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人教版 八年级下
Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?
Period 3 Section A (Grammar Focus-4c)
一、用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空(语法专练)
1. At this time yesterday, I ______________ (read) newspapers while Susan _______________ (play) the piano.
【解析】根据“At this time yesterday”可知用过去进行时。
was reading
was playing
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2. Tom _______________ (play) soccer with his friends when I saw him.
【解析】根据“when I saw him”可知表示过去的某一时刻正在做什么, 用过去进行时。
was playing
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3. —What ________ you ________ (do) at ten o’clock yesterday ?
—I ______________ (study) in the classroom.
【解析】问句是过去进行时, 主语是you, be 动词用were; 答语主语是I, be 动词用was。
were doing
was studying
4. They ______________ (have) a meeting at three last Friday afternoon.
【解析】根据时间状语可知用过去进行时。
were having
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5. —I went to your house after work yesterday but you were not in.
—Oh, I __________________ (walk) my dog outside.
【解析】句意:——昨天下班后我去你家, 可你不在家。——哦, 我在外面遛狗呢。根据上下文交谈的语境可知, 表达的是过去进行时。
was walking
二、单项选择(语法专练)
6. [2023 自贡] —Why didn’t you pick up my phone at seven o’clock last night?
—I ________ the dishes in the kitchen at that time so I didn’t hear it.
A. was doing B. did C. had done
【解析】句意: ——昨晚7 点你为什么不接我的电话? ——我当时正在厨房洗碗, 所以没有听到。根据时间状语“at that time”可知, 此处指昨晚7 点那时正在发生的动作, 用过去进行时。
A
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7. [2023 天津] While we ________ an English song, some visitors came to our class.
A. sing B. will sing
C. were singing D. are singing
【解析】句意: 当我们唱英语歌的时候, 一些来访者来到我们班。由while 和came 提示从句用过去进行时。
C
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8. [2023 扬州] While everyone ________ the comics page, I picked up a copy to see what was so funny.
A. is laughing at B. laughed at
C. laughs at D. was laughing at
【解析】考查句子时态。本句是while 引导的时间状语从句, 强调从句动作正在进行时主句动作发生, 结合“I picked up a copy”可知, 从句时态用过去进行时(was/ were doing) , 故选D。
D
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三、语法填空
阅读下面的短文, 在空白处填入一个适当的词, 或填入括号中所给词的适当形式。
This time yesterday, Mr. Zhang 9. ___________________ (celebrate) his 10. ____________ (ninety) birthday at home.
【解析】9. 根据时间状语“This time yesterday”可知, 此句应该是过去进行时态。
was celebrating
ninetieth
【解析】10. 此处考查序数词。他