III. Practice

　　　操练

1. 有意义操练 (Meaningful Drills)

　过去进行时的用法：Show 2 pictures and let the Ss guess what the people were doing at 8:00 last night.

T: What was he doing at 8:00 last night?

　Ss: He was doing the homework in the house.

　T: What were they doing at 8:00 last night?

　Ss: They were eating outside.

2. 交际性操练 (Communicative Drills)

Make conversations in pairs. Ask some Ss what they were doing at this time yesterday and fill in the blank.

Name S1 S2 S3 S4 Things 　A: What were you doing at this time yesterday?

B: I was ...

IV. Consolidation

巩固

1. 1a1b1c

1a Look at the 4 pictures and match the statements with the people in the picture. Answers: badc

1b Listen to the TV report twice and circle the correct responses.

a. doing the homework in the house

　b. reading in the library

　c. waiting for the bus at the bus stop

　d. walking home on the street

1c Talk about what the people in 1a doing at the time of the rainstorm.

A: What was the girl doing at the time of the rainstorm?

B: She was ...

2. 2a2b2c

2a Listen and number the pictures [1-5]

Answers: 41532

2b Listen again and fill in the blanks in the sentences in 2a.

　4 was, looking 1 woke 5 ate 3 was waiting 2 ran

2c Use the information in 2a to retell the story in a conversation between the boy and a TV reporter.

TV reporter: Tell us what happened yesterday morning.

Boy: ...

TV reporter: When the rainstorm suddenly came, what were you doing?

Boy: ...

3. 2d

1) Listen to the conversation and answer the following questions.

　What was Linda doing at 7:00 last night?

　(helping mom in the kitchen)

　What was Linda doing at 8:00 last night? (taking a shower)

　What was Linda doing at 9:00 last night? (sleeping)

2) Role-play the conversation.

3) Talk about what you were doing at 7:00/ 8:00/ 9:00 last night in pairs.

　A: What were you doing at 7:00 last night? B: I was ...

　A: What were you doing at 8:00 last night? B: I was ...

A: What were you doing at 9:00 last night? B: I was ...