What were you doing when the UFO

arrived ?

Go for it!

Unit 3

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grow grew

mean meant

tell told

take took

fly flew

think thought

get got

ring rang

become became

run ran

fall fell

hear heard

buy bought

make made

eat ate

cut cut

go went

leave left

sleep sleptshop shopped

写出过去式

Make a surveyA: What were you doing at nine o’clock last Sunday

morning?

B: I was sleeping. How about you?

A: I was doing my homework.

You Student 1 Student 2

9:00 am

11:30am

1:00 pm

4:00 pm

6:00 pm

9:00 pm

Ask and answer in pairs Where were you at 6:00 yesterday evening? What were you doing ?

1 in a river swimming 2 in a park playing basketball 3 in a shop doing some shopping 4 at home cooking 5 at home watching TV 6 at home doing my homework

Unit 3 What were you doing when the UFO arrived?

1.__I was in the bathroom. I was getting out of the shower.

I was sleeping late.

I was borrowing some books.

I was cooking dinner.

I was cutting my hair.

I was sitting on the chair.

2.__I was in my bedroom.

3.__I was in front of the library.

4.__I was in the kitchen.

5.__I was in my barber shop.

6.__I was in the barber’s chair.

1a. Match the statements with the people in the pictures.

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b

a

c

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1b Listen and circle the correct responses.

a. Standing in front of the library / studying in the library

b. Cleaning my room /sleeping late

c. Making a smoothie /cooking dinner

d. Getting out of the shower / talking on the phone

e. Eating lunch / cutting hair

A: Where was the girl when the UFO arrived?

B: She was in front of the library.

A: What was she doing when the UFO arrived?

B: She was standing in front of the library.

Pair Pair work:work: barber boy

man

woman

young man

girl

2a Listen and order these

statements [ 1-5 ].

____ The alien visited the Museum of Flight.

____ The alien bought a souvenir.

____ A UFO landed on Center Street.

____ The alien went into a store.

____ An alien got out of the UFO.

1

2

3

4

5

2b Listen again. Complete the following sentences

with “when” or “while”.

1. The boy was walking down the street ______ a UFO landed.

2. The girl was shopping _____ she saw the alien get out.

3. ______ the alien was buying a souvenir, the girl called the police.

4. ______ the alien was visiting the museum, the boy called the TV

station.

when

when

While

While

Comparing the following sentences:

The boy was walking down the street when the UFO landed.

While the boy was walking down the street, the UFO landed.

The girl was shopping when the alien got out.

While the girl was shopping, the alien got out.

2a 2b

  总结   1. when可指时间点，又可指时间段，从句中可用延续性动词，也可用非延续性动词。

  2. while总是指一个时间段，从句中必须用延续性动词。

Summary: 过去进行时的构成：

•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. 公式 : 主语 +was/were+doing sth +时间状语

•3. 指示词 :then, at that time, once, 

等连用 ,或者用另一动作来表示过去的时间 .

Exercises

1.昨天早上 9点钟你在干什么 ?

•What were you doing at 9 o’clock yesterday morning?

2.不明飞行物起飞时 ,小明正在骑自行车 .

XiaoMing was riding his bike when the UFO took off.

3.那时 ,他们正在做家庭作业 .

They were doing their homework at that time.

4.今早给你打电话的时候你正在干什么？What were you doing when I called you up this morning?

5.当他正睡觉的时候他梦见了 UFO.

While he was sleeping ,she dreamed about UFO.

Name Where What Howyou In the

streetwalking fun

Mary at home Talking with her mother

boring

Susan

at home sleeping

…

Fill in the chart

Report

Mary was at home when /while I was in the street . Mary was talking with her mother when/while I was walking.She thinks it was boring. Susan slept at home when/while Mary was talking with her mother. It was relaxing.