13. I was doing (過去進行時)

  • It is 6 o’clock now.
  • Paul is at home.
  • He is watching television.
  • At 4 o’clock he wasn’t at home.
  • He was at the sports club.
  • He was swimming in the pool.
  • He wasn’t watching television.

B. was/were + -ing 為過去進行時結構:

肯定式

否定式

疑問式

  • What were you doing at 11.30 yesterday?  Were you working?
  • What did he say? 及I don’t know. I wasn’t listening.’
  • It was raining, so we didn’t go out.
  • In 2001 we were living in Canada.
  • Today she’s wearing a skirt, but yesterday she was wearing trousers.
  • I woke up early yesterday. It was a beautiful morning. The sun was shining and the birds were singing.

C. am/is/ are + -ing (現在) → was/were + -ing (過去):

現在

I’m working (now).

It isn’t raining (now). .

What are you doing (now)?

過去

I was working at 10.30 last night.

It wasn’t raining when we went out.

What were you doing at three o’ clock?