Review the sentences (was /were + 动词现在分词 ) that we have studied in Unit 1 and Unit 2.

Talk about the pictures.

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?

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 y

esterday.

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： yesterd

ay (morning, afternoon, evening), last ni

ght (week, month, year), ago, the day bef

ore yesterday, in 2003, just now, long lon

g 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 washing all day yesterday. 昨天她洗了一整天的衣服。

1. Suddenly, all the lights in my house were going off / went off. There was heavy rain outside.

Underline the correct words.

2. — I called you up at seven o’clock last night, but nobody answered. — Really? I’m 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 several visitors around the school.

Write sentences about what you were doing.1. At about seven o’clock 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 grandparents’ house

… I was playing in the park

Work in groups of four. Play a chain game.A: At eight o’clock last night I was watching TV. How about you, B?B: At eight o’clock last night I was sleeping. How about you, C?C: At eight o’clock last night I was having dinner. How about you, D?D: …

Write down what each member of

your group was doing at eight

o’clock last night.

Sun Li was watching TV at eight o’clock

last night.

1. ______________________________

______________.

Ming Hui was playing the guitar at

eight o’clock last night.

2. ______________________________

____________________.

3. ______________________________

____________________.

4. ______________________________

_______________.

Liu Yin was doing her homework at

night o’clock last night

Mei Ling was eating an apple at ni

ght o’clock last night

I was checking my email at eight

o’clock 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. He ________________ and was very

bored.4. She is _____________ how to finish

the story. 5. I wrote to him ____________, but he

did not answer.

What forhad 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) _____ and her sister was reading a book. Her sister’s 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) _______. Alice

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 the ______

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 37. I found some biscuits in my

______ and gave them to the cat.8. Soon, it was eating biscuits and

_______ at us.

Read the conversation in Activity 8 and act it out.

pocket

smiling

Stories

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

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 your story. Think about:• when it happened• what you were doing at the time• what happened first• what happened next• what happened finally

Writing a short story about your own experience

Friday eveningWaiting at the bus stopA car stopped …Write the story. Use your notes to help you.It was a Friday evening. I was waiting at the bus stop…

Work in pairs. Discuss and revise your story.Read your story to your classmates.

Possible answer:

It was a Friday evening. I was waiting

at the bus stop after school when a car

stopped and the driver opened the

door. It was my father. “Quick, get

in!” he told me. I was very surprised,

but I did as he said. At first, I was

worried that something bad had

happened. Then, I noticed my mother.

She was also in the car and on the

back seat, there were some bags of

clothes and some food. My father was

driving out of the town. “Where are

we going?” I asked. It was a warm

evening and lots of people were

walking along the road. It was the last

day of term.

Did my parents have a big surprise for

me? We were going somewhere special-

but where? The next thing I can

remember is falling asleep. When I woke

up, I saw the sea. We were at the beach.

My father was smiling. “Here we are,”

he said. The summer holiday starts now!

达标学习A. 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。 1. Mr. Black ____________ (repair) his bi

ke at this time yesterday ． 2. What _____ you ______ (do) at ten o’cl

ock yesterday morning ？ 3. Kelly ___________ (play) computer ga

mes when a little cat came into her room ．

was repairing

were doing

was playing

4. The twins _____________ (learn) Chi

nese when their mother _____ (come)

in ． 5. My wallet _________ (drop) on the gr

ound when I ___________ (walk) in t

he park ． 6. While Masha ______________(cook)

dinner, the bell ________ (ring) ．

were learning

dropped

was walking

was cooking

rang

came

7. — ______ the Blacks _________

(watch) video tapes between 7:00

and 9:00 last night ？ — Yes ， they _______ ． 8. It ____________ (rain) heavily when

I _______ (get ） home yesterday eve

ning ．

Was watching

were

was raining

got

9. The man downstairs _____ just ____

____ (fall) asleep when there _______

(be) a loud knock at the door ． 10. Doctor Li ______ (be) on duty

last night. He ______ still

_______ (work) in the hospital at

10 p.m.

was

falling

was

was

was

working

B. 中考链接1. — 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?

— 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.