Unit6 Grammar Past continuous tense

What is he doing now? He is reading a letter from Wu Ruhai.

Dear Conan, I lost my wallet yesterday ,but this morning someone gave me some money secretly to help me. Can you help me find out who gave me the money? I want to thank him. I guess it may be Yu Ji or Miss Gao ,because they are my good friends. Lots of love Wu Ruhai Dear Conan,

At 6:30 a.m. yesterday He was cleaning the windows at this time He is cleaning the windows now. He was cleaning the windows at this time yesterday.

From 7 to 7:30 this morning He was reading English from 7 to 7:30 this morning His classmates were reading English from 7 to 7:30 this morning, too. They were reading English from 7a.m. to 7:30 a.m.

From 7:30a.m.to 8:ooa.m. He was having lessons from 7:30a.m. to 8:00a.m.

He and his classmates were running at 9:30a.m.

Was he doing his homework at that time? Yes, he was.

Were they listening to the teacher at that time? No, they weren’t. They were not listening to the teacher at that time. What were they doing at that time? They were chatting with each other happily at that time.

What was he doing at 10:30a.m. He was doing eye exercises at that time.

What were they doing at 11a.m.? They were playing basketball at that time.

Past continuous tense (过去进行时) 过去某个时间点或某个时间段正在进行的动作。 常与at 7 yesterday，at this time yesterday, at that time, at 9 this morning, at 5 the day before yesterday, from 7 to 9 yesterday from 10 to 11 last night… 时间状语连用。

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

Let's get more information Pair work! Ask your friends: what were you doing at 10:00 this morning? at this time yesterday? your friends at 8:00p.m. last Sunday? was your mother/father between 6:00 and 8:00p.m. at Christmas? from 9:00 to11:00a.m. on January 1st? I /He/She was… They were…

What were you doing at 6:50 this morning? 今天早上6点30你在干什么？ Conan:_________________________________________ What were you doing at 6:50 this morning? (drive my son to school) Miss Gao: I______________________________at that time. was driving my son to school 今天早上7点到7:30你在干什么？ Conan:_________________________________________ What were you doing from 7 a.m. to 7:30? ( read students' homework) Miss Gao: I_________________________________from 7a.m. to 7:30. was reading students’ homework Conan: What was you doing at 9:20? ( run ) Miss Gao: I with my students ______________at that time. was running

timetable What were they doing? Miss Gao Yu Ji drive her son to school at 6:50 a.m. clean the windows read students homework from 7 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. read English give a lesson from 7:40a.m. to 8:25 have a lesson run with students at 9:20 a.m. run at 9:20 a.m answer the mobile phone at 10:30 do eye exercises What was Miss Gao doing at 8 a.m.? What was Yu Ji doing at 8 a.m.?

Miss Gao was giving a lesson. at 8:15 this morning Yu Jie was having a lesson. Miss Gao was giving a lesson. Miss Gao was giving a lesson_____ while ______ Yu Jie was having a lesson. ______ long action long action at 10:30 this morning Miss Gao was answering the mobile phone. Yu Jie was doing eye exercises. ___________ long action Miss Gao was answering the mobile phone while Yu Jie was doing eye exercises. ______ long action

long action ___________ Miss Gao was answering the mobile phone while Yu Jie was doing eye exercises. ___________ long action While表示“……的同时”;连接长动作，后跟进行时态，通常用于两个进行时态之间。 While Miss Gao was answering the mobile phone ,Yu Jie was doing eye exercises. 如果while 引导的从句在前，应该用逗号把从句和主句隔开；如果主句在前，while从句在后，则不用标点符号。

while ( run ) ( cheer for) They were running while other students were cheering for them.

while Part B Part A Miss Gao Yu Ji drive her son to school at 6:30 a.m. clean the windows read students’ homework from 7 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. read English give a lesson from 7:30a.m. to 8:00 have a lesson run with students at 9:20 a.m. run at 9:20 a.m answer the mobile phone at 10:30 do eye exercises while Miss Gao was driving her son to school while Yu Ji was cleaning the windows.

longer action Miss Gao was standing near Wu Ruhai’s desk when I opened the door. _______ ______ shorter action When I opened the door, Miss Gao was standing near Wu Yuhai’s desk. longer action ______ Yu Ji was cleaning the windows when Wu Ruhai got to the classroom. ______ shorter action when Wu Ruhai got to the classroom , Yu Ji was cleaning the windows .

When表示“……的时候”或“……时”；一般它用于连接一个短动作，有时它也连接一个长动作；常用一般过去时和过去进行时。 shorter action simple past tense longer action past continuous tense He left the classroom when Yu Jie was doing homework ________ longer action When表示“……的时候”或“……时”；一般它用于连接一个短动作，有时它也连接一个长动作；常用一般过去时和过去进行时。

Let's try! was doing came was watching got knocked 1. Yu Ji _________ his homework when Wu Ruhai _____ last night.   昨天晚上武汝海来的时候於吉正在写作业。  2. While Miss Gao____________ TV, her father ___ home.   高老师正在看电视时，她父亲到家了。  3. What were you doing when I ________ at the door?   我敲门的时候你在干什么？ was doing came was watching got knocked Let's try!

wasn’t cleaning went was dancing was playing the piano was having put 4. Miss Gao ______________ the room when I ____ to see her.   我去看高老师的时候她不是在打扫房间。 5.Miss Gao_____________while Miss Wang_____________________ 高老师在跳舞，而王老师在弹钢琴QIAN。 6.When Wu Ruhai ___________the PE lesson, Miss Gao ______some money into his pencil case. 当武汝海在上体育课的时候，高老师放了一些钱在他的笔袋里。 wasn’t cleaning went was dancing was playing the piano was having put

Ok! Let me help him! All the students are my children!

children were making a snowman. They were playing snowballs. They were hitting each other.

Homework What were the students in Class 1,Grade 8 doing before and after the snowstorm ?Finish the Exercises A&B

注：下列几类动词通常不用于进行时。 ① 表示状态的动词be； ② 感官动词：feel，hear，look，smell， taste等； ③ 表示思维或心理状态的动词： believe, forget，consider(认为)， know，remember，hope，wish，want 等； ④ 表示所属关系的动词：belong， have，own，hold（容纳）等。

longer actions: live, teach, run, stay, clean, eat, write, dance … shorter actions: open, close, stop, win, finish, begin arrive, leave，cut, fall, ring,give… longer actions: live, teach, run, stay, clean, eat, write, dance …

Work out the rule I she he it we you they We use “was+ -ing” with the pronouns(代词) ______,_______,______and ______. We use “were+ -ing” with the pronouns (代词) ______, ______ and ______. we you they I she he it