香港研究生语法课程动词讲义.pptVIP

The Present Progressive – is/am/are + V-ing d. shows temporality - ‘You are looking good.’ vs. ‘You look good.’ The Past Progressive – was/were + V-ing The past progressive – describes events that were in progress in the past John was repairing his fence when I visited him last Tuesday . John repaired his fence last Tuesday The past progressive presents the repair as in progress at the time of the visit The simple past is used to represent the activity in its totality in past time Verbs that are rare with the progressive aspect 1. Those that refer to a state that is NOT normally a continuing process The man threw me off the bus. They shut the sliding doors behind them. I smashed the electric light bulb. Verbs that are rare with the progressive aspect 2. Those that refer to an action that is immediate (reporting the end-point of some process) A disciplinary hearing in June ruled that Mr Chan should be dismissed. A reporter found that Mr. Antony Leung bought a car in January and was suspected of evading tax. Verbs that are rare with the progressive aspect 3. Verbs with meanings implying mental states, emotion or relations believe, know, understand hate, like, enjoy be, belong, contain The typical or unmarked tense for mental and relational processes (e.g. be, become, appear) is the simple present. Practice Imagine your students asked you whether the following are grammatical or ungrammatical. How would you respond? What rule can we derive from these examples? While I was preparing the salad, my son was setting the table. While I prepared the salad, my son set the table. When the car backfired, I jumped out of my seat. When the car was backfiring, I was jumping out of my seat. Perfect Aspect + Progressive Aspect The perfect and progressive aspects can be combined = The perfect progressive They have been eating breakfast. They started at 8:00 and probably they won’t finish until 9:00. Teaching ideas for perfect progressive aspects Tr