Are You Progressing with Progressive Tenses

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Present Progressive

Past Progressive

"I was working late last night." - 我昨晚有加班？

often have two actions

几种类型：

1. 没有second action，有时间
2. 有second action：express an action in progress interrupted by a second action.
   在second action 之前，first action 已经发生并持续一段时间，在second action处结束

• "I was sleeping when you called"
  第二个动词simple past

3. 有second action:
   "It was snowing when the plane landed in Denver."
   这句话的含义是什么？飞机降落时Denver正在下雪？
   如何表述：

• 飞机降落的同时开始下雪：天空开始飘雪花
• 飞机降落的时候雪已经下了一段时间：地面被雪覆盖

4. 有second acton，且 two actions are happening at the same time

• I was sleeping when you were working.
  second action 使用past progressive

Future Progressive

I will be waiting for you when you finish work
问：这里when you finish work，you 在有没有work？

• I am going to be studying later：有学习计划
• I will be studying later: 强调学习会持续一段时间？

Stative Verbs

others

• The infinitive 作主语是用was？

Words in This Story

word	meaning	出处	含义	关联
semester	one of the two periods that the school or college year is divided into	She is going to start school next semester	学期
disturb	to interrupt sb while they are doing sth or sleeping	that something disturbs you	打搅
sensory	connected with your physical senses	Sensory verbs like see, taste,...	感官的
sailing	the sport of being in, and controlling, small boats with sails		帆船运动
lyrics	the words of a popular song		歌词

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