1. Module 8 My past life Unit 3 Language in use

2. 动词 be (is, am, are) 的过去式 原形 amisare 过去式 was were

3. 下面让我们一起来看一下其具体用法： 1) 肯定句：主语＋ was / were ＋表语＋其他。 如： He was in a bank a moment ago. 刚才他在银行。 They were at home last night ． 昨晚他们在家。

4. 2) 否定句：在 was / were 后直接加 not 即可 变为否定句。即：主语＋ was / were ＋ not ＋表语 ＋其他。如： Han Mei and Wei Hua were not in the classroom just now. 韩梅和魏华刚才不在教室里。 注意： was not ＝ wasn’t ； were not ＝ weren’t 。

5. 3) 一般疑问句：把 was, were 提到句首， 句末用问号即可变为一般疑问句。即： Was / Were ＋主语＋表语＋其他？ 对一般疑问句的回答，其肯定形式用 “Yes, 主语 ( 代词 ) ＋ was / were.” ；其否 定形式用 “No, 主语 ( 代词 ) ＋ wasn’t / weren’t.” 。

6. — Was she late this morning? 她今天早上迟到了吗？ — Yes, she was. / No, she wasn’t. 是的，她迟到了。 / 不，她没迟到。 — Were they at your party last night? 昨晚他们在你的聚会上吗？ — Yes, they were. / No, they weren’t. 是的，他们在。 / 不，他们不在。

7. 1. I ______ born in a small village. 2. Tony _________born in China. 3. Who ______ your first friends? 4. She _______ strict. 5. _______ they naughty? 6. Yes, they ______. / No, they_______. Fill in the blanks. was wasn’t were was Were were weren’t

8. 1. There was a pond behind the house. ( 改为一 般疑问句并作肯定回答 )_____________________________________ 2. Our school was big and beautiful. ( 就画线部 分提问 ) _____________________________________ 3. Mandela was born on 18th July, 1918. ( 就画 线部分提问 ) _____________________________________ Rewrite these sentences. Was there a pond behind the house? Yes, there was. What was your school like? When was Mandela born?

9. 4. I am a doctor now. ( 用 in the past 代替 now 改 写句子 ) _________________________________________ 5. at, was, time, I, naughty, not, that (.) ( 连词成 句 ) _________________________________________ I was a doctor in the past. I was not naughty at that time.

10. Tom is my friend. He ______ (be) born in England. Now he __________ (live) in China with his father and mother. He is in No. 5 Middle School. He _____________ (get up) early every day. So he ___________ (be not) late for school. Tom often helps us with our English, and we often _____________ (help) him with his Chinese. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words. was lives gets up isn’t help

11. He is nice and we all like him. He _____________ (have) many friends here. After class he likes doing sports. Look, Tom ________________ (play) football with his friends on the playground. Tomorrow is Saturday and we ________________ (have) a picnic in the park. I think we’ll have a good time. has is playing will have

12. 1. The teacher comes to the classroom ________ a book in his hand. 2. There are two maps on the ____ in our classroom. 3. I want to buy some fruit from the ________. 4. He is so tired, and he wants to have a rest in the ________. store, with, kitchen, wall, garden, two, bedroom with wall store bedroom Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.

13. 5. I can’t cook, so I seldom go to the _______. 6. His uncle has a big house with a beautiful ________, and there are a lot of flowers in it. 7. I was the _________ one to get to school today. kitchen garden second

14. 1.Where was he born? 2.When was he born? Read and answer.

15. Liu Yun YouYour partner Born inTianjian Born on2nd November, 1990 Primary School Quizheng Primary School First teacherMs Guo First friendsHunter, Jiajia CharacterNaughty, nice

16. 1.Where were you born? 2.When were you born? 3.What was your first school? 4.What was the name of your first teacher? 5.What was he/she like? 6.Who were your first friends? 7.Were they naughty?

17. — Liu Yun is my good friend. — She was born …

18. Where / born — Where were you born? — I was born in …

19. Talk about your partner’s past life. — When were you born? — I was born in …

20. He was born in ______________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________. Write about your partner’s past life.

21. Finish the passage about your partner’s past life.