Grammar

A. Past continuous tense

B. Past continuous tense

with ‘while’ and ‘when’

C. Using ‘so … that’

A. Past continuous tense

What is the girl doing now ?

What is the boy doing now ?

What is the bear doing now ?

She is running now .

He is jumping now .

He is skiing now .

Present continuous tense

be (am/is/are) + verb-ing

What was the girl doing just now ?

She was running just now .

What was the boy doing just now ?

He was jumping just now .

What was the bear doing just now ?

He was skiing just now .

Past continuous tense

be (was/were) + verb-ing

1.过去进行时主要表示： ￭ 在过去某一时刻正在进行的动作 （ a ） They were eating breakfast at 7:00 am yesterday .

（ b ） I was writing a letter at this time yesterday .

（ c ） Five minutes ago , Danny was looking out of the

window and Suzy was reading a book .

￭ 在过去某一阶段一直在进行的动作 （ a ） From 1983 to 1998 , he was teaching at Yale .

（ b ） They were building a dam last winter .

2.过去进行时的句式 （ 1）基本结构： was/were + verb-ing

（ 2）否定式： was/were not + verb-ing

was not = wasn’t

were not = weren’t

（ 3）疑问句：将 was/were 调到主语前 （ 4） I/he/she/it was + verb-ing

you/we/they were + verb-ing

Complete the conversation with the correct

forms of the verbs in brackets .

Daniel : I tried to call you last night but your

phone line was busy . What you

(do) ?

Amy : When you (pnone) me ?

Daniel : It was about seven . I (do)

my homework at that time .

was doing

were

doing

did phone

Amy : Oh , I (talk) to Millie on

the phone . I (tell) her

about my trip to Shenzhen . She

(plan) to go there with her

family during May Day holidays .

Oh , by the way , why you

(call) me ?

was talking

was telling

was

planning

did call

Daniel : I (do) my Maths homework

and I (not understand)

one question . But never mind , I

(ask) Simon already .

was doing

didn’t understand

have

asked

Complete the questions and answers , using the

past continuous tense .

1. Q : Miss Lu (make) test papers

at 1:30 pm ?

A : Yes , .

2. Q : the Principal (write) a speech

in the library at noon ?

A : No , . He was writing a speech in

his office .

Was making

she was

Was writing

he wasn’t

3. Q : the librarian (write) a

speech two hours ago ?

A : No , . She (make)

a notice in the library .

4. Q : Mr Hu’s assistants (do) an

experiment at lunchtime ?

A : Yes , .

Was writing

she wasn’t was making

Were doing

they were

5. Q : class 1 , Grade 8 students

(wait) for Tommy at lunchtime ?

A : No , . They

(visit) the library at lunchtime .

6. Q : David (wait) for Tommy

after school ?

A : Yes , .

Were waiting

they weren’t are visiting

Was waiting

he was

B. Past continuous tense

with ‘while’ and ‘when’

What was the rabbit doing just now ?

What was the pig doing just now ?

He was jumping just now .

He was dancing just now .

The rabbit was jumping while the pig was dancing .

The worm was eating while the dog was reading .

Two long actions went on at the same time .

We were clapping our hands while the performers were marching across the park .

The rabbit was jumping while the pig was dancing .

The worm was eating while the dog was reading .

While the pig was dancing , the rabbit was jumping .

While the dog was reading , the worm was eating .

连词 while 与过去进行时￭ 当两个延续性动词同时进行时，我们可以 在两个句子中都用过去进行时，并用 while

连接。 ￭当 while 用在句首时，两个句子应用逗号隔

开。

Extension activities

Home Work

1.Review the grammar of past continuous tense

2.Translation (1 ) 地震开始的时候，很多人正在床上睡觉。（ 2 ）我昨天这个时候正在搜索因特网。（ 3 ）老师进教室时，一些学生正在小声说话。（ 4 ）当他们在一家咖啡店闲聊时，突然听到一声像打 雷似的巨响。（ 5 ）当我再看电视的时候，我弟弟正在玩电脑游戏。