1、Grammar, Unit 6The Past Continuous TenseWelcome to Bellbrights lessonWelcome to Bellbrights lesson1.;Look and GuessWhat is Sandy doing?She is singing.2What is Simon doing?Look and GuessHe is playing soccer.3Look and GuessShe is answering a call.What is Kitty doing?4Look and GuessIs Xi Wang sleeping?

2、He is eating bamboo leaves.5Look and GuessWhat are the group of people doing?They are watching birds.6Look and GuessHe is training a dog.What is the young man doing?7 What tense did we use when we talked about what is happening?Grammar Study The present continuous tense 現在進行時現在進行時be (am, is, are) V-

3、ing8Do you still remember what was happening in the pictures?Test your memorySandy SimonObamaThe young manThe group of peoplewas singing.was playing soccer.was shaking hands with Mr Gu.was training his dog.were watching birds.9Grammar Study The Past Continuous Tense 過去進行時過去進行時was/were V-ingDo you re

4、member what tense we were using?10Compounding Drillse.g. Ising I was singing.1. Hewalk2. Wefollow3. Jaysing 4. Peoplelisten 5. The sunshine6. Benswim7. Itrain8. Tom and Jerryrun9. The tigerhunt 10. The micehide11. Qian Taoact12. Many of uswatch 13. Lao Yangdance14. The childrenlaugh15. The twinsfigh

5、t16. The earthshakeI was not singing.Were you singing?11Pre-exercises checking Read and act out the dialogue in Part A1.Phrases to be focused on:search the Internetdiscuss the projectplan a trip to Tangshanread the guidebooks12Pre-exercises checking Present the passage about what you were doing at d

6、ifferent times of yesterday.13Pre-exercises checkingThe phrases of time often used in past continuous tense.at seven oclockat that timethis time yesterdaywhenyesterday eveningfrom 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.while a certain moment in the pasta period of time in the past14Work out the rule過去進行時過去進行時 表示表示過去

7、某一時候過去某一時候或或過去某一段時間過去某一段時間正在進行正在進行的動作。的動作。15Classroom work Complete and act out the dialogue in Part A2 and answer these questions.What was Mr Wu doing when the snow storm hit?What were Sandys parents doing while Millie was walking to the bus stop?Why didnt Sandys father drive his car?Phrases to be

8、focused on:a terrible snow stormstand on the side of the roaddrive to school as usualbreak drown16Classroom work Interview your partner about what he/she and his/her family member were doing at different times yesterday, using the questions like What were you doing at 7:00 yesterday? Was your mother

9、 cooking at that time? Were you having lunch at 12:00? Was your mother doing the same thing then?TimeYour partner (name) _his/her family member7:00 am8:30 am -9:00 am at noonthis time yesterdaywhen evening came17Word study when Vs while Complete and the exercise in Part B and work out the rule. When

10、 two long actions went on at the same time, we can use the past continuous tense in both clauses and “while” to join them. When something else happened while a longer action was going on, we can use “when” or “while” to join the two actions. We use the past continuous tense for the longer action and

11、 the simple past tense for the shorter action.18Guess the situation1. Mr Brown forgot to get on the bus when the bus came. Why? He was reading a newspaper.2. Big earthquake hit the city and destroyed a lot of school buildings. But the children were not hurt in the school. Why? They were having a PE lesson on the playground.19Guess the situation3. Mr Gu came into the classroom. But the students didnt stop making the noise. Why? They were discussing something very important.4. The coach broke down on the way. And it too