过去进行时是英语考试中常考的一个语法点，它表示过去在某一时间段或某一段时间内正在发生或进行的动作或状况。
那样,今天就跟着我们来学习下过去进行时表在某事发生前开始的动作的状况。
过去进行时和通常过去时常常在一个句子里用。用过去进行时表示过去正在进行的动作。过去进行时可用于主句，亦可用于从句。
具体的使用方法结合句子来理解，先来看例句；
1.Just as I was leaving the house，the telephone rang.
我正要外出，电话铃响了。（用于从句）
2.He broke his leg when he was playing football.
他踢球的时候把腿伤了。（用于从句）
3.She was reading when he called.
他来访时，她正在看书。（用于主句）
好了，通过以上的几个例句，大伙是不是知道了英语过去进行时表在某事发生前开始的动作的状况呢？
那样，下面大家做几道题测试下你的过去进行时学会得怎么样
1. I ______ cooked a meal when you _____ me.
a. cooked, were ringing b. was cooking, rang
c. was cooking, were ringin d. cooked, rang
2. He said he _____ to draw a plane on the blackboard at that time.
a. tries b. tried c. was trying d. will try
3. While she ______ TV, she ______ a sound outside the room.
a. was watching, was hearing b. watched, was hearing
c. watched, heard d. was watching, heard
答案：
1.B
2.C
3.D
以上就是过去进行时的使用方法了，大伙都学到了没？过去进行时虽然是入门知识，但困难程度并没想象中那样低，一直到英语的深入学习阶段都是必考的重点，所以学习者们必须要注意夯实基础，不要放过任何一个小事。最后，祝大伙英语考试获得理想的成绩。
