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课件网) Unit 8 Natural Disasters Grammar To learn to use the past continuous tense to talk about things that were happening for some time in the past To learn to use past continuous tensewith ‘while’ , ‘when’ and ‘as’ . Learning aims Words review break break down because of vi. 损坏；打破 出故障；坏掉 由于；因为 How is Peter like Is he good at sports His future plan is to become a doctor ,right Lead in Task 1 What were you doing at 7 o’clock last night I was doing some housework. I was waiting for a bus. Look and say What was the boy doing between 7 o’clock and 9 o’clock yesterday He was doing his homework. I was sleeping. What was your father doing when you came back home yesterday He was cooking. What was your mother doing when you saw her half an hour ago She was watching TV with my father. What were they doing at that time last week They were singing. How about them They were playing football. How is Peter like Is he good at sports His future plan is to become a doctor ,right Discuss Task 2 Past Continuous Tense 过去进行时 过去进行时主要表示： 在过去某一时刻正在进行的动作 They were eating breakfast at 7:00 am yesterday. (b) I was writing a letter at this time yesterday. (c) Five minutes ago, Danny was looking out of the window and Suzy was reading a book. Past continuous tense 在过去某段时间一直在进行的动作 (a) From 1983 to 1998, he was teaching in the college. (b) They were building a bridge last winter. Past continuous tense 过去进行时的句式 （1）基本结构：was/were + v-ing （2）否定式： was/were not + v-ing was not = wasn’t were not = weren’t （3）一般疑问句： was/were+主语+V-ing （4）特殊疑问句： wh-+was/ were +主语+V-ing Basic structure 主语 + be动词 + 动词的现在分词 I was He / She / It We / You / They was were singing. flying a kite. watching TV 结构: be+doing ( how to use "be" ) How to form the ‘-ing’ form of a verb. Most verbs +ing walk Verbs ending in e -e+ing come Verbs ending in ie -ie+y+ing lie Short verbs ending in a vowel + a consonant Double the consonant +ing run walking coming lying lie 躺,卧;说谎 running 注：下列几类动词通常不用于进行时。 ① 表示状态的动词be； ② 感官动词：feel，hear，sound，look，smell，taste，等； ③ 表示思维或心理状态的动词： believe, forget，consider(认为)， know，remember，hope，wish，want等； ④ 表示所属关系的动词： belong，have，own，hold（容纳）等。 How is Peter like Is he good at sports His future plan is to become a doctor ,right Practice Task 3 用括号内词的适当形式填空 What _____you _____(do) at this time yesterday. He _____(watch) TV from 8p.m. to 10p.m. I _____(play) piano. 3. John _____(fly) kites in the park at 9a.m. yesterday morning. 4.Sandy _____(call) Daniel at that time 5.He _____(read) while his brother _____(watch) TV. 6.They _____ (chat) when their teacher _____(come) into the classroom. were doing was watching was playing was flying was calling was reading was watching were chatting came Mr. Wu: What a terrible snows ... ...
