Talk About Past Events

周少君

我们经常会谈论过去，谈论过去某个时候正在发生什么事情。看看下面的情景写作，你会用什么句式来完成该则情景写作呢？

情景设置：下图是小明一家人上周六下午5：40的活动，假如你是警察，为了调查一起交通事故，你向小明詢问相关情况，小明如实作了回答。请你根据图片提示用相关句型写一则对话。

Xiaoming           Xiaomings parents

Xiaomings brother

句式搜索：

1. 询问过去某时某人在哪儿，可以用下面的句型：

Where were / was... + 时间状语？

Where were / was... when...？

Where were you at 9：00 last Sunday morning？ 上周日早晨九点钟你在哪里？

Where were you when you saw the UFO？ 当你看见不明飞行物的时候你在哪里？

2.询问过去某个时候某人正在做什么，常用的句型有：

What were / was... + doing + 时间状语？

What were / was... + doing when / while...？

What were you doing at 8：00 yesterday morning？ 昨天早上八点钟你在干什么？

What were you doing when the man ran away？ 那个人逃跑的时候你在干什么？

3. 陈述某人过去某时正在做某事，可以用下列句型：

主语 + was / were + doing + 时间状语

when / while...， ...

主语 + was / were + doing when / while...

She was shopping when you called her. 你打电话给她的时候她正在购物。

根据相关句型及情景提示，我们可形成如下对话：

A： What were you doing at 5：40 last Saturday afternoon when the accident happened， Xiaoming？

B： I was reading with my classmate.

A： Where were your parents？

B： They were at home.

A： What were they doing？

B： My mother was cooking while my father was helping my mother.

A： What about your brother？

B： He was playing basketball.

A： Thank you for helping us， Xiaoming.

B： Youre welcome.

【牛刀小试】

情景写作：

英语课上老师要求你和同桌汇报一下昨晚八点钟家人的活动情况，根据所给情境，以对话的形式把昨晚你家人的活动情况汇报给大家。

提示： 假设你是小华，昨晚八点你在书房做作业，妈妈在客厅看电视，爸爸在卧室玩电脑游戏，爷爷在卧室睡觉。

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