英语是当今世界上主要的国际通用语言，从全世界来看,说英语的人数已经超过了任何语言的人数。以下是“初二英语上册知识点：一般过去进行时”，详情如下：

一般过去进行时

1.过去进行时的构成：动词be的过去式was /were+动词的现在分词构成。

(1)过去进行时的否定式是在动词be后加not构成。例如：

He wasn’twatching TV when his mother came back.

妈妈回来的时候他没在看电视。

We weren’tplaying basketball when he arrived.

他到的时候我们没有打篮球。

(2)过去进行时的疑问句是将动词be(were, was)移至句首。例如：

Wereyou playing the computer games at 10 last night?

昨天晚上10点你在玩电脑游戏吗?

Wasyour brother doing his homework at this time yesterday?

你哥哥昨天这个时候在做作业吗?

注意：

①I was 不能缩写成I’s ; They were, We were不能缩写成They’ere, We’ere

②有些表示感情知觉和状态的动词一般不用于进行时态，如：see, hear, love, like，know, remember, understand，have等。

2.过去进行时的用法：表示在过去某一时间内正在进行的动作。例如：

I was watching TV at that time.

那时我正在看电视。

He was cooking at 12 o’clock yesterday.

昨天12点时他正在做饭。

When I came in, she was writing a letter.

我进来时她正在写信。

The students were talking about the movie when the teacher came in.

老师进来时学生们正在谈论那部影片。

3.过去进行时还可以用来表示在过去某阶段正在进行的动作或存在的状态。例如：

They were waiting for you yesterday.

昨天他们在等你。

He was studying in a middle school at that time.

那时他在中学念书。