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1、Unit 6,Grammar B,B. Past continuous tense with while and when,What was the rabbit doing just now? He was jumping just now. What was the pig doing just now? He was dancing just now. The rabbit was jumping while the pig was dancing.,The worm was eating while the dog was reading.,Two long actions went

2、on at the same time.,We were clapping our hands while the performers were marching across the park .,The rabbit was jumping while the pig was dancing . The worm was eating while the dog was reading .,While the pig was dancing , the rabbit was jumping .,While the dog was reading , the worm was eating

3、 .,What was your cousin doing when you got home yesterday?,She was dancing to the music when I got home.,= While she was dancing to the music, I got home.,Past continuous tense with while and when,I was chatting with my new friends while my parents were packing the luggage.,= I was chatting with my

4、new friends when my parents were packing luggage.,1) What were you doing when I came in? 2) What were you doing while/when I was reading?,Task2,Lets do some exercises on Page 101 and then check the answers,We use the past continuous tense to talk about things that were happening for some time in the

5、 past. When two long actions went on at the same time, we can use the past continuous tense in both clauses and use while to join them.,When something else happened while a longer action was going on, we can use when or while to join the two actions. We use the past continuous tense for the longer a

6、ction and the simple past tense for the shorter action.,1. My brother _ (listen) to the music while he _ (make) a model plane. 2. Her mother _ (cook) dinner when the telephone _ (ring). 3. We _ (have) a sports meeting while it _ (rain) yesterday afternoon.,was listening,was making,was cooking,rang,w

7、ere having,was raining,Exercise 1,4. My grandpa _ (read) the newspaper when I _ (leave) home. 5. Ling Feng _ (draw) a horse on the blackboard when the teacher _ (come) into the classroom. 6. Peter _ (look) at some photos when I _ (give) him a pencil.,was reading,left,was drawing,came,was looking,gave,Lets play a game.,Work in groups of four. The first