T: Find the differences.

Dialogue1: What are you doing?

I am reading .

Dialogue2:What were you doing when the rainstorm came ?

I was reading .

Compare the tense and the forms of the verbs. The first one uses the present progressive tense and the structure is "am/is/are + doing". The second one uses the past progressive tense and the structure is "was/were + doing". Read the dialogues and the grammar.

T: let's make a dialogue. Ask and answer in pairs.

Where were you at 6:00 yesterday evening?

What were you doing ?

I'll show you an example.

Where were you at 6:00 yesterday evening?

S3: I was in a river.

T: what were you doing ?

S3: I was swimming.

T: you can do like this with your deskmate. Now ,begin.

(Several minutes later, ask some pairs to show their answers.)

T: You all did great! Turn to page 33 and look at the pictures in 1a. Where were the people at the time of the rainstorm? Match statements with the people in the pictures. It's quite easy. Do it by yourself. I believe you can do it very well.(ask one to check the answers)

Step3. listening and speaking

a.do 1b on page 33.

T: It's time to do some listening . Listen carefully. What were they doing when the rainstorm came? Pay attention to "was/were +doing". (check the answers)

T: look here! Look at the pictures and answer the questions by using "was/were + doing". For example, what was your sister doing at the time of the rainstorm? Who can answer my question?

S: She was reading at home.

T: good! The next...Who can answer my question?

S:...

b. Pairwork

T: Pairwork. Talk about what the people in 1a were doing at the time of the rainstorm.(ask four pairs to show.)

c. listening(2a,2b)

T: Wonderful job! Now listen to the tape and number the pictures 1-5 on page 34. Give you 1 minute to look through these pictures and guess what the right order is. Begin .(then check the answers)

T: Listen again. Fill in the blanks in the sentences in 2a. Before listening, give you 2 minutes to look through the text and guess what it is according to the pictures. (then check the answers)

d. Practice