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Topic 3 What were you doing at this time yesterday
Section A
Unit 3 Our Hobbies
What are you doing
We are having classes.
What were you doing at this time yesterday
Watch the flash of 1a, and fill in the blanks.
1a
1. The telephone rings while Jane is _________ the violin.
2. This is Maria ________.
3. What _____ you doing at this time yesterday
4. I called you to go to the English corner but nobody _________.
practicing
speaking
were
answered
What was Jane doing at that time yesterday
She was taking a shower.
take a shower
Listen and read the conversation of 1a, and find out the sentences with “v.+ing”.
The telephone rings while Jane is practicing the violin.
2. What are you doing, Jane I’m practicing the violin.
3. What were you doing at this time yesterday
Oh, I was taking a shower.
am/is/are +v.ing
现在进行时
was/were + v.ing
过去进行时
The Past Continuous Tense
过去进行时由be动词的过去式was/were加动词现在分词构成。过去进行时主要表示过去某个时刻或过去一段时间正在进行的动作。过去进行时常与表示过去的时间状语如then,at that time,at this time yesterday,a moment ago等连用,或者用另一动作来表示过去的时间。如:
It was raining all day yesterday.
昨天下了一整天雨。
They were playing basketball at four o’clock yesterday afternoon.
昨天下午4点他们在打篮球。
We were working from seven to eleven last night.
我们昨晚从七点工作到九点。
Look at the pictures and write the correct words or phrases. Then make up conversations with your partner.
Example:
A: What were you doing at
this time yesterday
B: I was washing some clothes.
What about you .
A: I was doing some cleaning.
________________
wash some clothes
do some cleaning
Pair work
________________
___________
read English
______
________
____________
play the piano
sleep
skate
Were you doing some cleaning at this time yesterday
Yes, I was.
No, I wasn’t.
过去进行时的一般疑问句及其肯定和否定回答:
Were/Was + S + v.ing + O + time
Yes , S was/were . No , S wasn’t/weren’t.
Example:
A: What were you doing from seven to
nine yesterday
B: I was learning English.
Were you playing computer games
A: Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t.
Look at the pictures and make up conversations with your partner.
7:00-9:00 a.m.
chat with friends
3
Pair work
7:00 – 7:30 a.m. listen to the news
9:00 – 12:00 a.m. plant trees
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
visit a museum
4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
practice English
6:30 – 7:00 p.m.
eat Beijing roast duck
Work in groups and talk about what you were doing at this time last weekend. Use the dialog in 1a to help you.
Group work
at this time yesterday
call sb. to do sth.
take a shower
do some washing
do some cleaning
from seven to nine yesterday
play on the computer
listen to the radio
visit a museum
dig a hole
Phrases
This is … speaking.
May I speak to …
Hold the line, please.
Answer the phone.
Telephone languages
Jim and Yingying are back at school in Beijing. Jim is very _______. Beijing is one of his ________cities. From nine to eleven yesterday, Jim was doing some packing and ______ ________ , and Yingying was ______ on a plane and _______to pass the time. On the plane from New York, Jim ______ _________ computer games until they served the food.
excited
favorite
some cleaning
sitting
reading
was playing
Listen and fill
2
I master the Past Continuous Tense.
I know some useful expressions.
I know some telephone languages.
I can write a passage with the past continuous tense.
Summary
Make a telephone dialog according to the telephone languages.
Homework
Bye-bye!