Section A 1.定义：表示过去发生的动作 或存在的状态。2.例句：He was a cook. 他(之前)是个厨师。 Be动词的一般过去时动词的一般过去时 1. am / is 要变为要变为was练习: I am 12 years old. (变为一般过去时）2. are 要变为要变为were练习: They are students. (变为一般过去时）He is a singer.Thirty years ago, he _ a student. wasIt is ten past ten.Ten minutes ago, it _ten oclock. wasYou are in No. Ten Middle School.Two years ago, you _ in primary school. werePractice1. I _ at home three hours ago.2. She _ at school just now.3. It _ Wednesday yesterday.4. They _ on a farm last week.waswerewaswasbe动词一般过去时肯定句句式动词一般过去时肯定句句式肯定句：主语肯定句：主语 + was / were + She was a teacher.But she was _ a student.notThey were doctors.But they were _ cooks.notwas not = wasntwere not = werent否定句：主语否定句：主语 + was / were + not + _ the monkey happy?No, it wasnt.Were_ they cooks?Yes, they were.Was一般疑问句：一般疑问句：Was / Were + 主语主语 + ?1c. Work in pairs. A:When were you born ?B:I was born in_.eighteen fortynineteen hundrednineteen o fournineteen seventy-sixtwo thousand two thousand and eightRead the first six years .184019001904197620002008Can you write them in English?1800_1820_1903_1996_2009_2050_eighteen hundredeighteen twentynineteen o threenineteen ninety-sixtwo thousand and ninetwo thousand (and) fifty/twenty fifty2b. Listen and write down the year or month in each coversation. _,1879September,_,1983February,_MarchJuly19301973A:Who is he?B:He is Liu Xiang.A:Where was he born?B:He was born in Shanghai. A:When was he born?B:He was born in July,1983. A:Wow! Youre a big fan of Liu Xiang.Do you know this woman?She is J.K.Rowling, the writer of Harry Potter.When and where was she born? Do you know?1a. Read 1a and finish 1bNameDate of BirthPlace of BirthHer NovelThank youThank you