Unit 2 Grammar The Past Continuous Tense

have a class They were having a class yesterday afternoon. yesterday afternoon

clean the blackboard at seven o’clock yesterday morning He was cleaning the blackboard at seven o’clock yesterday morning.

draw a picture at that time He was drawing a picture at that time.

run They ware running at this time yesterday. at this time yesterday

dance They were dancing during the Spring Festival. during the Spring Festival

构成： 定义：过去某一点时间或某个时间段正在进行的 动作。 was/were +doing I/she/he/it was we/you/they were The Past Continuous Tense 过去进行时

What was he doing at 2:00 P.M.? He was doing some washing.

Kitty: I saw you in the computer room yesterday, Simon. What were you doing there? Simon: I (search) the World Wide Web.I (look) for some photos of Australia for my project. Kitty: Oh, I thought you (discuss) the project with Daniel. Simon: No. Daniel (talk) to Millie. They (plan) a trip to Tianjin. They (look) for some information about it. Daniel (try) to find a map of Tianjin and Millie (read) some guidebooks. was searching was looking were discussing was talking were planning were looking was trying was reading

at seven o’clock yesterday morning

at that time

yesterday afternoon

during the Spring Festival

构成： 肯定句： 疑问句： 肯定、 否定回答： was/were +doing Was/Were…doing? Yes,…was/were. No,…was not/ were not. (No,…wasn’t/ weren’t.) 标志词： at that time yesterday afternoon at seven o’clock yesterday morning during the Spring Festival…

yesterday afternoon

at this time yesterday

Daniel: What you (do) during the Spring Festival? Millie: I (visit) Thailand at that time. Daniel: you (stay) at a hotel during your trip? Millie: Yes, On the second day of our trip, at 6 o’clock in the morning, Mum told me that she couldn’t find Andy in his room. We later found out that he (swim) in the swimming pool because he couldn’t sleep. Daniel: What about you? What you (do) at that time? Millie: I (sleep) in my room, of course. After breakfast, we went to visit a temple. Look at the photos here. Daniel: Wow, they’re beautiful, and you looked great. Where was Andy? he still (swim) at that time? Millie : No, he. He (sleep) in the coach. Daniel: He’s really funny! weredoing was visiting Werestaying I was was swimming weredoing was sleeping Wasswimming wasn’twas sleeping

Listen and answer: What was he/she doing ?

一 用所给动词的适当形式填空 1)What ____ you ____ (do) at noon yesterday? 2)I ____________(watch) TV at this time last Friday. 3) He ________ (do) his lessons at ten yesterday morning. were doing was watching was doing 4) The children __________ (play) football at four yesterday afternoon. 5) The baby __________ (sleep) from 3 o’clock to 5 o’clock last Monday afternoon. was sleeping were playing

二. 完成下列句子 1) The man ________________ ( 在给我理发） at this time yesterday. was cutting my hair 2) They _____________________ ( 在买纪念品） during the festival. 3) The boys and girls_____________( 在唱歌） last night. 4) You __________________ （在打篮球） yesterday afternoon, weren’t you? 5) What _____To ｍ _____ ( 在做什么） at noon yesterday? 6) I _____________________ ( 在读一本故事书） last night. were singing were playing basketball was doing were buying souvenirs was reading a story book

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climb the hill have a big meal sing dance yesterday morning draw a picture