1、Unit 3 Language in use,Module7 A famous story,1. Alice was sitting with her sister by the river. 2. It was sitting in a tree and smiling at everyone. 3. They were having a tea party in the garden. 4. Where was it going?,Language practice,过去进行时: 表示过去某一时刻或某段时间 正在进行的动作。,构成:由 was/were+v.-ing 构成,注意： 如果没有
2、表示过去时间的状语，需要通过上下文来判断是否是过去某时正在进行的动作。,1. My family _ (watch) TV at 9 yesterday evening. 2. While mother _(cook), there was a knock at the door.,were watching,was cooking,Grammar,肯定句：was / were +v.-ing 否定句：was not ( wasnt) +v.-ing were not ( werent ) +v.-ing 一般疑问句： Was/Were+主语+ v.- ing？ Yes, 主语+was/wer
3、e./ No, 主语+wasnt/werent. 特殊疑问句： 特殊问词 was / were + + v.- ing,过去进行时与一般过去时的区别： 一般过去时与过去进行时时间都是发生在过去。一般过去时强调动作的发生或状态的存在；而过去进行时强调动作正在进行的延续性。 其结构: was / were + 动词现在分词,试比较: I got up at five the day before yesterday. 前天我是五点起床的。 He was painting the lab the whole day yesterday. 昨天他一整天都在粉刷实验室。,一般过去时的时间状语主要有：ye
4、sterday (morning, afternoon, evening), last night (week, month, year), ago, the day before yesterday, in 2003, just now, long long ago, one day等。 过去进行时的时间状语有: at this / that time yesterday, the whole evening, all day yesterday等。,试比较: He introduced Tom to us just now. 刚才他向我们介绍了汤姆。 She was doing some
5、washing all day yesterday. 昨天她洗了一整天的衣服。,1. Last night, I saw /was seeing my friend John. It was his birthday and he was having a party.,Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences.,2. They were having/had a French lesson in the language lab at ten oclock this morning.,3. Suddenly, all the li
6、ghts in my house were going off /went off. There was a big storm outside.,4. I called you up at seven oclock last night,but nobody answered it. Really? Im sorry, but I was teaching /taught a piano lesson at school.,5. I was seeing/saw you and Tom in the library just now. Oh, we showed /were showing
7、several visitors around the school.,过去进行时与现在进行时的区别：,Exercises,He _ doing his homework now. A. is B. was C. were 2. _ they playing with Tom when you saw them? A. Were B. Was C. Are 3. He _ writing while I was singing. A. were B. was C. are,A,A,B,1. Suddenly, all the lights in my house were going off
8、/ went off. There was heavy rain outside.,Underline the correct words.,2. I called you up at seven oclock last night, but nobody answered. Really? Im sorry, but I was teaching / taught a piano lesson at school. 3. I was seeing / saw you and Tom in the library just now. Oh, we showed / were showing s
9、everal visitors around the school.,Write sentences about what you were doing. At about seven oclock last night, _. 2. This morning, on my way to school, _. 3. This time last year, _ _. 4. Last Saturday, from about 1 pm to 4 pm, _., I was having dinner, I met my friend Lingling, I was staying at my g
10、randparents house, I was playing in the park,Work in groups of four. Play a chain game. A: At eight oclock last night I was watching TV. How about you, B? B: At eight oclock last night I was sleeping. How about you, C? C: At eight oclock last night I was having dinner. How about you, D? D: ,Write do
11、wn what each member of your group was doing at eight oclock last night. Sun Li was watching TV at eight oclock last night. 1. _ _.,Ming Hui was playing the guitar at eight oclock last night.,2. _ _. 3. _ _. 4. _ _.,Liu Yin was doing her homework at night oclock last night,Mei Ling was eating an appl
12、e at night oclock last night,I was checking my email at eight oclock last night,Complete the sentences with the correct form of the expressions in the box.,have nothing to do once or twice run after think about what for,1. The dog is _ the cat in the garden.,running after,2. _ is this machine _? 3.
13、He _ and was very bored. 4. She is _ how to finish the story. 5. I wrote to him _, but he did not answer.,What for,had nothing to do,thinking about,once or twice,Complete the passage with the words in the box.,conversations hole pink pocket river strange,Alice was sitting with her sister by the (1)
14、_ and her sister was reading a book. Her sisters book had no pictures or (2) _ in it.,river,conversations,Then a white rabbit with (3) _ eyes ran by. There was nothing (4) _ about that. Then the rabbit took a watch out of its (5) _ and looked at it. Alice followed the rabbit and fell down a (6) _. A
15、lice had a lot of adventures in Wonderland.,pink,strange,pocket,hole,Listen and complete the sentences. Paragraph 1 1. One day, I was with my friends. We were having a _ in a field and I saw something strange. 2. There was a _ cat with a pink nose sitting in a tree. 3. It looked like it was eating t
16、he _ in the tree.,picnic,white,leaves,Paragraph 2 4. While I was looking at it, the cat got out of the tree, jumped down to the _, and walked across the _ and sat next to us. 5. The cat got up and _ close to me. 6. I _ to it and it smiled at me.,ground,field,came,talked,Paragraph 3 7. I found some b
17、iscuits in my _ and gave them to the cat. 8. Soon, it was eating biscuits and _ at us.,pocket,smiling,Read the conversation in Activity 8 and act it out.,1.Play the recording for the students to listen.,2. The students in groups of four and each choose one of the characters to read and act out. 3. S
18、et the classroom up like a mini-theatre with chairs for the audience and area for the stage at the front of the class.,Stories,Around the world,Stories In the past, not many people could read or write, so people listened to stories. Some stories were popular, and they changed every time someone told
19、 them. The stories passed from generation to generation. Finally, someone wrote them down.,For example, in China today people still love old stories like The Monkey King. Some people say that new stories written in books today are not as entertaining as the old ones. Do you agree?,Make notes about y
20、our story. Think about: when it happened what you were doing at the time what happened first what happened next what happened finally,Module task:,Writing a short story about your own experience,Friday evening Waiting at the bus stop A car stopped ,Write the story. Use your notes to help you. It was
21、 a Friday evening. I was waiting at the bus stop,Work in pairs. Discuss and revise your story. Read your story to your classmates.,B. 中考链接 What were you doing this time yesterday? I _ on the grass and drawing a picture. A. sit B. sat C. am sitting D. was sitting,2. Where were you at 7:00 last night?
22、 I _ to my mom at home. A. write B. was writing C. wrote,3. I called you at 4:00 yesterday afternoon, but no one answered? Sorry, I _ with my friends at that time. A. swim B. swam C. will swim D. was swimming,Write a short story about your own experience during this summer vocation.,Well begun is half done. 好的开始，是成功的一半。,
