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课件网) Unit 8 Safe and Sound Grammar The Smith family Lead in Before the earthquake Mr. Smith is watching TV. Mrs. Smith is reading a book. Their daughter is doing her homework. Their son is playing with his dog. The Smith family Lead in Before the earthquake Mr. Smith was watching TV. Mrs. Smith was reading a book. Their daughter was doing her homework. Their son was playing with his dog. at 8:00 p.m. last night Past continuous tense (过去进行时) Presentation Before the earthquake Mr. Smith was watching TV. Mrs. Smith was reading a book. Their daughter was doing her homework. Their son was playing with his dog. at 8:00 p.m. last night When do we use it Talking about things that were happening at a particular time in the past. Mr. Smith was watching TV. Mrs. Smith was reading a book. Their daughter was doing her homework. Their son was playing with his dog. The Smiths were doing different things. Presentation Can you work out the rule positive sentences: be (was/were) + v-ing Before the earthquake Another snowstorm hit (撞击、袭击）Harbin. Simon is asking his grandpa about plete their conversation with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. was getting was reading was snowing were enjoying was watching were visiting Practice Simon: Hello, Grandpa. How was your day Grandpa: Not bad. Thank you, Simon. We just had the third snowstorm of this winter, It （1）_____ (get) stronger while I （2）_____(read) the newspaper at about 7 this morning. What about you, Simon SIMON: We're all very well, Grandpa. It（3）_____ (snow) here in Beijing when we went to the Palace Museum during the day. Lots of people（4）_____((enjoy) the beauty of the Palace Museum in the snow. Grandpa: Sounds nice. Maybe I （5）_____ (watch) the wonderful view on TV while you （6）_____(visit) there. Simon: Yeah, it was really wonderful. Come and take a look by yourself next time. Mr. Smith was not reading a book. Presentation Were the Smiths having a good time Yes, they were. No, they weren’t. work out the rule! “yes or no” questions: Was/ Were +S+doing+... Yes, …was/were. No,…wasn’t/weren’t. negative sentences: S+was/were not+doing+... Before the earthquake Presentation What can you see in the video During the earthquake Suddenly, the ground started to shake. The weather The people The houses It was raining heavily. The wind was blowing hard. People were running. The houses were shaking. Pieces of glass and bricks were raining down. Presentation During the earthquake When else do we use it Talking about things that were happening during a certain time in the past. What were people doing What was shaking Who were running Presentation During the earthquake work out the rule! “wh-” questions：“Wh-”+was/were+S+doing +... Past continuous tense 过去进行时 （1）定义： （2）基本结构： （3）否定式： （4）一般疑问句及回答： （5）特殊疑问句： Conclusion 表示在过去某一时刻或某一时间段内正在进行或发生的动作。 was/were + d ... ...
