Unit 2 Travelling Grammar

When do we use ‘was/were + doing’? We use the past continuous tense to talk about things that were happening for some time in the past. We use ‘was’+‘doing’with the prons , , and . We use ‘were’+‘doing’with the prons , and . I he she it you we they

Past continuous tense（过去进行时） 1.定义：表示过去某时正在进行的动作或存在的状态。 2.构成形式: 肯定式： 主+ were/was + 现在分词（V-ing） 否定式： 主+ weren’t/wasn’t +现在分词 疑问式： Were/Was+主+现在分词+…? 肯定回答: Yes, 主+ were/was. 否定回答: No, 主+ weren’t/wasn’t. e.g. They were/He was having dinner at that time. (否) They weren’t/He wasn’t having dinner at that time. (疑) Were they/Was he having dinner at that time? (回答) Yes, they were/he was. No, they weren’t/he wasn’t.

e.g. What was she writing at 8 o’clock yesterday? 一、现在分词(V-ing)的构成： 一般的动词直接 + ing： reading, working，watering 以不发音的e结尾的词，去e + ing： having， taking 以ie结尾的词, 把ie改为y + ing: lie — lying, die— dying 以重读闭音节（一个元音 + 一个辅音）结尾的词， 双写末尾的辅音字母 + ing： putting，cutting，running 二、过去进行时的基本用法： 表过去某一时刻正在进行的动作。 e.g. What was she writing at 8 o’clock yesterday? When I saw him, he was putting up a new picture on the wall. 表过去某一段时间内正在进行的动作。 e.g. They were having classes all the morning. During the summer of 2005, she was traveling in Europe.

at this time yesterday, at that time 三、过去进行时的时间状语： 过去某一时刻：at … o’clock yesterday morning, at this time yesterday, at that time e.g. I was going shopping at this time yesterday. 2. 过去某一段时间：the whole night, all that morning, those days, from… to… yesterday, during… e.g. Mr Wang was writing a novel(小说) those days. 3. when 或 while引导的时间状语从句： e.g. When Lily saw her, she was painting a picture. While we were reading, the teacher came in. 注意：一般过去时表示动作已经发生或已经完成。 e.g. I wrote to my mother last night.

Exercises We _____________ (visit) Nanjing Road from nine to eleven. I saw an English girl. She ______________ (choose) some toys when I saw her. I said hello to her. But she ____________ (talk) to the shopkeeper and ____________ (not hear) me. While the girl _____________ (look) for more souvenirs, her mother ____________ (read) and her father ___________ (take) some photos. were visiting was choosing was talking didn’t hear was looking was reading was taking

At last, the girl ______ (choose) an electrical dog. When the girl and her mother _____________ (walk) towards the door, the shopkeeper ________ (stop) them. The girl ________ (forget) to pay for what she had chosen. I said hello to her when she ____ (be) out. Soon we ______________ (talk) happily. We talked and talked. I didn’t know my mother ____________ (look) for me. She ________ (can not) find me. She thought I ________________ (follow) her all the time. chose were walking stopped forgot was were talking was looking couldn’t was following

So…that… The package is too heavy for me to carry. The package is so heavy that I can’t carry it. It was too noisy outside for me to get to sleep last night. It was so noisy outside that I couldn’t get to sleep last night. There were many people in Nanjing Road. I nearly got lost. There were so many people in Nanjing Road that I nearly got lost. I felt tired, but you didn’t help me carry my package. Though (Although) I felt tired, you didn’t help me carry my package.

5.You haven’t bought me any souvenirs. You haven’t bought any souvenirs for me. 6. Why don’t you show me the photos? Why don’t you show the photos to me? 7. You are always saying I’m careless. You are careless, too. You are always saying I’m careless. You are careless as well.