Verb (Past continuous tense) 動詞(過去進行式)

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         (1) When an action was happening during a period of time in the past, we use "Past Continuous Tense".
當一個動作是在過去某一段時間中正在進行的，我們便用「過去進行式」。
: |; w+ ?( o) _; TFor example 例如：
3 r  e, k8 m5 e7 \  Y7 J+ EThey were playing when Dad came home.
I was sleeping when my mother left home this morning.

2 U" _- B8 G: |3 E(2) When we change the verb into "Past Continuous Tense" form, we write the verb in the following ways:
was / were + _______ing
' N  L, a( ^  o3 C! ]& Q當我們用「過去進行式」時，要把動詞寫成這樣子:
was / were + _______ing
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(3) Usually, we use the "Past Continuous Tense" with the "Simple Past Tense" and we would use "when" or "while" to join the two actions in the sentence.
1 H9 \* w, s" @; m! Jwhen + short action (Simple Past Tense)
7 d# W9 ]$ C! Y. |' L1 r( fwhile + long action (Past Continuous Tense)
「簡單過去式」和「過去進行式」常會連在一起使用，我們會用 "when" 或 "while" 把句子中的兩個動作連在一起。
; m: @2 A% x( I# U$ v: J- \when + 短動作 (簡單過去式)
$ l/ ]$ N  h8 _0 l2 h" O" Ywhile + 長動作 (過去進行式)
. ?. ~- B$ B4 qFor example 例如：
9 M; r6 t5 E% CWe were having dinner when Sam came.
While we were having dinner, Sam came.
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3 \! V: |. z/ z3 X" ]5 R3 O& Q(4) How to form questions and negative sentences in "Past Continuous Tense"?
如何以「過去進行式」組成問句和否定句？

  z% S  m* u/ W2 Q9 TQuestions:
) d! J+ M" f' L! H6 r6 ?Were they playing when Dad came home?
! `8 _5 [# }, j- k6 y3 GWas Helen sleeping when her mother left home this morning?
Negative sentences:
$ X) i9 Y' ]1 A4 ~1 i7 EThey were not playing when Dad came home.
Helen was not sleeping when her mother left home this morning?
         
     
Past Continuous Tense:
The team members were playing basketball yesterday after school.
Was Miss Chan working at school from 7pm to 8pm last night?
: Y4 b, Q3 r/ k% p5 Q' X+ IPaul was not listening to the teacher at all in the last lesson.

Past Continuous Tense + Simple Past Tense:
When the school bell rang, the children were running in the playground.
An apple fell on Tom's head while he was waiting at the bus stop.
' r- }  k' P9 fSharon and Connie were watching television when Mrs Lee went out last night.

Past Continuous Tense + Past Continuous Tense:
  H! c& O8 f5 Z/ d5 z6 ESharon and Connie were watching television while Mrs Lee was cooking in the kitchen last night.
/ T2 N- `" B: f. F7 c; }I was singing a song while Dad was playing the piano yesterday.