Let the students guess the meaning of painter.
Explains the phrases:
1. try to do sth.
The boy is trying to climb the tall tree.
2. quite a nice. . .
He owns quite a nice car.
Play the tape again. Get the students to read the dialogue in pairs and then act it out.
Step 5 Presentation
1. Showing the picture again and say: Now it’s Wednesday. When did the children draw the pictures on the blackboard? (Monday)
Present this dialogue.
A: What was Li Lei drawing when the teacher came in?
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 o'clock 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 o'clock yesterday
I was doing my homework when the teacher came in
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