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八下英语 Unit5 Nature’s Temper 语法精讲精练
一、核心语法:过去进行时(单元必考)
(一)概念
表示过去某一具体时刻 / 某一时间段正在进行或持续发生的动作,常用来描述自然灾害发生时人们正在做的事。
(二)基本结构
· 肯定句:主语 + was/were + 动词 - ing + 其他
单数主语(I/he/she/it/ 单数名词)→ was
复数主语(we/you/they/ 复数名词)→ were
· 否定句:主语 + wasn’t/weren’t + 动词 - ing + 其他
· 一般疑问句:Was/Were + 主语 + 动词 - ing + 其他?
肯定:Yes, 主语 + was/were. 否定:No, 主语 + wasn’t/weren’t.
· 特殊疑问句:疑问词 + was/were + 主语 + 动词 - ing + 其他?
(三)时间标志词
· at…yesterday(at 8:00 last night)
· at this time yesterday/last week
· at that time/moment
· when/while 引导的时间状语从句
· the whole morning/afternoon/all day yesterday
(四)三大核心用法
1. 过去某一具体时刻正在进行
What were you doing at the time of the rainstorm?
2. 过去某一时间段持续进行
We were waiting for the bus from 7:00 to 7:30 yesterday.
3. 与 when/while 连用(背景动作 + 突发动作)
4. when + 短暂动作(一般过去时),主句 + 过去进行时
When the storm came, I was reading at home.
5. while + 持续动作(过去进行时),主句 + 一般过去时
While I was reading, the storm came suddenly.
二、when 与 while 用法辨析(必考点)
连词
后接动词特点
时态常用搭配
例句
when
可短暂 / 可延续
从句一般过去时,主句过去进行时
When I got home, it was raining.
while
只能延续性动词
从句过去进行时,主句一般过去时
While it was raining, I stayed home.
三、过去进行时 vs 一般过去时(易错点)
· 过去进行时:强调过去正在做、持续做(动作未完成 / 在进行)
· 一般过去时:强调过去做过、已完成
He wrote a letter last night.(昨晚写了信,完成)
He was writing a letter at 8 last night.(昨晚 8 点正在写信)
四、单元高频固定搭配(本单元重点)
1. 灾害场景常用短语
· at the time of the rainstorm 在暴风雨来临之时
· wait for the bus 等公交车
· walk home 步行回家
· go off (闹钟)发出响声
· take a hot shower 洗热水澡
· miss the bus 错过公交车
· pick up 接电话;捡起
· make one’s way to 前往;费力地前进
· hear clearly 听清楚
· fall asleep 进入梦乡;睡着
· die down 逐渐变弱;逐渐消失
· wake up 醒来
· in a mess 凌乱;一团糟
· break…apart 使…… 分离
· bring…closer together 使…… 更亲密
2. 本单元重点句型
· What were you doing when…?
· I was…when…
· While…, …was/were doing…
五、助记口诀
过去进行时很好记,was/were 加 ing;具体时刻在进行,一段时间持续行;when 接短暂 while 接长,背景突发要分清。
· 第一句“过去进行时很好记,was/were 加 ing”:核心对应过去进行时的基本结构,单数主语(I/he/she/it等)用was,复数主语(we/you/they等)用were,后面跟动词的-ing形式,是最基础的记忆要点,贯穿本单元所有句式。
· 第二句“具体时刻在进行,一段时间持续行”:对应过去进行时的两大核心用法——
1 具体时刻(如at 8 last night、at this time yesterday)正在发生的动作;
② 某一时间段(如from 7:00 to 7:30 yesterday、the whole morning)持续发生的动作,贴合本单元灾害场景中“某一时刻/时段人们正在做的事”的语境。
· 第三句“when 接短暂 while 接长,背景突发要分清”:对应本单元必考点——
when和while的用法辨析,以及过去进行时与一般过去时的连用。
“短暂”指when后可接短暂性动词(如came、arrived),对应突发动作;
“长”指while后只能接延续性动词(如reading、cooking),对应背景持续动作,轻松区分“背景动作+突发动作”的句式结构。
六、实战演练
一、用所给动词的适当形式填空
1. I ___________(take) a shower at eight last night.
2. What __________ (do) when the rainstorm came?
3. While my mother __________ (cook), I __________ (read) a book.
4. He __________ (not watch) TV at that time yesterday.
5. When I got to school, the bell __________ (ring).
二、单项选择
1. —What were you doing when the teacher came in?
—I __________.
A. read B. was reading C. am reading D. reads
2. My father __________ while my mother __________ yesterday evening.
A. slept; cooked B. was sleeping; cooked
C. slept; was cooking D. was sleeping; was cooking
3. I was sleeping __________ the earthquake happened.
A. when B. while C. since D. after
4. They __________ a football game from 7 to 9 last night.
A. watch B. were watching C. watched D. are watching
三、用 when/while 填空
1. __________ I was walking home, it began to rain.
2. __________ he arrived, I was doing my homework.
3. __________ she was reading, her brother came in.
四、完成句子
1. 昨天这个时候我正在等公交车。
I __________ __________ __________ the bus at this time yesterday.
2. 暴风雨来的时候他正在睡觉。
He __________ __________ when the rainstorm came.
3. 当我打电话时,他正在洗澡。
__________ I called, he __________ __________ a shower.
七、中考真题链接
一、单项选择(中考高频题型)
1. (2025·山东青岛中考)—What were you doing at 9 last night?
—I __________ a movie with my family.
A. watch B. watched C. was watching D. am watching
2. (2024·四川成都中考)While I __________ my homework, my father came back from work.
A. do B. did C. was doing D. am doing
3. (2023·广东广州中考)—When did the rainstorm start?
—It started at 8 o’clock last night. I __________ dinner at that time.
A. have B. had C. am having D. was having
4. (2024·江苏苏州中考)—I called you at 7 yesterday evening, but no one answered.
—Sorry, I __________ a walk with my dog.
A. take B. took C. was taking D. will take
二、句型转换(中考常考题型)
5. (2025·浙江杭州中考)They were having a meeting at this time yesterday.(改为一般疑问句)
__________ they __________ a meeting at this time yesterday?
6. (2024·湖北武汉中考)My mother was cooking when I got home.(对划线部分提问,划线部分:was cooking)
What __________ your mother __________ when you got home?
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