八年级上册Unit6 Natural disasters--Grammar.pptVIP

* Unit 5 Natural disasters Grammar discuss project terrible break break down snowball snowman hit v. 讨论，议论 n. 课题，工程 adj. 可怕的，糟糕的 v. 破碎，中断，打破 损坏，出毛病 n. 雪球 n. 雪人 v. 击中，打，撞 Words and expressions 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. Past continuous tense ? 在过去某段时间一直在进行的动作 （a） From 1983 to 1998, he was teaching at Yale. （b） They were building a dam last winter. Past continuous tense 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 I was doing some shopping. People were running wildly. I was not running. People were not running wildly. （3）疑问句：将 was/were 调到主语前 Was I running? Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t. Were they running? Yes, they were. / No, they weren’t. 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? It was skiing just now. Complete the conversation. Use the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. What were they doing? Kitty: I saw you in the computer room yesterday, Simon. What were you doing there? Simon: I ______________ (search) the Internet. I ____________ (look) for some photos of the 1976 Tangshan earthquake for my project. was searching was looking Kitty: Oh, I thought you________________ (discuss) the project with Daniel. Simon: No. Daniel ____________ (talk) to Millie. They ______________ (plan) a trip to Tangshan. They ____________ (look) for some information about it. Daniel ___________ (try) to find a map of Tangshan and Millie _____________ (read) some guidebooks. was talking