八年级过去进行时讲解及专练

八年级英语《过去进行时》专项练习

1. 过去进行时主要表示：

￭在过去某一时刻正在进行的动作

￭在过去某段时间一直在进行的动作

2. 过去进行时的句式

(1) 基本结构：was / were + verb-ing

(2) 否定式：was / were not + verb-ing

was not = wasn’t were not = weren’t

(3) 疑问句：将was / were 调到主语前

3. 连词while 和when 与过去进行时

￭当一个延续性动作和一个短暂性的动作同时进行时，我们用while 或when 来连接。其中延续性的动作用过去进行时，短暂性的动作用一般过去时。

￭当两个延续性动作同时进行时，我们可以在两个句子中都用过去进行时，并用while 连接。

When可以引导一般过去时或过去进行时的句子，while引导过去进行时的句子。

￭当while 和when 放在句首时，两个句子应用逗号隔开。

过去进行时专项练习

一、单项选择

1.My brother ___ while he ___ his bicycle and hurt himself.

A. fell, was riding

B. fell, were riding

C. had fallen, rode

D. had fallen, was riding

2. Tom ___ into the house when no one ___.

A. slipped, was looking

B. had slipped, looked

C. slipped, had looked

D. was slipping, looked

3.The last time I __ Jane she ___ cotton in the fields.

A. had seen, was picking

B. saw, picked

C. had seen, picked

D. saw, was picking

4.I don ' t think Jim saw me; he ___ into space.

A. just stared

B. was just staring

C. has just stared

D. had just stared

5.I first met Lisa three years ago. She ___ at a radio shop at the time.

A. has worked

B. was working

C. had been working

D. had worked

6.---Hey, look where you are going!

---Oh, I ' m terribly sorry.________.

A. I ' m not noticing

B. I wasn ' t noticing

C. I haven ' t noticed

D. I don ' t notice

7. The reporter said that the UFO ___ east to west when he saw it.

A. was traveling

B. traveled

C. had been traveling

D. was to travel

8. I ___ my breakfast when the morning post came.

A. had

B. had been having

C. have been having

D. was having

9.When I arrived at his office, he ___ on the phone.

A. was speaking

B. spoke

C. had been speaking

D. had spoken

10. “ What ' s the matter, Ali? You look sad. ”

“ Oh, nothing much. As a matter of fact, I ___ of my friends back home. ”

A. just thought

B. have just been thinking

C. was just thinking

D. have just thought 二、动词填空。

１．John_______（work）all day yesterday. ２．He _______（walk）home when the

rain_______(begin).

３．—What______you _______（do）at ten o'clock yesterday﹖—I_______（study）in class．４．When Harry _______（have）breakfast Lily _______（telephone）him．

５．When I ________ （go）to school this morning I ______ （see）a car running into a bus．6. This time yesterday Jack ______ (mend) his bike. 7. I ______ (write) a letter at ten last night.

8. It was six. The Greens ______ (have) supper.

9. When you ______ (knock) at the door yesterday,I ______ (do) some washing.

10. While my mother ______ (watch) TV, I ______(make) a kite.

二、用动词的适当形式填空。

1. While we __________ (wait) for the bus, a girl __________ (run) up to us.

2. I __________ (telephone) a friend when Bob __________ (come) in.

3. Jim __________ (jump) on the bus as it __________ (move) away.

4. We __________ (test) the new machine when the electricity __________ (go) off.

5. She __________ (not want) to stay in bed while the others ________________ (all, work) in the fields.

6. While mother ________ (put) Cathy to bed, the door bell ________ (ring).

7. As I __________ (walk) in the park, it __________ (begin) to rain.

8. Even when she ___________ (be) a child she _____ _____ (already, think) of becoming a ballerina (芭蕾舞演员).

9. It was quite late at night. George __________ (read) and Amy __________ (ply) her needle when they __________ (hear) a knock at the door.

10. There __________ (be) a group round the fire when they __________ (reach) it. An old woman __________ (sit) on the ground near the kettle; two small children __________ (lie) near her; a donkey __________ (bend) his head over a tall girl.

1. I _____ (have) my breakfast at half past six yesterday morning.

3. Mary _____ (go) over her lessons from six to seven last night. John and peter ____(do) the same thing.

4. Was your father at home yesterday evening? Yes ,he was. He _____ (listen) to the radio.

5. They _____(not make) a model ship when I saw him.

6. _____ they ____ (have) a meeting at 4 yesterday afternoon? No, they _____. They _____ (clean) the classroom.

7. ______ it ______(rain) when you left school? Yes, it ____. (No, it ____)

8. What _____ your father _____ (do) when he was your age?9. He asked me if I ______ (go) fishing that afternoon.

10. One day, Edison _____ (wait) for a train to arrive, and suddenly a little boy ran to the track(轨道) to play.

11. The three of them were in a hurry because their plane _____ (leave) in five minutes.

12. In a letter, john told us that he _____ (come) to china next month.

13. When the bell rang, jenny _____ (wait) in her seat. 10. He asked me if I ______ (go) fishing that afternoon.

14. She _____ (make) her dress the whole afternoon.