1. Unit6 Grammar Past continuous tense

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

3. 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,

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

12. 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。

13. 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

14. 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…

15. 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

16. 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.?

17. 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

18. 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。

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

20. 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.

21. 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 .

22. 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。

23. 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!

24. 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

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

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

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

28. 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。

29. 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 …

30. 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