每天三分钟学英语 第377期:不懂这4个形式,还敢说知道“英语过去时”?

 英文中时态分为3大类：
现在时，过去时，将来时；
每个时态包含4个，共12种。

过去时』
past tense

1、一般过去时
past simple

I had dinner with Ruby¹ yesterday.
我昨天和Ruby吃了晚饭。

2、过去进行时
past continuous

I was having dinner with Ruby when you called me.
你打给我的时候，我正在跟Ruby吃晚饭。

3、过去完成时
past perfect

By the time he came home, I'd had dinner with Ruby already.
他回来的时候，我已经跟Ruby吃过晚饭了。

4、过去完成进行时
past perfect

By the time he came home, I'd been having dinner with Ruby for half an hour.
他回来的时候，我跟Ruby已经吃了半个小时晚饭了。

1 ruby   

n.红宝石，红宝石色

参考例句：

• She is wearing a small ruby earring.她戴着一枚红宝石小耳环。
• On the handle of his sword sat the biggest ruby in the world.他的剑柄上镶有一颗世上最大的红宝石。