江苏省宝应县城郊中学2019年中考英语专项复习学案-动词的时态和语态

2019中考英语复习教案--《动词的时态和语态》
知识点1：动词的八种时态
时态是英语谓语动词的一种形式，表示动作发生的时间和状态。初中阶段要求掌握的时态有八种。
时态 谓语动词形式 例句
一般现在时 be动词、行为动词原形或第三人称单数形式 1. I like sports. 2. He likes sports. 3. She is a good teacher.
一般过去时 be动词、行为动词过去式 We had a great time yesterday.
一般将来时 will/be going to +动词原形 1. They will go to the cinema next week. 2. He is going to have a picnic with his family tomorrow.
现在进行时 am/is/are+动词的现在分词形式 1.My parents are watching TV now. 2.I am looking for my purse.
现在完成时 have/has+动词的过去分词 Lily has learned English for three years.
过去进行时 was/were+动词的现在分词形式 We were talking loudly when the teacher came in.
过去完成时 had+动词的过去分词 We had already learned nearly 1000 words by the end of last term.
过去将来时 would或was/were going to+动词原形 He told us he would have a party in his house this weekend.


知识点2：现在进行时
1. 含义：用于表示现在正在进行的动作或在现阶段持续发生的动作或存在的状态。
2. 谓语部分结构：
am/is/are+动词的现在分词形式
用法：
表示正在进行的动作。如：
My father is cooking the dinner at the moment.
（2）表示现阶段正在进行的动作。如：
The students are working on the farm these days.
（3）用现在进行时表示将来。
常用这种结构的动词有：go,come,leave,arrive,start,begin等，表示即将发生或安排好要做的事情。如：
We are leaving for Shanghai.
The bus is coming soon.
4. 标志语：当时间状语为now, at the moment, these days 等或当句子中含有look,listen,can you see,can’t you see之类的暗示词时，要用现在进行时。如：
Listen! Lily is singing in the classroom.
Can’t you see they are doing their homework?
注意：不是看到look就一定用现在进行时。如: look! Our teacher looks beautiful.
5. 一般不能用于现在进行时的动词
①表示感觉的动词，如see,hear等
②表示喜欢或厌恶的动词，如like,love,hate等；表示希望的动词，如want,would like等
③表示状态的动词，如be, live, keep等
④表示归属的动词，如have(拥有), belong to等
⑤表示思维，知识或理解能力的动词，如know,think（认为）,forget等

例（一）：单项选择
1. ---Millie, where is Miss Li? ---She _________ a speech on Chinese art to the first-year students in the hall.
A. gives B. gave C. is giving D. has given
2.---Linda, together with her parents, up the mess in the park at the moment.
---It’s meaningful to be a volunteer. Let’s join them.
A. is cleaning B. are cleaning C. has cleaned D. have cleaned
3. Just a minute! My brother _____his car in the garden．
A. washes B. is washing C. washed D. will wash
4. ---Here comes the bus! Where is our principal?
----She can't go to the museum with us. She ________ some visitors around our school.
A. is showing B. shows C. has showed D. was showing
5. Dad _____ the USA in two weeks.
A. is leave for B. leaves for C. is leaving for D. left for
Keys: CABAC

知识点3：一般过去时
1. 含义：用于表示在过去发生的动作或存在的状态。
2. 谓语部分结构：动词的过去式
（1）be：was; were
（2）行为动词：动词的过去式
3. 用法：
（1）表示过去某时间发生的动作或存在的状态。如：
We visited a farm last Sunday.
表示过去的习惯或经常发生的动作。
When I was in the countryside, I often went swimming in the river.
= When I was in the countryside, I used to go swimming in the river.（used to do sth. 表示过去常常做某事）
与一般过去时连用的时间状语：
yesterday, the day before yesterday
last...: last night, last week, last year, last month等
....ago: three years ago, two days ago等
其他：in 1990, in the past, the other day, at that time, just now, this morning等

填空题
1）根据汉语提示或英文释义，完成句子。
1. Mr. Bean ___________ (进入) our classroom and told us a lot of jokes in my dream last night.
2. He __________ (点头) to me in greeting when I entered the room.
3. She _________(掉落）the plate and it broke into pieces.
4. These engineers successfully _______(开发) a new kind of energy-saving car last year.
5. The children all （跳）with joy when they heard the good news.
答案：entered; nodded; dropped; developed; jumped
2）用所给词的正确形式填空
1. The old computer _______(break) down easily, so I had to restart it again and again.
2.—Why are you so happy today? —Because I _____(win)the badminton match yesterday.
3. Yesterday I （buy）a new dress at the Macy’s for my mum.
4. The audience _______(clap) and screamed with joy after the last performance ended.
5. Last week, she ________ (select) a teddy bear as a birthday present for her daughter.
答案：broke; won; bought; clapped; selected

知识点4：一般现在时
1. 含义：用于表示现阶段习惯性、周期性、反复或经常发生的动作，或者用于描述客观真理。
2. 谓语部分结构：一般现在时中，谓语动词用be动词或是行为动词。谓语部分结构如下：
（1）be: am, is, are
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当主语为非第三人称单数时，谓语动词采用原形
)

（2）行为动词：
(
当主语为第三人称单数时，谓语动词采用三单变化
)

用法：
（1）表示经常性或习惯性的动作。常与often, always, usually, sometimes, once a week, every day等表示频率的副词和时间状语连用。如：
I get up at six every day.
He usually takes a bus to school.
表示事物或人物的特征、状态、情感和性格。如：
Mary’s father is an English teacher.
He lives in Nanjing now.
His hair is brown.
（3）表示客观真理，科学原理，自然现象，等客观事实或格言谚语等。如：
The sun rises in the east every day.
The earth is round.
The Physics teacher told us that light travels faster than sound.
在某些以here,there开头的句子中用一般现在时表示正在发生的动作。如：
Here comes the bus.
There goes the bell.
一般现在时表将来。下列动词：come, go, arrive, leave, start, begin, return的一般现在时表将来。这主要用来表示在时间上已确定或安排好的事情, 经常用在时刻表中。如：
The train leaves at six tomorrow morning.
When does the bus start? It starts in ten minutes.
4. 与一般现在时连用的时间状语：
（1）表示频度的副词： always, usually, often, sometimes,seldom never等。
（2）on Sundays, on Monday afternoons, every day, every morning, every year等时间状语。
（3）once a year, twice a month, three times a week等时间状语。

填空题
1）根据汉语提示或英文释义，完成句子。
1.Sam hardly has any good friends because he always ___________ (拒绝) to help other people.
2. Nobody_______ that the Shengzhou IX will help us know more about space. (怀疑)
3. As we know, oil always __________ (漂浮) on water.
答案：refuses；doubts；floats。
2）用所给词的正确形式填空
1. The teacher told us that the gravity on Mars (be) only about three-eighths of that on Earth.
2. This story tells us a lesson—the early bird _____________(catch) the worm.
3. Not just she but also I (be) interested in action films．
Keys: is catches am.

知识点5：一般将来时
1. 含义：用来表示在将来发生的动作或存在的状态。
2. 谓语部分结构：
（1）am/is/are going to + 动词原形
（2）will+ 动词原形（主语部分可以是各种人称）
（3）shall+ 动词原形（主语部分为第一人称）
3. 用法：
（1）be going to +动词原形，表示计划、打算做某事，表示已决定的并很可能发生的事。如：
What are you going to do next Sunday?
Look at the clouds. There is going to be a storm.
①will + 动词原形，表示将来要发生的动作或是存在的状态。如：
Will you be back in two days?
②当句中主语是I或者we时，一般使用shall, 表示征求对方的意见。如：
When shall we meet tomorrow?
be going to+动词原形和will+动词原形的比较
① 若是强调某个意图是经过事先考虑好的，则通常要用be going to；若是表示某个意图没有经过事先考虑，而是在说话的当时才临时想到的，则通常用will。比较。如：
"Ann is in hospital." "Oh, really? I didn’t know. I’ll go and visit her." “安住院了。”“啊，真的吗？我还不知道。我要去看看她。” (临时想法，不能用be going to)
"Ann is in hospital." "Yes, I know. I’m going to visit her tomorrow. “安住院了。”“我知道，我打算明天去看看她。” (事先考虑的意图，不能用will)
② 若是有迹象表明要发生某事，通常只用be going to，不用will。如：
Look at those black clouds. It’s going to rain.
③ 带有时间或条件状语从句的主句通常不宜用be going to，而用will：
When he comes back, I will tell him the news.
If he comes back, I will tell him the news.
与一般将来时连用的时间状语：
tomorrow, the day after tomorrow
next...: next week, next year等
in...: in three years, in a week等
soon, before long(不久之后)等
注意：看到tomorrow等不一定使用一般将来时，如tomorrow is Sunday./ It is Sunday tomorrow.

单项选择
1. My sister wants a new dress. She it to the party,
A. wears B. has worn C. wore D. is going to wear
2. We are glad to hear that the Greens _____ to a new flat next week.
A. move B. moved C. will move D. have moved
3.—When ______ you ______ reading Jane Eyre? —It’s hard to say. I’m busy recently.
A. did; finish B. have; finished C. will; finish D. do; finish
4. —Will you go to the cinema with me tomorrow? —Sorry, I ________ skating with Tom.
A. go B. went C. have gone D. will go
5. —Which team do you think ______ the game? —Hard to say. There are still ten minutes before it ends.
A. won B. has won C. will win D. wins
6. There __________ a meeting tomorrow afternoon.
A. will be going to B. will going to be 　　C. is going to be D. will go to be
Keys:DCCDCC

知识点6：“主将从现”原则
主将从现是指在以if(如果), as soon as, until, when等引导的时间状语从句和条件状语从句和让步状语从句中，如果主句是一般将来时，从句用一般现在时替代一般将来时。常见的有以下四种情况：
条件状语从句的主句是一般将来时，那么从句常常用一般现在时。如：
When I grow up, I’ll be a nurse and look after patients.
（2）如果主句是祈使句，那么从句通常要用一般现在时。如：
Don’t laugh at me when I make a mistake.　
（3）如果主句是含有情态动词的一般现在时，根据需要从句多用一般现在时。如：
　　You should be quiet when you are in the reading room
2. 当if 表示“是否”时，不遵循主将从现的原则。如：
I don’t know if he will come to my home tomorrow.
单项选择
1. I don’t know if it ______ tomorrow. If it ______, we will go out for a picnic.
A. will rain; won’t rain B. rains; doesn’t rain C. rains; won’t rain D. will rain; doesn’t rain
2. It will be hard for us to get up in the morning if we ____to bed too late．
A．go B. went C. will go D. have gone
3.If farmers trees and forests, giant pandas nowhere to live.
A. cut down; have B. will cut down; will have
C. will cut don; have D. cut down; will have
4. When you ________ at a restaurant , please order just enough food .
A. ate B. will eat C. eat D. haven eaten
5. Henry will give us a report as soon as he_ .
A. arrives B. arrived C. is arriving D. will arrive
Keys: DADCA

知识点7：过去进行时
1. 含义：用于表示过去的某个时刻正在发生的动作或在过去的某个时间段内持续发生的动作。
2. 谓语部分结构：was / were + 动词ing形式（现在分词）
用法：
表示过去的某一时刻正在发生的动作。如：
I was reading in the library at this time yesterday.
表示过去一段时间内正在进行的动作。如:
They were having a meeting from 2:00 to 4:00 yesterday afternoon.
（3）过去进行时常与always等频度副词连用，表示过去频繁发生的习惯动作，此时的过去进行时带有一定的感彩。如：
Jack was always changing his mind.
go, come, leave, arrive, start等动词，其过去进行时表示过去按计划即将发生的动作。如：
I was leaving when he came in.
She told me she was coming to see me.
4.与过去进行时连用的时间状语：at this time yesterday, at that time, then, at ten last night, from... to... the day before yesterday, those days等。
5. 含有when或while引导的时间状语从句的主从复合句中过去进行时的运用：
（1）when在过去进行时中的用法: when 所引导的时间状语从句中，动作既可以是长动作，也可以是短动作，即动词既可以使用延续性动词也可以使用非延续性动词。关键看动作是否能延续，可延续性动词用过去进行时，不可延续性动词用一般过去时。主句的动词根据动作可不可以延续决定，可以延续使用过去进行时，不可延续使用一般过去时。如：
Jim was listening to the CD when his brother came back.
When I was having breakfast, the telephone rang.
（2）while在过去进行时中的用法: while 所引导的时间状语从句中，动作只能是长动作，即动词只能使用延续性动词。该延续性动词使用过去进行时。主句的动词根据动作可不可以延续决定，可以延续使用过去进行时，不可延续使用一般过去时。如：
While he was riding his bike, he fell off.
While I was doing my homework, my mother was watching TV.
注意：：在上述情况中，若动词为表示动作的瞬间动词时，一般用一般过去时，而不用过去进行时。
如，Luckily, when l went to see him, he was at home.幸运的是，我去看他时，他在家。

例（一）：单项选择
1. — I called you several times this morning, but you didn't answer. — Sorry. I _____ tennis the whole morning.
played B. is playing C. would play D. was playing
2. —I phoned you at 5:00 yesterday afternoon, but nobody answered me.
—Sorry. I the flowers in the garden at that time.
A. was watering B. am watering C. water D. will water
3. Millie _________ a picture when Mr. Green came in.
A. draw B. will draw C. drew D. was drawing
4. — We couldn't find you anywhere around 8:00 yesterday evening.
— I’m sorry for it. My mother and I in the square.
A. danced B. will dance C. were dancing D. are dancing
5. Sally took a photo of her friends while they _________ computer games.
A. play B. are playing C. have played D. were playing
Keys: DADCD

知识点8：过去将来时
1. 含义：表示从过去某一时间来看将要发生的动作或状况。常用于主句是一般过去时的宾语从句中。
2. 谓语部分结构：
（1）would + 动词原形
（2）was/ were going to + 动词原形
3. 用法：
（1）表示从过去某一时间来看将要发生的动作或存在的状态，常用在宾语从句中，由“would+动词原形”构成。如：
He asked when the meeting would start.
用“was/were going to+动词原形”所表示的过去将来时表示曾经打算或准备要做的动作。如：
He was going to start a new job when I saw him then.
过去将来时运用在宾语从句中。当主句是一般过去时，而从句要用将来时的时候，该从句改用过去将来时。在宾语从句中常出现的有later, soon, the next day, the following week等。如：
The man told me that he was going to try it again the following day.

单项选择
1. — Has Wendy handed in her application form?
— Not sure. She told me that she wanted to check again and it in soon.
A. will hand B. would hand C. has handed D. had handed
2. The official said they _______ a new law to protect the tourists the next year.
A. makes B. would make C. made D. have made
--- What did Yang Ying say? ---- She said they _______ a school trip the next weekend.
A. will have B. had C. would have D. have
Keys: BBC

用所给词的正确形式填空
Every one of us was excited, for in a few minutes we __________ (see) Liu Xiang appear on the sports ground.
Did she say that she _________（attend）the meeting herself tomorrow?
He asked us who _______ (give) us English lessons next term.
4. She told him that she ________(not stay) here for long.
答案：would see would attend would give would not stay

知识点9: 现在完成时
1. 谓语部分结构：have / has + 动词的过去分词
2. 用法：
（1）用于描述一个发生在过去，并一直延续到现在，或者可能还要延续到将来的动作。常和for和since连用。如：
①They have worked in the factory for ten months .
②We have learned English since nearly three years ago.
③It has been nine years since I began to learn English.
④We have been friends since 2008.
用于强调一个发生在过去的动作对现在所产生的影响，此时这个动作一般不会延续到现在。如：
①I have already seen the film.
②I have lost my key.
③---Have you found your lost key yet? --- No, I haven’t found it yet.
3. since和 for 的用法区别和联系
(1)since的用法
A. since后可加时间点，如例句②④中的 nearly three years ago或2008.
B. since引导时间状语从句时，后面的时间状语从句动词用一般过去时，主句动词用现在完成时，如例句③。
(2) for的用法：for后加一段时间。如例句①
(3)since 和 for 用法的相互转换：for +一段时间= since+ 一段时间+ ago
注意：有“It is + 一段时间+since”的句型。例如我们可以将上面的例句③换成“It is nine years since I began to learn English.”
(4)对since和for的提问用how long。如：
---How long have you been in Nanjing?----For three years./ Since three years ago.
4. 与现在完成时连用的时间状语：ever、never、yet、already 、recently 、lately 、over these years 、up to now 、just、since 、for、so far、during / in the past / last few days / weeks / months / years等。
① ever意为“曾经” 可用于疑问句或否定句中。如：Have you ever been to London?也用于肯定句中通常放在主句后面和最高级连用。如： This is the best model ship that I have ever seen.
② never意为“从来没有”，常与before连用。He has never finished a task by himself before.
③注意just 和 just now的区别。just和 recently都表示“最近，刚刚”，用于现在完成时；just now 表示“刚才”，用于一般过去时。如：He has just come back from America./ He was here just now.
④already, yet常和现在完成时连用。already用于肯定句中，可放在助动词之后，过去分词之前，也可放在句末。yet用在疑问句中意为“已经”，用在否定句中表示“还”，常放在句末。
have/ has been to, have/ has gone to, have/ has been in的区别
have/ has been to：曾经去过，强调以往的经历。如：
The old man has been to Egypt when he was young.
have/ has gone to：去了某地，强调还没有回来。如：
---Where is your uncle? --- He has gone to the supermarket.
have/ has been in：待在某地，住在某地。如：
Mr. Smith has been in the lab for over ten hours.
延续性动词和非延续性动词的用法
（1）现在完成时与一段时间连用时应注意句中的谓语动词必须是延续性动词，非延续性动词不能和一段时间连用。如：翻译：这本书我从图书馆已经借了两个多星期了。
误：I have already borrowed the book for over two weeks.
正：I have already kept the book for over two weeks.
非延续性动词与一段时间状语连用时可采用将非延续性动词转化为延续性动词的方式。如：come—be in/at；go—be in/at; die--be dead; borrow--keep;buy--have;join--be in(be a member);leave--be away等。
注意：非延续性动词可以用于现在完成时，只是不能与一段时间连用。
非延续性动词 延续性动词
buy have
borrow keep
open be open
close be closed
begin/start be on
come be at/in
go be at/in
finish/end be over
die be dead
join be in/ be a member of
leave be away from
arrive/reach be in/at
get married be married

被动语态
一、基本情况：英语的语态有主动语态和被动语态两种，主动语态表示主语是动作的执行者，被动语态表示主语是动作的承受者。
二、构成：
陈述句：主语+助动词be+及物动词的过去分词（be有人称、数和时态的变化）
肯定句：主语+be+及物动词的过去分词
否定句：主语+be+not+及物动词的过去分词
一般疑问句：Be+主语+及物动词的过去分词+?
特殊疑问句：特殊疑问词+一般疑问式+？

三、被动语态的用法：
不知道动作的执行者是谁。
没有必要指出动作的执行者。
只需强调动作的承受者。

四、主动语态变被动语态的基本步骤：
1.将主动语态中的宾语变为被动语态中的主语，
主动语态中的主语变为被动语态中的介词by的宾语.
2.将主动语态中的谓语动词变成 “助动词be+该动词的过去分词”注意时态不变。
3.助动词要与新的主语保持“数”的一致；若主语和宾语是人称代词时，“格”应作相应的变化。如：

The workers make machines in this factory.
主语 谓语 宾语 其他成分



Machines are made by the workers in this factory.
主语 谓语 by的宾语 其他成分

各种形式的被动语态：
（一）、各种时态的被动语态：
一般现在时的被动语态：
构成：主语+助动词am/is/are+及物动词的过去分词
A lot of books are kept in our school library.
2. 一般过去时的被动语态：
构成：主语+助动词was/were+及物动词的过去分词
A thief was caught last night.
They were asked to speak at the meeting.
3. 现在进行时的被动语态：
构成：主语+助动词am/is/are+being+及物动词的过去分词
A new library is being put up in the school now.
The machines are being repaired.
4. 一般将来时的被动语态：
构成：主语+will/be going to +be+及物动词的过去分词
The Olympic Games will be held in Beijing in 2008.
现在完成时的被动语态：
构成：主语+have/has+been+及物动词的过去分词
My bag has been stolen.
This airport has never been used.

(二)、双宾语的被动语态：
含有双宾语的主动语态变为被动语态时，
常把那个指人的间接宾语变为被动语态的主语；
（2）也可把指物的直接宾语用作主语，但此时必须在间接宾语前面加上介词to或for。
He gave me a pen.
→I was given a pen by him.
→A pen was given to me by him.
She drew them a picture yesterday.
→They were drawn a picture yesterday.
→A picture was drawn for them yesterday.
注意：give, pass, lend, write, show tell 等动词后的介词用to；draw, buy, make, find, cook, keep等动词后的介词用for。

（三）复合宾语的被动语态：
若主动语态的句子为“主语+谓语+宾语+宾语补足语”则变为“宾作主，宾补变主补”
I asked him to help me with my English.
→He was asked to help me with my English.
注意：感觉动词和使役动词在主动句中其后的动词不定式不带to，但变被动句时to必须还原。
The boss made her work for 16 hours a day.
→She was made to work for 16 hours by her boss a day.
类似的词有：ask, tell, invent, except, warn, advise, make, let, hear, see, watch, feel, notice.
但类似see sb. doing sth.的句子则不这样变：
I hear him reading in the room.
→He was heard reading in the room by me.
特殊情况的被动语态：
1.带双宾语的被动语态：
动词+ sb(间宾) +sth(直宾)
口诀：如遇双宾语，一般变间宾，若把直宾变，to /for 间宾连。
1).give / pass / show 与介词to 搭配。
give sb sth —— sb +be given sth 或 sth +be given +to sb .
2).buy / make / cook 与介词for 搭配。
buy sb sth —— sb +be bought + sth 或 sth +be bought +for sb
He gave me a book
I ______ _________ a book by him. A book ____ ________ _____ me by him .
My mother made me a cake .
I ____ ________ a cake by my mother A cake ____ _____ ____ me by my mother .
Keys: was given; was given to; was made; was made for
2.带省to 的不定式作宾补的被动语态：动词+ sb + do sth .
口诀：感使动词真叫怪，to来to去记心怀，主动语态to离去，被动语态to回来。
动词：make / let /have /see /hear /feel /watch
make sb do sth ----sb + be +made +to do sth
The boss made the workers work all day
The workers ______ ________ ____ work all day by the boss.
Keys: were made to
3. see /hear /notice /keep +sb +doing sth 句型中变被动语态时doing 不变。
I heard Tom singing just now Tom _____ ________ _____ by me just now .
Key: was heard singing
4.以动词短语作谓语的主动语态变被动语态时，不可丢掉后面的介词或副词。
We should take care of the old . The old should ______ ________ _____ _____ .
Key:be taken care of
有些词组没有被动语态：sell well , write well ,ride well ,drive well wash well

（四）、短语动词的被动语态：
有些短语动词相当于及物动词，可以有被动语态。但要注意，短语动词是一个不可分割的词组，在变为被动语态时，不可丢掉词组末尾的介词或副词。
The teachers take good care of the children.
→The children are taken good care of (by the teachers).
They have sent for the doctor.
→The doctor has been sent for.

(五)、含有情动词的被动语态：(had better, would like, have to, be able to, be going to)
构成：“情态动词+be+及物动词的过去分词”
We must plant trees.
→Trees must be planted.
肯定句：Books can be taken out of the library.
否定句：Books can’t be taken out of the library.
疑问句：Can books be taken out of the library?

(六)、以下情况的主动语态不能变为被动语态：
不及物动词及部分短语动词词组(take place; happen; break out; belong to)没有被动语态，因为没有宾语可变作主语。
The story happened in 1999.
A fire broke out in his house.
The dictionary belongs to me.
The meeting will take place next Monday.
=The meeting will be held next Monday.
2．表状态的动词（cost; last; take; have; sell; fit; become等）不能用于被动语态 。
The pen costs five yuan.
Cold weather lasts long.
This kind of dictionary sells well.
当宾语和谓语是一个不可分割的整体时。
We had a swim in the river yesterday.
The teacher walked into the classroom.
当宾语为动词不定式或Ving时。
I want to write a letter.
She finished reading the book.
当宾语是反身代词或相互代词时。
You should take care of yourself.
They often help each other.
当宾语起状语作用时，表示数量、长度、大小、程度、地点、或处所及方位之类时。
The coat cost 100 yuan.（表数量）
I paid ten yuan for the dictionary.
当系动词作谓语时。（look, seem, sound, smell, taste, feel, get, turn, become, keep, is, fall等）
He looks worried.
The flowers smell good.

课堂练习：用所给动词的正确形式填空
1. While we __________ (wait) for the bus, a girl __________ (run) up to us.
2. The news said that the scientists (compare) it with the first cloned sheep the next day.
3. Sandy’s mother is often seen enjoying beautiful music through her Apple iPhone while she__________ (take) a bus home after work.
4.He was fifty-six. In two years he _______(be) fifty-eight.
5. Can you tell me where those children ________ (play) hide-and-seek this time yesterday?
6. —Did you notice anybody enter the building just now? —Sorry, I (cut) down the tree in the garden.
7. The local government promised that they _________ (stop) farmers from taking more land.
8. I __________ (telephone) a friend when Bob __________ (come) in.
Keys：1.were waiting, ran 2. would compare 3. is taking 4.would be 5.were playing 6. was cutting 7.would stop 8.was telephoning, came