八年级下英语课件《What were you doing when the rainstorm came》

八年级下英语课件《What were you doing when the rainstorm came》

I was studying in the library. Yesterday, there was a rainstorm. What were they doing when the rainstorm came? Here are some reports. What were you doing when the rainstorm came? I was on the street. Where were you when the rainstorm came? I was talking with my mother in my house. What were you doing when the rainstorm came? I was waiting for the bus at the bus stop. What were you doing when the rainstorm came? 1a Where were the people at the time of the rainstorm? Match the statements with the people in the picture. 1. __ I was in the library. 2. __ I was in my house. 3. __ I was on the street. 4. __ I was at the bus stop. b d c a What were they doing when the rainstorm came? Let’s listen. Pay attention to “was/were +doing”. 1b Listen to the TV report and circle the correct responses. a. doing my homework / studying b. playing basketball / reading c. going to work / waiting for the bus d. walking home / shopping She was reading at home. Look at the pictures and answer the questions by using “was/were + doing”. What was your sister doing at the time of the rainstorm? He _____________________. What was your brother doing at the time of the rainstorm? was doing his homework He ____________________. What was your father doing at the time of the rainstorm? was playing basketball 1c Talk about what the people in 1a were doing at the time of the rainstorm. A: What was the girl doing at the time of the rainstorm? B: She was… 2a Listen and number the pictures 1-5. 1 23 4 5 2b Listen again. Fill in the blanks in the sentences in 2a. I ____ so busy _______ for the umbrella that I didn’t see a car coming. My alarm didn’t go off so I _______ up late. I took a hot shower and _________ some warm food. was looking ate woke I ____________ for the bus when it began to rain heavily. I _____ to the bus stop but I still missed the bus. was waiting ran 2c Use the information in 2a to retell the story in a conversation between the boy and a TV reporter. TV reporter: Tell us what happened yesterday morning. Boy: … TV reporter: So, when the rainstorm suddenly came, what were you doing? Boy: … 2d Role play the conversation. Linda: Oh, I was in the kitchen helping my mom. Mary: What were you doing last night, Linda? I called at seven and you didn’t pick up. Linda: What was I doing at eight? Oh, I know. When you called, I was taking a shower. Mary: I see. I called again at eight and you didn’t answer then either. Mary: But then I called again at nine. Linda: Oh, I was sleeping at that time. Mary: So early? That’s strange. Linda: Yeah, I was tired. Why did you call so many times? Mary: I needed help with my homework. So while you were sleeping, I called Jenny and she helped me. 1. My alarm didn’t go off so I woke up late. alarm n. 闹钟 e.g. What time shall I set the alarm for? 我该把闹钟拨到几点钟响？ 2. I was waiting for the bus when it began to rain heavily. 1) begin v. (began) 开始 e.g. I’ll begin whenever you’re ready. 你什么时候准备好我就开始。 常用的句型： begin to do与begin doing 一般来说，begin to do和begin doing可 以互换，但在以下三种情况下，用to do。 主语不是指人，而是it等。 如：It began to rain. begin后接表示心理活动的词。如： begin to know, 还有believe, wonder, think等词。 begin本身是ing形式，为避免重复后 接to do。 即：beginning to do 2) heavily adv. 在很大程度上；大量地 e.g. moving heavily 吃力地移动 It was raining heavily. 雨下得很大。 3. So, when the rainstorm suddenly came, … suddenly adv. 突然；忽然 e.g. I suddenly remembered that I hadn’t locked the door. 我忽然想起没有锁门。 4. That’s strange. strange adj. 奇特的，奇怪的； 不可思议的 e.g. a strange noise 奇怪的声音 He’s always here; it’s strange you’ve never met him. 他经常在这，你却没有见过他，真是 不可思议。 5. I called at seven and you didn’t pick up. pick up(=pick up the phone) 接电话 pick up 还有以下含义： 　1) 拾起；抱起 e.g. The children picked up many sea shells at the seashore. 孩子们在海边捡到许多贝壳。 Pick that book up. 把那本书捡起来。 2) 搭载 e.g. The car stopped to pick me up. 汽车停下来接我。 We’ll send the ambulance to pick him up. 我们要派一辆救护车把他接走。 Make a survey. Ask your partners in your group what they were doing at the following time. Fill in the form and then give a report. Time Names doing Yesterday 7:00 Tom reading Peter shopping Yesterday 8:00 Tom walking Peter … Yesterday 9:00 … … Report: Tom was reading. Peter was shopping… A: What were you doing yesterday at 7:00? B : I was reading. 写出下列短语。 in the library at the time of go to work wait for the bus walk home on the street play basketball play the piano 1. 在图书馆 2. 在……的时候 3. 去上班 4. 等公共汽车 5. 走路回家 6. 在街上 7. 打篮球 8. 弹钢琴 根据上下文内容填空。 Mary: What ______ you doing last night, Linda? I called at seven and you didn’t pick ____. Linda: Oh, I was in the kitchen helping my mom. Mary: I see. I called _____ at 8 and you didn’t _______ then either. Linda: What was I doing at 8? Oh, I know. When you called, I was ______ a shower. Mary: But then I called again at 9. Linda: Oh, I _____ sleeping at that time. Mary: So early? That’s strange. were up again answer taking was Linda: Yeah, I was tired. Why _____ you call so many times? Mary: I needed help with my homework. So while you were ________, I called Jenny and she helped me. did sleeping 1. Remember the words and phrases in this lesson. 2. Finish the exercises in the workbook. Ask your classmates in your group what they were doing last night then give a report. Report: Yesterday 7:00 … was reading. … was shopping… 写出下列短语 in the library at the time of go to work wait for the bus walk home on the street play basketball 1. 在图书馆 2. 在……的时候 3. 去上班 4. 等公共汽车 5. 走路回家 6. 在街上 7. 打篮球 Look at the picture and think about what has happened. 3a Read the passage and answer the following questions. 1. What was the weather like before the heavy rain started? 2. What was the neighborhood like after the storm? 1. What was the weather like before the heavy rain started? 2. What was the neighborhood like after the storm? 1. Black clouds were making the sky very dark. With no light outside, it felt like midnight. 2. The neighborhood was in a mess. 3b Complete the sentences using information from the passage. 1. When the news on TV was reported, strong winds ____________ outside. 2. While Ben’s mom was making sure the radio was working, his dad __________________________________ __________________________________. was putting pieces of wood over the windows were blowing 3. Ben ______________________________ when the heavy rain finally started. 4. When Ben ___________ at 3:00 a.m., the wind ______________. was helping his mom make dinner fell asleep was dying down 3c Discuss the questions with a partner. “Although the storm broke many things apart, it brought families and neighbors closer together.” What other things can bring people closer together? How can we help each other in times of difficulty? 此句中介词with表示一种伴随状况，同 时还包含着某种因果关系，表示“因某 种状况的存在而导致……”, 因此可翻译 成“由于；因为”等。 1. With no light outside, it felt like midnight. e.g. With my parents away, I’m the king of the house. 我爸妈不在家，我可是家中的“王”了！ I can’t work with all that noise going on. 由于那噪音响着，我无法工作。 1) 此句中的连词while的意思是 “当…… 的时候；和……同时”，while还可以 表示“而；然而；但”之意，用来说 明 和强调两种事情或情形不同。 2. Ben’s dad… while his mom was making sure the flashlights and radio were working. e.g. Tom is active and outgoing while his sister Rosa is shy and quiet. 汤姆活跃外向，而他的妹妹罗莎却 害羞腼腆。 2) make sure“确认，查明，核实；确保； 设法保证”，其后可接句子，或接介词 of及宾语，用来引入需要确认的内容。 e.g. Could you make sure what time he’s arriving? 你能确认一下他几点到达吗？ Make sure you turn off the TV before you leave the house. 在你离开屋子前确认关闭了电视。 3) 此句中的work表示机器，器官等 “运 作，运转”，这是动词work的一种基本 用法。 e.g. My watch is waterproof— that means it would work fine even if it’s in water. 我的手表是防水的—这就是说即便在 水里它也会正常运转。 3. …, but it was hard to have fun with a serious storm happening outside. 你能否想出此句中包含的句型？ It is adj.+ to do sth. 做……怎么样。 It is adj. for sb. to do sth. 对某人来说做……怎么样。 e.g. It is important for us to learn English. 对我们来说学英语很重要。 1. 在街上踢球很危险。 It is _______________ soccer on the street. 2. 每天早上读书对你来说很有必要。 It is ________ for you _______ in the morning. 3. 对他来说完成作业很容易 It is ____ for him __________________. dangerous to play necessary to read easy to finish homework 4. He finally fell asleep when the wind was dying down at around 3:00 a.m. fall asleep 进入梦乡，睡着 asleep adj. 睡着 区别sleepy, asleep & sleep sleepy是形容词，可意为 “困倦的；瞌 睡的”，可作定语和表语。如： I’ll go to bed. I’m sleepy. 我要去睡觉了。我困了。 asleep是形容词，意思是“睡着的”，强 调状态，常作表语。短语fall asleep意为 “入睡；睡着”。如： Grandma fell asleep when watching TV. 奶奶看电视时睡着了。 sleep可作动词，意为 “睡觉”，也可作 名词，意为“睡眠；睡觉”。 如： My father is sleeping. Please keep quiet. 我父亲在睡觉，请保持安静。 die down逐渐变弱，逐渐平息 e.g. When you saw him, his anger had died down a bit. 你看见他的时候， 他的火气已经下去了。 rise是不及物动词，意为：（价格、水 位等）上涨；（月亮、太阳等）上升。 e.g. It is too hot. The temperature rises by 6℃ today. 太热了。今天的气温一下子上升了6 摄氏度。 5. When he woke up, the sun was rising. 1. 感觉像 2. 首先 3. 入睡 4. 逐渐变弱 5. 确信 6. 醒来 7. 一团糟 8. 清洁 9. 互相帮助 10. 在困难时期 feel like at first fall asleep die down make sure wake up in a mess clean up help each other in times of difficulty 重点短语 • Read the text and remember the language points. • Preview next lesson. When I … He was doing … When I called him up, he was sleeping. Make up the sentences. While I … He was doing … While I walked to school, he was eating. When I … He was doing … When I read the newspaper, he was watching TV. What were you doing at eight last night? I was taking a shower. What was she doing at the time of the rainstorm? She was doing her homework. 读下列句子, 你能总结出句子中包含的语法吗？ What was he doing when the rainstorm came? He was reading in the library when the rainstorm came. What was Ben doing when it began to rain heavily? When it began to rain, Ben was helping his mom make dinner. What was Jenny doing while Linda was sleeping? While Linda was sleeping, Jenny was helping Mary with her homework. 1. 基本概念 过去进行时表示在过去某一时刻或一段 时间内正在进行的动作。这一特定的过去 时间除有上下文暗示以外, 一般用时间状语 来表示。 2. 结构 was / were + 动词-ing 例如: A: What were you doing at eight last night? 昨晚八点你在干什么？ B: I was taking a shower. 我(当时)在淋浴。 A: What was he doing when the rainstorm came? 暴风雨来的时候他在干什么？ B: He was reading in the library when the rainstorm came. 暴风雨来的时候他在 图书馆看书。 A: What was Jenny doing while Linda was sleeping? 琳达在睡觉的时候, 珍妮在做什么？ B: While Linda was sleeping, Jenny was helping Mary with her homework. 琳达在睡觉的时候, 珍妮在帮助玛丽做 作业。 肯定式： I/He/She/It was working. We/You/They/ were working. 否定式: I/He/She/It was not working. We/You/They/ were not working. 3. 句式(以work为例) 疑问式和简略回答: Was I working? Yes, you were. No, you were not. Were you working? Yes, I was. No, I was not. Was he/she/it working? Yes, he/she/it was. No, he/she/it was not. Were we/you/they working? Yes, you/we/they were. No, you/we/they were not. 注： 1) Was not 常缩略为 wasn’t; were not 常缩略为 weren’t。 2) 一般过去时与过去进行时用法的比 较: 一般过去时表示在过去某个时间 发生过的动作或存在的状态, 而过去 进行时则表示在过去某一时刻或某 一段时间正在进行的动作。 例如: David wrote a letter to his friend last night. 大卫昨晚给他的朋友写了封信。(信写完 了。) David was writing a letter to his friend last night. 大卫昨晚一直在给他的朋友写信。(信不 一定写完。) at five yesterday afternoon A: What was the boy doing at table at five yesterday afternoon? B: He was speaking with a girl. A: Was the girl at the table writing? B: No, she wasn’t. when和while都可表示“当……的 时候”，引导时间状语从句。你知道两 者在过去进行时中的用法有什么不同吗？ 请仔细观察下面的例句，然后补全 空格中的内容。 ① I was walking to school when I saw a cat in a tree. ②When Sally arrived home, her mother was cleaning the house. 主句的动作是持续性的，而从句动作是 短暂性的，此时用 ______ 引导时间状语从 句，主句用 __________ 时态，从句用一般 过去时态。 过去进行 when ③ While I was sleeping in the bedroom, someone knocked at the door. ④ David fell while he was riding his bike. 主句的动作是短暂性的，从句的动作 是持续性的，此时用 _______ 引导从 句，主句用 __________ 时态，从句 用过去进行时态。 一般过去 while ⑤ While Andy was waiting for the bus, he was reading a newspaper. ⑥ He was cleaning his car while I was cooking. 主句和从句的动作在过去的某时刻或某 段时间同时发生，而且动作都是持续性 的，此时用 _________ 引导从句，而且主 句和从句都用 ____________ 时态。过去进行 while 将下列汉语句子翻译成英语。 1. 当我正在网上查找信息的时候，门铃 响了。 While I was looking for information on the Internet, the door bell rang. 2. 当我看见他的时候，他正在做一架模 型飞机。 He was making a model plane when I saw him. 3. 当我正在跑步的时候，我妈妈和我妹 妹正在放风筝。 While I was running, my mother and my sister were flying a kite. Look at the table and write sentences with both while and when. John Mary take photos buy a drink play the piano leave the house clean his room turn on the radio shop take the car to the car wash 4a 1. While John was taking photos, Mary bought a drink. John was taking photos when Mary bought a drink. 2. While John was playing the piano, Mary left the house. John was playing the piano when Mary left the house. 3. While John was cleaning his room, Mary turned on the radio. John was cleaning his room when Mary turned on the radio. 4. While John was shopping, Mary took the car to the car wash. John was shopping when Mary took the car to the car wash. Fill in the blanks with was, were, when or while. At 7:00 a.m., I woke up. ______ I ____ making my breakfast, my brother ______ listening to the radio. ________ I was eating, the radio news talked about a car accident near our home. My brother and I went out right away to have a look. _____ we got to the place of the accident, the car _____ in bad shape from hitting a tree. But luckily the driver ____ fine. The roads ______ icy because of the heavy snow from the night before. While was was While When was was were 4b What were you doing at these times last Sunday? Fill in the chart. Then ask your partner. You Your partner 9:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 4:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 4c A: What were you doing at nine o’clock last Sunday morning? B: I was sleeping. How about you? A: I was doing my homework. B: You’re kidding! I. 根据汉语意思完成下列英语句子，每空 一词。 1. 昨天下午五点钟你哥哥在做什么？ What ________ your brother ________ at five yesterday afternoon? 2. 昨天我回到家时，我妈妈在洗衣服。 My mother _____ ________ clothes ________ I ________ home yesterday. was washing was doing when got 3. 你做作业时，你妹妹在干什么？ What ________ your sister ________ ________ you ________ ________ your homework? while were doing was doing Ⅱ. 根据各题后括号内的要求完成下列各 题，每空一词（含缩略形式）。 1. I was running in the park at 7:00 yesterday morning. (改为一般疑问句并 作肯定回答) —________ ________ ________ in the park at 7:00 yesterday morning? —________, ________ ________.Yes I was Were you running 2. I was flying kites with my friends at this time last Sunday. (对划线部分提问) ________ ________ ________ ________ at this time last Sunday? 3. They were playing basketball from three to four yesterday. (改为否定句) They ________ ________ basketball from three to four yesterday. weren’t playing What were you doing After class, please make some dialogues with the phrases and sentences in 4c. 1a Think of a time when you were late for or couldn’t go to an event. What was the event? What was the reason why you were late or couldn’t go? Tell your partner the story. 1b Listen and write short answers to the questions.1. What event happened at the school yesterday? 2. Who missed the event? 3. Which team won at the event? What happened to the girl? Let’s listen. The school basketball competition. Kate. John’s team. 1c Listen again. Number the events [1-6] in the order they happened. ____ Kate saw a dog by the side of the road. ____ Kate got to the bus stop. ____ Kate called the Animal Helpline. ____ Kate left the house. ____ Kate waited for someone to walk by. ____ Kate realized her bag was still at home. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1d Talk about why Kate missed the school basketball competition. Student A begins a sentence with while or when. Student B completes the sentence. A: When the school basketball competition started … B: When the school basketball competition started, Kate was still making her way to school. A: When she got to the bus stop, Kate … B: When she got to the bus stop, Kate realized that her bag was still at home. A: While she was running back home, … B: While she was running back home, she saw a dog by the side of the road. 2a Look at the pictures and the title in the passage. What do you think the passage is about? Do You Remember What You Were Doing? The title can be helpful for you to understand a text. It is also a good idea to read the first sentence of each paragraph before you read the whole text. Read the title and first Sentences. 2b. Read the passage and answer the questions. 1. What are the two events in the passage? 2. When did they happen? 1. What are the two events in the passage? 2. When did they happen? Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. The World Trade Center in New York was taken down by terrorists. Dr. Martin Luther King was killed on April 4, 1968. The World Trade Center in New York was taken down by terrorists on September 11, 2001. 2c. Read the passage again. Are the following statements true (T) or false (F), or is the information not given (NG)? ___ 1. Everyone in America remembers who killed Dr. King. ___ 2. Robert Allen was eating lunch when Dr. King was killed. ___ 3. Robert’s parents were shocked to hear the news. ___ 4. Kate Smith was watching a movie when a plane hit the World Trade Center. ___ 5. Kate didn’t think her friend was telling the truth about the event. F F T F T 2d. Underline sentences from the passage with similar meanings to the ones below. 1. Not everyone will remember who killed him, but they can remember what they were doing when they heard that he got killed. 2. No one said anything for the rest of dinner. Although some people may not remember who killed him, they remember what they were doing when they heard the news. We finished the rest of our dinner in silence. 3. September 11, 2001---- the date alone means something to most people in the US. 4. I had trouble thinking clearly after that because I was very afraid. Even the date --- September 11, 2001 --- has meaning to most Americans. I was so scared that I could hardly think clearly after that. 1. passage n. 章节，段落 passage 作“(文章的)段落”解时, 不 限于文章的一个自然段, 也可以由若干 句话或若干个 paragraphs 组成。 passage 也可作“一段, 一节”解, 一般 指讲话、文章或乐曲的一部分。 e.g. The teacher spent an hour in explaining this passage. 老师用了一小时来讲解这一段。 Choose the correct order of the following sentences to form a passage. 把下列句子排好顺序组成一篇短文。 2. My parents were completely shocked! completely adv. 彻底地，完全地 e.g. I understand completely. 我完全明白。 shocked adj. 惊愕的；受震惊的 e.g. She was so shocked that she could hardly say a word. 她大为震惊, 几乎一句话也说不出来。 [即学即练] 翻译下列句子。 1) 看到邻居那样对待孩子我很惊愕。 2) 他对她抽烟感到很震惊。 It shocked me to see my neighbours treated their children in that way. He was shocked at her smoking. 3. My parents did not talk after that, and we finished the rest of our dinner in silence. in silence 沉默，无声 without speaking or making a sound; silently e.g. Many patients were waiting in silence. 许多病人在静静地等候着。 A hundred and fifty reporters sat in silence. 在场的150名记者静静地坐在那里。 4. I didn’t believe him at first. at first “起初，首先”，作为介词短语， 只起副词作用（在句中用作状语）。 at first 主要用于强调前后对照，暗示接下 去的动作与前面的动作不同甚至相反， 因此常有 but, afterwards, soon, at last 等 相呼应。如： At first we used hand tools. 首先我们使用手工工具。 At first I didn’t want to go, but soon I changed my mind. 我开始不想去，但我很快就改变了主 意。 A: When did Dr. Martin Luther King die? B: He died on … 2e. How much do you remember about the events in the passage? Test your partner. in history in silence at first tell the truth be shocked to do sth. have trouble doing sth. so … that 1. 在历史上 2. 默默地 3. 首先 4. 讲实话 5. 做......感到吃惊 6. 做某事有麻烦 7. 如此......以致 1. Remember the words and phrases in this lesson. 2. Finish the exercises in the workbook. Look at the picture and talk about what they were doing when the plane hit the World Trade Center. What was/were sb. doing when the plane hit World Trade Center? Sandy Twin brothers Sammy father mother dog 3a Make notes about an event you remember well. What was the event? When did it happen? Where did it happen? What were you doing? What were your friends doing? Why was it important? Why do you remember this event? 3b Write a short article about the important event in 3a. Try to write three paragraphs. First, write about the event (when and where it happened). An important event that I remember well was _____________________. It happened in/on _____________ at /in __________________. Wenchuan Earthquake May 12, 2008 Wenchuan, Sichuan Next, write about what you and some of your friends were doing when this event happened. When I heard the news of this event/ When this event happened, I was ______. My friends were ____________. Then, write about why this event was important. This event is very important to me because ____________. / I remember this event well because ___________________. An important event that I remember well was Wenchuan Earthquake. It happened on May 12, 2008 in Wenchuan, Sichuan. When I heard the news of this event, I was working. My friends were watching games on TV. This event is very important to me because many people died in the earthquake. They need some help. Lots of people came to help them. 单元目 标 when, while过去进行时 1. 概念: 表示过去某个时刻或过去一段时 间正在进行的动作。 2. 句子结构: 主语 + was/were + doing sth. + 时间状语 3. 时间状语词: at 5:00 yesterday afternoon, at that time, then 等连用, 或者用另一动 作来表示过去的时间。如： They were playing basketball when she arrived. While they were playing basketball, she arrived. 过去进行时着重描述当时正在持续进行 的动作，它的特点是：暂时，持续和未 完成，强调过程；一般过去时表示发生 过的动作或存在的状态，即表示动作发 生过，而且已经结束了，强调结果。 1) Shirley ______ a book about China last year but I don’t know whether she had finished it． A. has written B. wrote C. had written D. was writing D 2) Mary ____ a dress when she cut her finger. A. made B. is making C. was making D. makes was making 表示正在做衣服的过程，如 用made 则表示这一动作已结束，做衣服 的动作已结束与 cut her finger 就没有联 系。 C 3) He ______ (write) a letter, then went to bed. wrote wrote 表示动作已结束，做另一件事，如 用was writing 就与 went to bed 在逻辑上 相矛盾。 过去进行时侧重表示动作延长的时间长 度; 一般过去时表示过去某时发生过某 事，侧重说明事实。 He ___________ all night last night. （生动的描写，他一直写……） He ________ something last night． （说明他写了……的事实） was writing wrote 注：下列几类动词通常不用过去进行时。 ① 表示状态的动词 be； ② 感官动词：feel, hear, see, smell, taste等; ③ 表示思维或心理状态的动词：believe (认为), forget, consider, know, remember, hope, wish, want 等； ④ 表示所属关系的动词：belong, have, own, hold (容纳)等。 区别： 1. 由when引导的时间状语从句，主句用过 去进行时，从句应用一般过去时； 由while引导的时间状语从句，主句用一 般过去时，从句应用过去进行时。 When the teacher came in, we were talking. 当此句改变主从句的位置时，则为： While we were talking, the teacher came in. 2. 如果从句和主句的动作同时发生，两句 都用过去进行时的时候，多用while引导。 如： They were singing while we were dancing. 1. I _________ my homework when Mike ______ last night. 昨天晚上迈克来的时候我正在写作业。 2. While Ann ____________ TV, her father _______ home. 安正在看电视时，她父亲回来了。 was doing came was watching came 3. What were you doing when I ________ at the door? 我敲门(knock)的时候你在干什么？ 4. She ______________ the room when I ______ to see her. 我去看她的时候她不是在打扫房间。 wasn’t cleaning went knocked 1. 感觉像 2. 首先 3. 入睡 4. 逐渐变弱 5. 确信 6. 醒来 7. 凌乱 8. 清洁 9. 互相帮助 10. 在困难时期 feel like at first fall asleep die down make sure wake up in a mess clean up help each other in times of difficulty 1. What were you doing at eight last night? I was taking a shower. 2. He was reading in the library when the rainstorm came. 3. While Linda was sleeping, Jenny was helping Mary with her homework. 1. _____ I was walking home from school, I saw a strange light in the sky. But _____ I pointed it out to my friend, it went away. 2. ______ I told my older brother about the strange light in the sky, he just laughed and didn’t believe me. 3. ______ my brother was laughing, the television news reported that other people had seen the light as well. 1. Fill in the blanks with when or while. While when When While 2. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in brackets. When I ____ (be) in the sixth grade, I ______ (join) a piano competition. I ________ (practice) for four hours every day and my piano teacher _____ (come) three times a week to _____ (help) me. Then the big day finally _______ (arrive). I ____ (be) so nervous when they _____ (call) my name. I _____ (go) up and _______ (start) to play. was joined practiced came help arrived was called went started While I ___________ (play), everyone ____ (sit) still and listened. I played the song without any mistakes. Then I ______ (wait) for them to call out the winner. When I ______ (hear) my name, my heart ____ (beat) so quickly I thought I would stop breathing. I couldn’t believe it. I ____ (win)! It ____ (be) the happiest day of my life! was playing sat waited heard beat won was Remember the words and phrases in this unit.