night.'

'她昨天晚上沒有看書。

I can use a contraction and say,

我可以用收縮說。

'She wasn't reading last night.'

'她昨晚沒看書。

'We were not listening to music this morning.'

'我們今天早上沒有聽音樂。

In this case, the subject is 'we' and so we use 'were'.

在這種情況下，主語是'我們'，所以我們用'是'。

Again 'not' comes before the 'verb-ing'.

同樣是'不'在'動詞--'之前。

'We were not listening to music this morning.'

'我們今天早上沒有聽音樂。

Again I can use a contraction and say,

我又可以用收縮說。

'We weren't listening to music this morning.'

'我們今天早上沒有聽音樂'。

And the next one says, 'He wasn't watching TV when his dad came

下一個說："他爸爸來的時候，他沒有看電視

home.'

家。

In this example, the contraction is already there for you,

在這個例子中，收縮已經為你準備好了。

'He wasn't watching TV'.

'他沒有看電視'。

You'll notice the word 'when'.

你會注意到 "當 "字。

Remember 'when' + 'a past simple tense verb' shows an interrupting action,

記住'when'+'a past simple tense verb'表示一箇中斷的動作。

so, 'When his dad came home he wasn't watching TV.'

所以，"他爸爸回家的時候，他沒有看電視。

He was doing something else.

他在做別的事情。

And finally,

最後是：

'They weren't talking while the game was playing.'

'他們在比賽的時候沒有說話。

The word 'while' is in this sentence.

這句話裡有'而'字。

Remember that shows 2 past ongoing actions happening at the same time,

記住，這顯示了2個過去正在進行的行動同時發生。

so 'While the game was playing they weren't talking'.

所以'當遊戲進行時，他們沒有說話'。

They were doing something else.

他們在做別的事情。

Let's move on now.

現在我們繼續前進。

Let's talk about how to form 'be' verb questions for the past continuous tense.

我們來談談過去連續時態的'被'動詞題如何構成。

Take a look at the first statement.

看看第一句話。

It says,

它說：

'It was raining this morning.'

'今天早上還在下雨'。

In order to turn this into a question, it's quite easy,

為了把這個問題變成一個問題，很容易。

all we have to do is change the order of the first two words.

我們所要做的就是改變前兩個字的順序。

Instead of 'It was', I now say 'Was it' to make it a question.

我現在不說'是'，而是說'是嗎'，使之成為一個問題。

You'll notice that the rest of the words stay in the same place.

你會發現，其餘的字都留在同一個地方。

'Was it raining this morning?'

'今天早上下雨了嗎？

You can answer by saying, 'Yes, it was.' or 'No, it wasn't.'

你可以回答說："是的，是的。"或 "不，不是。

The next statement says,

接下來的說法是：

'They were living there when the fire happened.'

'火災發生時他們就住在那裡'。

To turn this into a big question, again we just switched the order of the first two words.

為了把這道題變成一道大題，我們又只是調換了前兩個詞的順序。

Instead of 'They were', we say 'Were they'.

我們說 "是他們"，而不是 "他們"。

And again, the rest of the words can stay in the same place.

而同樣的，其餘的字也可以留在同一個地方。

'Were they living there when the fire happened?'

'火災發生時，他們是否住在那裡？

And you can answer by saying,

而你可以回答說。

'Yes, they were' or 'No, they weren't.'

"是的，他們是 "或 "不，他們不是"。

Let's continue on.

讓我們繼續往前走。

Now I'll go into how to make WH questions for the past continuous tense.

現在我就來介紹一下如何做過去連續時態的WH題。

You'll notice that the examples here all begin with some WH words.

你會發現，這裡的例子都是以一些WH字開頭的。

For example, 'what', 'where', 'why', and 'who'.

例如，"是什麼"、"在哪裡"、"為什麼 "和 "誰"。

Let's take a look at the first question.

我們來看看第一個問題。

'What were they doing last night?”

'他們昨晚在做什麼？"

The subject of this sentence is 'they'.

這句話的主語是'他們'。

So what you do is after the WH word you put the proper 'be' verb.

所以你要做的是在WH這個詞後面加上合適的'be'動詞。

In this case, 'were'.

在這種情況下，'是'。

'What were they doing last night?'

'他們昨晚在做什麼？

You'll notice that after the subject comes the 'verb-ing'.

你會注意到，在主語之後是 "動詞的"。

'What were they doing last night?'

'他們昨晚在做什麼？

I can answer by saying, 'They were playing games' or

我可以回答說："他們在玩遊戲"，或者是

'They were reading a book'.

'他們在看書'。

The next question says,

下一個問題說。

'Where was he working last week?'

'他上週在哪裡工作？

In this case the subject is 'he' and so the be verb to use is 'was'.

在這種情況下，主語是'他'，所以要用的be動詞是'是'。

'Where was he working last week?'

'他上週在哪裡工作？

I can say, 'He was working in Canada.'

我可以說："他在加拿大工作。

'Why was she crying when she finished the book?'

'為什麼她看完書就哭了?

In this case, the subject is 'she' and so I put 'was' after 'why'.

在這種情況下，主語是 "她"，所以我在 "為什麼 "後面加上了 "是"。

'Why was she crying when she finished the book?'

'為什麼她看完書就哭了?

I can say, 'She was crying because the ending was sad.'

我可以說，'她是因為結局很悲傷才哭的'。

And finally,

最後是：

'Who were the children staying with while their mom was working?'

'媽媽工作的時候，孩子們都和誰在一起？

In this case, 'the children' is a 'they'

在這種情況下，"孩子們 "是一個 "他們"。

so we follow 'who' with 'were'.

所以我們在'誰'後面加上'是'。

'Who were they' or

"他們是誰 "或

'Who were the children staying with while their mom was working?'

'媽媽工作的時候，孩子們都和誰在一起？

To answer, I can say, 'The children' or

我可以說："孩子們 "或者是...

'They were staying with their dad.'

'他們是和他們的爸爸住在一起。

Let's move on.

讓我們繼續前進。

In this section, let's do a checkup for the past continuous tense.

在這一節中，我們來對過去的連續時態做一個檢查。

Take a look at the first sentence.

看看第一句話。

'Last night they were blank at school.'

'昨天晚上他們在學校裡是一片空白。

I want you to try to fill in the blank with the negative for the verb 'stay'.

我要你試著用動詞 "停留 "的否定詞填空。

'not stay'

不留

What do you think it is?

你覺得是什麼？

Remember, for the negative of the past continuous,

記住，對於過去連續的負。

all you have to do is put 'not' and then 'verb-ing' after the 'be' verb.

你要做的就是在 "be "這個動詞後面加上 "not"，然後再加上 "verb-ing"。

'They were not staying at school last.'

'他們最後沒有在學校住下來。

'Last night, they were not staying at school.'

'昨天晚上，他們沒有在學校住。

The next sentence says,

下句說。

'Two days ago you blank soccer.'

'前兩天你空白足球。

Again try the negative for the verb 'play'.

再試試動詞'玩'的否定。

'Two days ago blank not play soccer.'

'兩天前空白不踢球。

In this case, the first thing that's missing is the 'be' verb.

在這種情況下，首先缺少的是'被'這個動詞。

If the subject is 'you', can you think of which be verb needs to be put in there?

如果主語是'你'，你能想到哪個be動詞需要放在裡面嗎？

The correct answer is 'were'.

正確答案是 "是"。

And then, we say 'not'.

然後，我們說 "不是"。

What happens after that?

之後呢？

Remember, 'verb-ing'.

記住，動詞的。

So 'you were not playing'

所以 "你不是在玩

'two days ago, you were not playing soccer'

"兩天前，你還沒有踢球

You can also use a contraction and say,

你也可以用收縮和說。

'You weren't playing soccer.'

'你不是在踢球。

Now try to find the mistake in the next sentence.

現在試著找出下一句話中的錯誤。

'Yesterday, she were reading at home.'

'昨天，她在家裡看書。

hmmm

嗯

The subject of this sentence is 'she' so the 'be' verb to use is not 'were'.

這句話的主語是'她'，所以要用的'be'動詞不是'were'。

It's 'was'.

是 "曾經"。

'Yesterday, she was reading at home.'

'昨天，她在家裡看書。

In the next sentence it says, 'Tomorrow, they were seeing their friends.'

下一句是說：'明天，他們要見朋友'。

hmmm

嗯

'They' and 'were'

'他們'和'是'

That's correct.

這是正確的。

And we have the 'verb-ing'

而我們有 "動詞"。

So what's the mistake?

那麼，錯在哪裡呢？

Remember the past continuous is for the past.

記住過去的連續是對過去的。

'Tomorrow' is not the past.

'明天'不是過去。

So instead, we need to put a word that shows the past.

所以，我們反而要放一個字，顯示過去。

For example, I can say, 'yesterday'.

比如，我可以說，"昨天"。

'Yesterday, they were seeing their friends.'

'昨天，他們是去見他們的朋友。

Let's move on.

讓我們繼續前進。

Now, let's start a checkup of the 'when' usage

現在，讓我們開始檢查 "when "的用法。

of the past continuous tense.

的過去連續時態。

Take a look at the first example.

看看第一個例子。

It says, 'Andrea and John' blank when they bank hurt.'

上面寫著 "Andrea和John "在銀行受傷時是空白的

Remember 'when' shows an interrupting action.

記住'when'顯示了一箇中斷動作。

It needs to be used with the past simple tense.

它需要與過去的簡單時態一起使用。

So let's first look at the second blank.

所以，我們先來看看第二個空白。

'When they blank hurt'

"當他們受到傷害時

What's the past tense of the verb 'get'?

動詞 "得到 "的過去式是什麼？

The answer is 'got'.

答案是 "得"。

Now let's take a look at the action that was in progress in the past.

現在我們來看看過去正在進行的行動。

'Andrea and John' or 'they'

"Andrea和John "或 "他們

Well what comes after 'they'?

那麼 "他們 "後面是什麼？

'were'.

"曾經。

'Andrea and John were'

"Andrea和John是