Can you retell the story. One day Alice was sitting with her sister by the riverand she saw a white rabbit with a watch. It ran past her.

It was going to see the Queen of Hearts.

It was late, so it was running.

Alice followed the rabbit and fell down a hole.

Finally, Alice met the the Queen of Hearts. She was playing a strange game.

Then she saw the Cheshire Cat . It was sitting in a tree and smiling at everyone.

Next Alice arrived at the March Hare’s house. He was sitting with the Mad Hatter and a mouse.They were having a tea party in the garden.

Let’s try

1. Alice was sitting with her sister by the river. 2. It was sitting in a tree and smiling at everyone.3. They were having a tea party in the garden. 4. Where was it going?

一般过去时和过去进行时的区别：相同点：两者都表示过去发生的动作。不同点：一般过去时表示过去的时间里发 生的动作，往往已经完成； 过去进行时表示过去某一时刻或 时段正在进行的动作。He read a book last night.昨天晚上他读了一本书。 ( 读完了 )He was reading a story book last night.昨天晚上他正在读故事书。 ( 还没有读完 )

1. Suddenly, all the lights in my house were going off / went off. There was heavy rain outside.

A1:Underline the correct words.

2. — I called you up at seven o’clock last night, but nobody answered. — Really? I’m sorry, but I was teaching / taught a piano lesson at school.3. — I was seeing / saw you and Tom in the library just now. — Oh, we showed / were showing several visitors around the school.

A2:Write sentences about what you were doing.1. At about seven o’clock last night, ______________________________.2. This morning, on my way to school,

______________________________.3. This time last year, _____________ ________________________.4. Last Saturday, from about 1 pm to 4

pm, ____________________________.

… I was having dinner

… I met my friend Lingling … I was staying at my grandparents’ house

… I was playing in the park

A3:Work in groups of four. Play a chain game.A: At eight o’clock last night I was watching TV. How about you, B?B: At eight o’clock last night I was sleeping. How about you, C?C: At eight o’clock last night I was having dinner. How about you, D?D: …

A4:Write down what each member of your group was doing at eight o’clock last night.Sun Li was watching TV at eight o’clock last Sunday evening.1. ______________________________ ______________.

Ming Hui was playing the guitar at eight o’clock last night.

2. ______________________________ ____________________.3. ______________________________ ____________________.4. ______________________________ _______________.

Liu Yin was doing her homework at night o’clock last nightMei Ling was eating an apple at night o’clock last nightI was checking my email at eight o’clock last night

A5:Complete the sentences with the correct form of the expressions in the box.

have nothing to do once or twice run after think about what… for

1. The dog is ____________ the cat in the garden.

running after

2. ______ is this machine ____?3. He ________________ and was very

bored.4. She is _____________ how to finish

the story. 5. I wrote to him ____________, but he

did not answer.

What forhad nothing to do

thinking about

once or twice

A6:Complete the passage with the words in the box.

conversations hole pink pocket river strange

Alice was sitting with her sister by the (1) _____ and her sister was reading a book. Her sister’s book had no pictures or (2) ____________ in it.

river

conversations

Then a white rabbit with (3) ________ eyes ran by. There was nothing (4) __________ about that. Then the rabbit took a watch out of its (5) _________ and looked at it. Alice followed the rabbit and fell down a (6) _______. Alice had a lot of adventures in Wonderland.

pink

strangepocket

hole

A7:Listen and complete the sentences.

Paragraph 11. One day, I was with my friends. We were

having a ______ in a field and I saw something strange.

2. There was a ______ cat with a pink nose sitting in a tree.

3. It looked like it was eating the ______ in the tree.

picnic

white

leaves

Paragraph 24. While I was looking at it, the cat got

out of the tree, jumped down to the _______, and walked across the _____ and sat next to us.

5. The cat got up and _____ close to me.6. I ______ to it and it smiled at me.

ground field

cametalked

Paragraph 37. I found some biscuits in my

______ and gave them to the cat.8. Soon, it was eating biscuits and

_______ at us.

Read the conversation in Activity 8 and act it out.

pocket

smiling

Stories

Stories In the past, not many people could read or write, so people listened to stories. Some stories were popular, and they changed every time someone told them. The stories passed from generation to generation. Finally, someone wrote them down.

For example, in China today people still love old stories like The Monkey King. Some people say that new stories written in books today are not as entertaining as the old ones. Do you agree?

Make notes about your story. Think about:• when it happened• what you were doing at the time• what happened first• what happened next• what happened finally

Writing a short story about your own experience

Friday eveningWaiting at the bus stopA car stopped …Write the story. Use your notes to help you.It was a Friday evening. I was waiting at the bus stop…Work in pairs. Discuss and revise your story.Read your story to your classmates.

Possible answer:It was a Friday evening. I was waiting at the bus stop after school when a car stopped and the driver opened the door. It was my father. “Quick, get in!” he told me. I was very surprised, but I did as he said. At first, I was worried that something bad had happened. Then, I noticed my mother.

She was also in the car and on the back seat, there were some bags of clothes and some food. My father was driving out of the town. “Where are we going?” I asked. It was a warm evening and lots of people were walking along the road. It was the last day of term.

Did my parents have a big surprise for me? We were going somewhere special-but where? The next thing I can remember is falling asleep. When I woke up, I saw the sea. We were at the beach. My father was smiling. “Here we are,” he said. The summer holiday starts now!

达标学习A. 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。 1. Mr. Black ____________ (repair) his bi

ke at this time yesterday ． 2. What _____ you ______ (do) at ten o’cl

ock yesterday morning ？ 3. Kelly ___________ (play) computer ga

mes when a little cat came into her room ．

was repairing

were doing

was playing

4. The twins _____________ (learn) Chinese when their mother _____ (come) in ．

5. My wallet _________ (drop) on the ground when I ___________ (walk) in the park ．

6. While Masha ______________(cook) dinner, the bell ________ (ring) ．

were learning

dropped was walking

was cooking rang

came

7. — ______ the Blacks _________ (watch) video tapes between 7:00 and 9:00 last night ？ — Yes ， they _______ ． 8. It ____________ (rain) heavily when

I _______ (get ） home yesterday evening ．

Was watching

were

was raining got

9. The man downstairs _____ just ________ (fall) asleep when there _______ (be) a loud knock at the door ．

10. Doctor Li ______ (be) on duty last night. He ______ still _______ (work) in the hospital at 10 p.m.

was falling was

was was

working

B. 中考链接1. — What were you doing this time yesterday? — I __________ on the grass and drawing a picture. A. sit B. sat C. am sitting D. was sitting

2. — Where were you at 7:00 last night?

— I __________ to my mom at home.

A. write B. was writing C. wrote

3. — I called you at 4:00 yesterday afternoon, but no one answered?

— Sorry, I _______ with my friends at that time.

A. swim B. swam C. will swim D. was swimming

Write a short story about your own experience during this summer vocation.