人教版八下Unit5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came Sceti

人教版八下Unit5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came ScetionB3a-self-check

人教版八下Unit5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came ScetionB3a-self-check

Look at the picture and talk about what they were doing when the plane hit the World Trade Center.

人教版八下Unit5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came ScetionB3a-self-check

Sandy

What was/were sb. doing when the plane hit World Trade Center?father

Sammy

Twin brothers

mother

dog

人教版八下Unit5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came ScetionB3a-self-check

3a Make notes about an event you remember well.What was the event? When did it happen? Where did it happen? What were you doing? What were your friends doing? Why was it important? Why do you remember this event?

人教版八下Unit5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came ScetionB3a-self-check

3b Write a short article about the important event in 3a. Try to write three paragraphs.First, write about the event (when and where it happened).

An important event that I remember well was _____________________. Wenchuan Earthquake It happened in/on _____________ May 12, 2008

at /in __________________. Wenchuan, Sichuan

人教版八下Unit5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came ScetionB3a-self-check

Next, write about what you and some of your friends were doing when this event happened.

When I heard the news of this event/ When this event happened, I was ______. My friends were ____________.

人教版八下Unit5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came ScetionB3a-self-check

Then, write about why this event was important.

This event is very important to me because ____________. / I remember this event well because ___________________.

人教版八下Unit5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came ScetionB3a-self-check

An important event that I remember well was Wenchuan Earthquake. It happened on May 12, 2008 in Wenchuan, Sichuan. When I heard the news of this event, I was working. My friends were watching games on TV. This event is very important to me because many people died in the earthquake. They need some help. Lots of people came to help them.

人教版八下Unit5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came ScetionB3a-self-check

过去进行时

when, while

单元目 标

人教版八下Unit5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came ScetionB3a-self-check

1. 概念: 表示过去某个时刻或过去一段时 间正在进行的动作。 2. 句子结构: 主语 + was/were + doing sth. + 时间状语 3. 时间状语词: at 5:00 yesterday afternoon, at that time, then 等连用, 或者用另一动 作来表示过去的时间。如：

人教版八下Unit5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came ScetionB3a-self-check

They were playing basketball when she arrived. While they were playing basketball, she arrived.

人教版八下Unit5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came ScetionB3a-self-check

过去进行时着重描述当时正在持续进行 的动作，它的特点是：暂时，持续和未 完成，强调过程；一般过去时表示发生 过的动作或存在的状态，即表示动作发 生过，而且已经结束了，强调结果。

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D 1) Shirley ______ a book about China last year but I don’t know whether she had finished it. A. has written B. wrote C. had written D. was writing

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C a dress when she cut her 2) Mary ____ finger. A. made B. is making C. was making D. makeswas making 表示正在做衣服的过程，如 用made 则表示这一动作已结束，做衣服 的动作已结束与 cut her finger 就没有联 系。

人教版八下Unit5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came ScetionB3a-self-check

wrote (write) a letter, then went to 3) He ______ bed. wrote 表示动作已结束，做另一件事，如 用was writing 就与 went to bed 在逻辑上 相矛盾。

人教版八下Unit5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came ScetionB3a-self-check

过去进行时侧重表示动作延长的时间长 度; 一般过去时表示过去某时发生过某 事，侧重说明事实。 He ___________ was writing all night last night. (生动的描写，他一直写……) He ________ wrote something last night. (说明

他写了……的事实)