1、Oxford EnglishModule 4 DiscoveryThe past continuous tense 過去進行時過去進行時We form the past continuous tense with _ or _+ the -ing form of the main verb.The past continuous tense 過去進行時的句子結構1. 肯定句結構：主語+ was / were + v-ing （+賓語或其他成分）.2. 否定句結構：主語+ was / were +not + v-ing （+賓語或其他成分）.主語+ wasnt / werent + v-ing

2、（+賓語或其他成分）.3. 一般疑問句結構：Was / Were +主語+ v-ing （+賓語或其他成分）？Was / Were +主語 + not + v-ing （+賓語或其他成分）？Wasnt / Werent +主語+ v-ing （+賓語或其他成分）？A Linda was helping at a charity event last Saturday. Read her schedule and complete the sentences below using the past continuous tense.waswere + v(動詞動詞)ingAsk and ans

3、wer in pairs. What were you doing last Sunday? What were you doing at midnight yesterday? What were you doing at 7:30 this morning? What were you doing on the morning of 1 January? What were you doing at this time a week ago? Where were you living ten years ago?Read the instruction, the sentence and

4、 “Things to remember” on page 120.通常我們用通常我們用while談論過談論過去兩個持續進行的動作。去兩個持續進行的動作。B Super-smart is a smart computer and Ultra-smart is a smart robot. Look at their notes about what they did on Wednesday and complete the paragraph below.waswere + v(動詞動詞)ingC In pairs, talk about what you were doing last w

5、eekend. Use the table below to help you.do my homework visit my friends read some booksplay computer games go shopping chat wirh my parentsConsolidationComplete the sentences with the proper form of the words in brackets.Exercise:1. I _(play) basketball with my friends from three to four oclock yest

6、erday afternoon.2. _ you _(have) dinner with your friends at 6:30 yesterday evening?3. He _(make) a model plane at this time yesterday.4. Doctor Smith _(examine) patients at the hospital at that time.5. Mike and Harry _(play) chess the whole afternoon yesterday.was playingWere havingwas makingwas ex

7、aminingwere playing1. We _(do) our homework at five oclock yesterday afternoon.2. I _(not sleep), so I got up.3. I looked into the room. All the people _(listen) carefully to the lecture.4. He _(travel) all week. He was very tired.5. My father _(work) all night. He finally worked out the difficult p

8、roblem.were doingwas not sleepingwere listeningwas travellingwas working選擇最佳答案填空。( )1. We _ the classroom at half past two yesterday afternoon.A. clean B. cleanedC. have cleaned D. were cleaning( )2. When I saw him, he _ a letter in his room.A. writes B. wroteC. was writing D. has written( )3. While

9、 I was cleaning the windows, Sally _ water.A. was carrying B. carriesC. carried D. was carried( )4. I was washing my clothes when the telephone _.A. rang B. has rungC. was rang D. was ringingADCA用括號內所給動詞的適當形式填空。1. The children were not _(dance) in the garden then.2. What was your brother _ (do) when

10、 you were watching TV?3. When I saw them, they _ (have) dinner.4. Lily was reading a book while Lucy _ (listen) to music.5. When it _ (begin) to rain, I _ (walk) in the street.was listeningdancingdoingwere havingbegan was walkingH完成下列中譯英的練習。 昨天上午八點她在看書。 她回來時你在做什么？ 她回來時我在做飯。 當老師進入教室時，孩子們正在聊天。 昨天晚上八點半

11、你們在做什么？ Ask and answer in pairs. What were you doing last Sunday? What were you doing at midnight yesterday? What were you doing at 7:30 this morning? What were you doing on the morning of 1 January? What were you doing at this time a week ago? Where were you living ten years ago?過去進行時的用法1. 過去進行時表示過

12、去某一時刻正在發生的動作，常與at that time / moment, then, at 9:00 p.m., at 9:00 p.m. yesterday等時間狀語連用。2. 過去進行時表示過去某一段時間內持續的動作，常與those days, the whole morning, from 7:00 to 9:00 yesterday evening 等時間狀語連用。3. 過去進行時表示在過去某一個動作發生時，另一個動作正在發生。此時，句中經常有while。C In pairs, talk about what you were doing last weekend. Use the

13、table below to help you. Last weekend, I was busy and happy. On Saturday, I got up at 7:00. And I was having breakfast at 8:00. Then, I was doing my homework. At 12:00, I was eating lunch. At 7 p.m., I was having my supper. And at 10:00, I was sleeping on my bed. On Sunday, I got up at 7:30. I was p

14、laying computer games from 10:00 to 11:30. And then I had lunch. In the afternoon, I was doing some shopping with my mother from 2:00 3:00. At 10:00, I slept. I felt happy.Use the past continuous tense to make a story. When Tom came home, his mother was cooking dinner. _ his homework when dinner was ready. When his moth