Unit 3 Grade 8 What were you doing when the UFO arrived?
Section BBy Mr.Wang
March 16, 2005
Revision of Section A
• Pairwork• What were you doing
when the UFO arrived?
What were you doing when the UFO arrived?
• taking a bath (in the bathroom)• standing (in front of the library)• studying English (in the classroom)• taking a walk (near my house)• talking with my tutor (at the street corner)• climbing the mountain• buying a dictionary (at the bookstore)• coming to school with Peter
What were you doing when the UFO arrived?
• cutting my hair (in the barber shop)• cooking dinner (in the kitchen)• eating lunch (at school) • getting out of the shower (in the bathroom)• going to the library • making a smoothie (in the kitchen)• shouting (on the playground) • sleeping (in my bedroom)
Pairwork:
• Patterns:
• A: What were you doing at nine o’clock last Sunday morning?
• B: I was sleeping. How about you?
• A: I was doing my homework.
• B: You are kidding
Pairwork: What were you doing at … ?
time(yesterday) your partner you
7:00pm
8:00pm
9:00pm
Word study: while
• while conj. 当……时, 在……之时1. While he was eating lunch, I asked him to lend
me $2. 当他在吃午饭时,我叫他借我两元钱。2. While I was doing my homework, my mother ca
me back home. 当我在做作业时,妈妈回来了。• while conj. 虽然,但是 While I understand what you say, I can’t agree
with you. 虽然我明白你说的意思,但是我不同意你。
Exercises
Choose “when” or “while” to fill in the blanks. (1)I was walking in the street ______ the
accident happened. (2)______ you have a meeting, you should
turned off your mobile phone. (3)______ you have PE class, you should wear
sports shoes. (4)______ I was doing my homework, the
telephone rang. (5)______ it was raining, the plane took off. (6)______ the teacher was speaking to class,
Nick stood up suddenly.
Make sentences use “when”and
“while”
I was
We were
cooking a meal.playing volleyball.having a PE class.watching TV.working in the chemistry lab.Sweeping the floor.making a model .feeding my dog.
What were
you doing
last night?last Saturday?at ten o’clock?yesterday morning?at noon yesterday?Yesterday afternoon?
What was he/she doing when the teacher came in?
He/She was drawing a cat.
What were they doing while the teacher was teaching them?
They were drawing a car.
What were you doing at ten yesterday.
I was drawing an elephant.
Summary:The Past Continuous Tense
• 过去进行时的构成 :
was/were + v-ing----- I / He / She / It was + 动词 -ing
----- We / You / They were + 动词 -ing
(过去某一特定时间) 如: at 8 o’clock yesterday
过去分词的构成1.一般在动词词尾直接加 -ing wear-wearing meet-meeting listen-listening look-looking repeat-repeating watch-watching play-playing do-doing 2.以不发音 e 结尾的动词,去掉 e 加 -ing come-coming have-having skate-skating make-making take-taking write-writing
过去分词的构成3.以重读闭音节结尾,而且词尾只有一个
辅音字母的动词,应双写最后一个辅音字母,再加 -ing
run-running swim-swimming
put-putting cut-cutting
get-getting begin-beginning
shop-shopping kid-kidding
Exercises
• 1. He ____(draw) at eight yesterday evening.
• 2. The girl ____(shop) when her friend ___ (see) her.
• 3. While he ___ (cook) dinner, his friend ____ (get) out of the shower.
• 4. He saw the UFO while he ___ (walk) down the street.
Story telling of 3a
Fill in the blanks with the proper words.
I had a very ________ experience ________ Sunday. At ________ ten o’clock in the morning, I was _________ down the street ________ a UFO landed ________ in front of me. You can _______ how ______ it was! An alien ______ ______ and ________ ________ Center Street. I followed it to see ________ it was going, and I was very ________ when it went into a souvenir shop. _________ it was ________ at the souvenirs, the shop _________ called the police. Before the police arrived, the ________ left the shop and then ________ the Museum of Flight. While the alien was _______ the museum, I called the TV station. Isn’t that ___________!
unusual onaround
walking whenright imagine strange
got out walkeddown where
surprisedWhile looking
assistantalien
visitedin
amazing
Talk about the pictures with the Past Continous Tense
Section B: Word Study
• experience 经历;体验• around 大约• strange 奇怪的;陌生的• follow 跟随;追随• kid 欺骗;戏弄• scared 恐惧的• climb 攀登;爬• jump 跳跃• shout 呼喊;呼叫• rode ride 的过去式• cat 猫
Section B: Word Study
train atation 火车站ran run 的过去式run away 逃跑,跑掉anywhere 任何地方met meet 的过去式come in 进来happen 发生accident 事故Beijing International Airport 北京国际机场plane 飞机
Section B
• 1.Match the sentences with the pictures (P21)
• (1).______ He’s scared.
• (2).______ It’s climbing a tree.
• (3).______ It’s jumping down.
• (4).______ She’s shouting.
Section B
• Questions:
1. What was Linda doing when David ran away?
2. Why couldn’t Linda see David?
3. Where was David while Linda was looking for him?
4. What happened while Linda was on the telephone?
5. What was David doing when Linda finally saw him?
Homework
4a (P22)
------ Use these pictures to write a story. (written)
4b Pairwork (Oral)
P23 Self Check 1-3
Go over Section A & B
Learn the new words by heart
Thank you for listening!