Unit 2 Grammar

The Past Continuous Tense

have a class

They were having a class yesterday afternoon.

yesterday afternoon

clean the blackboard

at seven o’clock yesterday morning

He was cleaning the blackboard at seven o’clock yesterday morning.

draw a picture

at that time

He was drawing a picture at that time.

run

They ware running at this time yesterday.

at this time yesterday

dance

They were dancing during the Spring Festival.

during the Spring Festival

构成：

定义： 过去某一点时间或某个时间段正在进行的动作。

was/were +doing

I/she/he/it was

we/you/they were

The Past Continuous Tense 过去进行时

What was he doing at 2:00 P.M.?

He was doing some washing.

Kitty: I saw you in the computer room yesterday, Simon. What were you doing there?

Simon: I (search) the World Wide Web.I

(look) for some photos of Australia for my project.

Kitty: Oh, I thought you (discuss) the project with Daniel.

Simon: No. Daniel (talk) to Millie.

They (plan) a trip to Tianjin.

They (look) for some information about it.

Daniel (try) to find a map of Tianjin and Millie

(read) some guidebooks.

was searching

was looking

were discussing

was talking

were planning

were looking

was trying

was reading

at seven o’clock yesterday morning

at that time

yesterday afternoon

during the Spring Festival

构成： 肯定句：

疑问句：

肯定、否定回答：

was/were +doing

Was/Were…doing?

Yes,…was/were.No,…was not/ were not.

(No,…wasn’t/ weren’t.)

标志词： at that time yesterday afternoon at seven o’clock yesterday morning during the Spring Festival…

yesterday afternoon

at this time yesterday

Daniel: What you (do) during the Spring Festival?

Millie: I (visit) Thailand at that time.

Daniel: you (stay) at a hotel during your trip?

Millie: Yes, On the second day of our trip, at 6 o’clock in the morning, Mum told me that she couldn’t find Andy in his room. We later found out that he (swim) in the swimming pool because he couldn’t sleep.

Daniel: What about you? What you (do) at that time?

Millie: I (sleep) in my room, of course. After breakfast, we went to visit a temple. Look at the photos here.

Daniel: Wow, they’re beautiful, and you looked great. Where was Andy? he still (swim) at that time?

Millie : No, he . He (sleep) in the coach.

Daniel: He’s really funny!

were doing

was visiting

Were staying

I was

was swimming

were doing

was sleeping

Was swimming

wasn’t was sleeping

Listen and answer: What was he/she doing ?

一 用所给动词的适当形式填空

1)What ____ you ____ (do) at noon yesterday?

2)I ____________(watch) TV at this time last Friday.

3) He ________ (do) his lessons at ten yesterday morning.

were doing

was watching

was doing

4) The children __________ (play) football at four yesterday afternoon.

5) The baby __________ (sleep) from 3 o’clock to 5 o’clock last Monday afternoon.

was sleeping

were playing

二 . 完成下列句子

1) The man ________________ ( 在给我理发） at this time yesterday.

was cutting my hair

2) They _____________________ ( 在买纪念品） during the festival.

3) The boys and girls_____________( 在唱歌） last night.

4) You __________________ （在打篮球） yesterday afternoon, weren’t you?

5) What _____To ｍ _____ ( 在做什么） at noon yesterday? 6) I _____________________ ( 在读一本故事书） last night.

were singing

were playing basketball

was doing

were buying souvenirs

was reading a story book

Thank you for joining us!

climb the hill

have a big meal

sing

danceyesterday morning

draw a picture