Unit 24 What were they doing?

　　B: He was drawing an elephant.

　　Repeat for Han Mei, Jim and Lily and Lucy.

　　2. Get the students to play the part of B.

　　3. Point out the form (was/were + ing form of the verb)

　　4. Writes “now”, “at the moment” on the blackboard and helps students to make sentences with them. Then writes “when the teacher came in” “at four oclock yesterday” on the blackboard, helps students to say I was doing my homework when the teacher came in.

　　Then students read the sentences given and answer questions in pairs.

　　Step 6 Read and learn

　　Get through the questions with the students, then let them ask and answer in pairs.

　　What was Han Mei drawing when the teacher came in?

　　First the teacher can play the video: Lesson 93 Read and learn. Then ask the students to practise in pairs.

　　Step 7 Exercises in class

　　Answer the questions with the following phrases.

　　What were you doing when I called yesterday?

　　l) do homework  2) wash the dishes  3) watch TV  4) write a letter  5) put on my clothes 6) make the bed

　　Keys: 1) I was doing my homework.

　　　　2) I was washing the dishes.

　　　　3) I was watching TV.

　　　　4) I was writing a letter.

　　　　5) I was putting on my clothes.

　　　　6) I was making the bed.

　　Fill in the blanks with proper tenses:

　　1. While I_________(peel) potatoes, I_________(cut) my thumb.

　　2.We just________(go) out when some friends________(call) to see us.

　　3. When he was a child he_________(live) in the country.

　　4. While Judy and I ________ (wash) up, she ________ (ask) me to be quiet as our neighbors________(sleep).

　　Keys: 1. was peeling, cut 2. went, called 3. lived 4. were washing, asked, were sleeping

　　Step 8 Homework

　　1. Finish off the workbook exercises.

　　2. Answer the questions in Exercise three.

　　3. Do exercises on page 115.

　　Writing on blackboard

Lesson 93

　Language points　　　The Past Continuous Tense

　1. try to do sth　　　　What was Li Lei drawing when the teacher came in?

　2. quite a nice. . . 　　　He was drawing an elephant.

　now  at the moment　　when the teacher came in  at four oclock yesterday

　I was doing my homework when the teacher came in

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