(共30张PPT)
Unit 8
Life in the future
Grammar
牛津深圳版八年级下册
What were they doing at 7 last night
Look and say using the structure “was/were + doing”
They were watching TV at that moment.
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课堂导入
I was doing my homework at that moment.
What were you doing at 7 last night
Look and say using the structure “was/were + doing”
He said he was holding a party at home
What were they doing between 12:00 and 3:00 last night
Look and say using the structure “was/were + doing”
What were they doing between 12:00 and 3:00 last night
She said she was working all the time
Look and say using the structure “was/were + doing”
He said he was traveling on the train
What were they doing between 12:00 and 3:00 last night
Look and say using the structure “was/were + doing”
What were they doing between 12:00 and 3:00 last night
She said she was sleeping at that time
Look and say using the structure “was/were + doing”
我们用过去进行时来表示在过去特定的时间正在发生的动作。
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课堂活动
We use the past continuous tense to talk about actions that were happening at a particular time in the past.
The past continuous tense:
We form the past continuous tense with ________ or________ + the -ing form of the main verb.
Work out the rule
was
were
We can also use the past continuous tense to talk about two actions happening at the same time in the past.
While I was driving my old car. I was polluting the city.
Usually we use while to talk about two continuing actions in the past.
Things to remember
通常我们用while谈论过去两个持续进行的动作。
The past continuous tense
(过去进行时)
定义:
表示过去某一时刻或某段时间正在进行的动作。
eg. The reporter said that the UFO was travelling east to west when he saw it.
那位记者说他看见UFO时,它正由东向西飞行。
过去进行时可以表示在过去某个时间点发生的事情。时间点可以用介词短语、副词或从句来表示。
What was she doing at nine o'clock yesterday
昨天晚上九点她在做什么? (介词短语表示时间点)
When I saw him he was decorating his room.
当我看见他的时候他正在装饰房间。(when从句表示时间点)
在复合句中,如果主要动作和背景动作都是延续的或同时发生的,那么主从句的动词都可用过去进行时。
While he was waiting for the bus,he was reading a newspaper.
他边等车边看报。(两个动作都是延续的)
He was cleaning his car while I was cooking.
他擦车时我在做饭。(两个动作同时进行)
谓语构成:
助动词be的过去时was/were+现在分词
句子结构:
1. 过去进行时的肯定式:主语+was/were + 动词ing
We were having supper when the phone rang.
我们正在吃晚饭时电话响了。
2. 过去进行时的否定式:主语+was/were not +现在分词
This time yesterday Jack was not watching TV. He was repairing his bike. 昨天这个时候,杰克不是在看电视,而是在修理自行车。
3. 过去进行时的疑问式:Was/Were +主语+ 现在分词
eg. Were you playing basketball at four yesterday afternoon
昨天下午四点你们在打篮球吗?
Linda was helping at a charity event last Saturday. Read her schedule and complete the sentences below using the past continuous tense.
A
1 At 7:30, Linda___________________________________
2 At 8:30, she______________________________________
3 At 9:30, she and some friends ______________________
4 At 12:30, they____________________________________
5 At 16:30, she_____________________________________
6 At 17:30, she_____________________________________
was getting ready to go out.
was travelling on the underground.
were buying food in the market.
were having lunch.
was meeting a friend at a tea shop.
was going home on the underground.
What were you doing last Sunday
What were you doing at midnight yesterday
What were you doing at 7:30 this morning
What were you doing on the morning of 1 January
What were you doing at this time a week ago
Where were you living ten years ago
Answer the following questions.
过去进行时的用法
过去进行时表示过去某一时刻正在发生的动作,常与at that time / moment, then, at 9:00 p.m., yesterday等时间状语连用。
2. 过去进行时表示过去某一段时间内持续的动作,常与those days, the whole morning, from 7:00 to 9:00 yesterday evening 等时间状语连用。
3. 过去进行时表示在过去某一个动作发生时,另一个动作正在发生。
Super-smart is a smart computer and Ultra-smart is a smart robot. Look at their notes about what they did on Wednesday and complete the paragraph below.
B
While Super-smart (1)_______________ from the supermarket, Ultra-smart (2)___________________________ for Jacky. While Super-smart (3)_____________________________for David's family, Ultra-smart (4)________________ with Jacky's son. While Super-smart (5)_________________ Chinese, Ultra-smart (6)________________. While Super-smart(7)__________________ in the garden, Ultra-smart and Jacky (8)___________________. While (9)____________________________ with David, (10)______________________ afternoon tea.
was ordering food
was making a new hydrogen car
was collecting holiday information
was playing games
was teaching David
was making lunch
was checking the plants
were playing football
Super-smart was reading stories
Ultra-smart was making
In pairs, talk about what you were doing last weekend.
Use the table below to help you.
do my homework visit my friends read some books
play computer go shopping chat wirh my games parents
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课堂小结
1.We have learned how to use the past continuous tense.
一、选择最佳答案填空。
( )1. We ____ the classroom at half past two yesterday afternoon.
A. clean B. cleaned C. have cleaned D. were cleaning
( )2. When I saw him, he ____ a letter in his room.
A. writes B. wrote C. was writing D. has written
( )3. While I was cleaning the windows, Sally ____ water.
A. was carrying B. carries C. carried D. was carried
( )4. I was washing my clothes when the telephone ____.
A. rang B. has rung C. was rang D. was ringing
A
D
C
A
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课堂练习
二、用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。
1. The children were not __________(dance) in the garden then.
2. What was your brother __________ (do) when you were watching TV
3. When I saw them, they __________ (have) dinner.
4. Lily was reading a book while Lucy __________ (listen) to music.
5. When it _____ (begin) to rain, I __________ (walk) in the street.
was listening
dancing
doing
were having
began was walking
1. 当你看见他们的时候他们在干什么?他们在打扫教室。
2. 今天上午放学的时候在下雨吗?
是的,天正下着大雨。
What were they doing when you saw them
Was it raining when school was over this morning
They were cleaning the classroom.
Yes, it was raining heavily.
三、翻译
3. 当我离开的时候他正在画一幅世界地图。
4. 母亲下班回家的时候,约翰在写给一个朋友写信。
5. 老师走进教室的时候,学术们正在谈论当天的新闻。
When I left, he was drawing a map of the world.
When the teacher came into the classroom, the students were talking about that day’s news.
John was writing to one of his friends when his mothers came back from work.
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