Unit 6 When disaster strikes：Understanding ideas课件（共12张PPT）-2025-2026学年八年级上册《英语》（外研版）

(共12张PPT)
Unit 6 When disaster strikes
Understanding ideas (语法学习)
册 次：八年级上册 学 科：英语（外研社版）
Review.
What was Pliny the Younger doing when the ground shook very hard
A/B/C层
Review.
When the volcano erupted, what were people doing
A/B/C层
Read and find.
Now nd more sentences with these structures in the reading passage.
My mother and I were staying in a town near Pompeii.
By six o’clock the next morning, many buildings were still shaking.
All around us, women were calling, children were crying and men were shouting.
People were trying to find their families in the dark.
A/B/C层
past continuous:
The form of
was / were doing
The meaning of past continuous:
To talk about ongoing past actions.
Read and summarise.
A/B/C层
were sleeping
were walking
was blowing
was spreading
covering
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
A/B/C层
was
waiting
heard
were
calling
became
started
stopped
were
singing
was
listening
Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
A/B/C层
tornado
wildfire
mudslide
earthquake
volcanic
eruption
Tell a story about a natural disaster.
Group work:
Decide on one disaster and tell a story about it. Use the words and expressions from the passage and the Useful expressions to help you.
A/B层
tornado
wildfire
mudslide
earthquake
volcanic
eruption
Tell a story about a natural disaster.
Group work:
Decide on one disaster and tell a story about it. Use the words and expressions from the passage and the Useful expressions to help you.
C层
Think about how people should respond to the natural disaster in your story. Share your ideas with your friends.
Homework
A/B层
Share more things about the disaster you chose with your friends.
Homework
C层
THANK YOU