Grammar A. Past continuous tense B. Past continuous tense with ‘while’ and ‘when’ C. Using ‘so … that’

A. Past continuous tense

What is the girl doing now ? What is the boy doing now ? What is the bear doing now ? She is running now. He is jumping now. He is skiing now.

Present continuous tense be (am/is/are) + verb-ing

What was the girl doing just now ? She was running just now. What was the boy doing just now ? He was jumping just now. What was the bear doing just now ? He was skiing just now.

Past continuous tense be (was/were) + verb-ing

1. 过去进行时主要表示： ￭ 在过去某一时刻正在进行的动作 （ a ） They were eating breakfast at 7:00 am yesterday. （ b ） I was writing a letter at this time yesterday. （ c ） Five minutes ago, Danny was looking out of the window and Suzy was reading a book. ￭ 在过去某一阶段一直在进行的动作 （ a ） From 1983 to 1998, he was teaching at Yale. （ b ） They were building a dam last winter.

2. 过去进行时的句式 （ 1 ）基本结构： was/were + verb-ing （ 2 ）否定式： was/were not + verb-ing was not = wasn’t were not = weren’t （ 3 ）疑问句：将 was/were 调到主语前 （ 4 ） I/he/she/it was + verb-ing you/we/they were + verb-ing

Complete the conversation with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Daniel : I tried to call you last night but your phone line was busy. What you (do) ? Amy : When you (pnone) me ? Daniel : It was about seven. I (do) my homework at that time. was doing were doing didphone

Amy : Oh, I (talk) to Millie on the phone. I (tell) her about my trip to Shenzhen. She (plan) to go there with her family during May Day holidays. Oh, by the way, why you (call) me ? was talking was telling was planning didcall

Daniel : I (do) my Maths homework and I (not understand) one question. But never mind, I (ask) Simon already. was doing didn’t understand have asked

Complete the questions and answers, using the past continuous tense. 1.Q : Miss Lu (make) test papers at 1:30 pm ? A : Yes,. 2. Q : the Principal (write) a speech in the library at noon ? A : No,. He was writing a speech in his office. Wasmaking she was Waswriting he wasn’t

3. Q : the librarian (write) a speech two hours ago ? A : No,. She (make) a notice in the library. 4. Q : Mr Hu’s assistants (do) an experiment at lunchtime ? A : Yes,. Waswriting she wasn’twas making Weredoing they were

5. Q : class 1, Grade 8 students (wait) for Tommy at lunchtime ? A : No,. They (visit) the library at lunchtime. 6. Q : David (wait) for Tommy after school ? A : Yes,. Werewaiting they weren’tare visiting Waswaiting he was

B. Past continuous tense with ‘while’ and ‘when’

What was the rabbit doing just now ? What was the pig doing just now ? He was jumping just now. He was dancing just now. The rabbit was jumping while the pig was dancing.

The worm was eating while the dog was reading. Two long actions went on at the same time. We were clapping our hands while the performers were marching across the park.

The rabbit was jumping while the pig was dancing. The worm was eating while the dog was reading. While the pig was dancing, the rabbit was jumping. While the dog was reading, the worm was eating.

连词 while 与过去进行时 ￭ 当两个延续性动词同时进行时，我们可以 在两个句子中都用过去进行时，并用 while 连接。 ￭ 当 while 用在句首时，两个句子应用逗号隔 开。

Extension activities

Home Work 1.Review the grammar of past continuous tense 2.Translation (1 ) 地震开始的时候，很多人正在床上睡觉。 （ 2 ）我昨天这个时候正在搜索因特网。 （ 3 ）老师进教室时，一些学生正在小声说话。 （ 4 ）当他们在一家咖啡店闲聊时，突然听到一声像打 雷似的巨响。 （ 5 ）当我再看电视的时候，我弟弟正在玩电脑游戏。