Doodle English Grammar

75. When do we use a past progressive?

영어에서 동사는 시제를 말해 준다. 과거 진행 동사를 배우기 전에 현재 진행형에 대한 이해가 먼저다. 과거 진행 동사를 쉽게 이해하는 방법은 다음과 같다.

We use a present progressive to show an action that is happening now. 지금 일어나고 있는 행동을 표현하기 위해 현재 진행형을 쓴다. To make a present progressive sentence, we need “be verbs” and “verb~ing”. 현재 진행형을 만들기 위해서는 비동사와 동사에 ‘~ing’를 붙인다.

I am eating. You are eating. He is eating. She is eating. They are eating. We are eating.

We use a past progressive to show an action that happened for a period of time in the past. 우리는 과거의 일정 시간 동안 일어난 동작을 보여주기 위해 과거 진행형을 쓴다.

To make a past progressive sentence, we need past “be verbs” and “verb~ing”. 과거 진행형을 만들기 위해서는 과거형 비동사와 동사에 ‘~ing’를 붙인다.

I was sleeping. You were sleeping. He was sleeping. She was sleeping. They were sleeping. We were sleeping.

was, was, were; They are the past be verb. ‘was, was, were’는 과거형 비동사이다.

과거 진행형을 이해했다면 영어로 다음과 같이 말할 수 있어야 한다.

We use a present progressive to show an action that is happening now. To make a present progressive sentence, we need “be verbs” and “verb~ing”. I am eating. You are eating. He is eating. She is eating. They are eating. We are eating.

We use a past progressive to show an action that happened for a period of time in the past.

To make a past progressive sentence, we need past “be verbs” and “verb~ing”.

I was sleeping. You were sleeping. He was sleeping. She was sleeping. They were sleeping.

We were sleeping.

What is the past be verb? was, was, were; They are the past be verb.

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