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英语(牛津版)
八年级下册
English
Unit 8
Life in the future
Grammar
What were they doing at 7 last night?
Look and say using the structure “was/were + doing”
They were watching TV at that moment.
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课堂导入
I was doing my homework at that moment.
What were you doing at 7 last night?
Look and say using the structure “was/were + doing”
He said he was holding a party at home
What were they doing between 12:00 and 3:00 last night?
Look and say using the structure “was/were + doing”
What were they doing between 12:00 and 3:00 last night?
She said she was working all the time
Look and say using the structure “was/were + doing”
He said he was traveling on the train
What were they doing between 12:00 and 3:00 last night?
Look and say using the structure “was/were + doing”
What were they doing between 12:00 and 3:00 last night?
She said she was sleeping at that time
Look and say using the structure “was/were + doing”
我们用过去进行时来表示在过去特定的时间正在发生的动作。
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课堂活动
We use the past continuous tense to talk about actions that were happening at a particular time in the past.
The past continuous tense:
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We form the past continuous tense with ________ or________ + the -ing form of the main verb.
Work out the rule
was
were
We can also use the past continuous tense to talk about two actions happening at the same time in the past.
While I was driving my old car. I was polluting the city.
Usually we use while to talk about two continuing actions in the past.
Things to remember
通常我们用while谈论过去两个持续进行的动作。
The past continuous tense
(过去进行时)
定义:
表示过去某一时刻或某段时间正在进行的动作。
eg. The reporter said that the UFO was travelling east to west when he saw it.
那位记者说他看见UFO时,它正由东向西飞行。
过去进行时可以表示在过去某个时间点发生的事情。时间点可以用介词短语、副词或从句来表示。
What was she doing at nine o'clock yesterday?
昨天晚上九点她在做什么? (介词短语表示时间点)
When I saw him he was decorating his room.
当我看见他的时候他正在装饰房间。(when从句表示时间点)
在复合句中,如果主要动作和背景动作都是延续的或同时发生的,那么主从句的动词都可用过去进行时。
While he was waiting for the bus,he was reading a newspaper.
他边等车边看报。(两个动作都是延续的)
He was cleaning his c