Question

上个周日，天气晴朗。Tom 一家人在庭院（yard）。以What were they doing?为题写一篇作文。要求：有场面描写，有故事，有一些人物和所做的动作，字数80词。

What were they doing?

Answer

One possible version：

What were they doing?

It was sunny last Sunday. Tom stayed at home with his family. His father was talking with his grandfather in the sitting room. They were discussing where they would go on vacation the next week. His mother and his grandmother were making dumplings in the kitchen. It seemed that they smelt good. Tom’s sister was reading her favorite story book in her bedroom. Tom was playing with a lovely dog in the garden. The dog was running behind him. They were very happy.

【解析】

试题分析：这是一篇给材料作文，Tom一家在上周日正在做的事情。结合所给材料，可知本文主要考查过去进行时，人称为第三人称，注意主谓一致问题，句子结构主要为系表结构，注意一些常见句式的应用，比如：His father was……；They were……；It seemed that…….等句式的应用。写作中注意运用代词，注意多种句式交替运用。写作中注意叙述顺序，符合逻辑关系。

【亮点说明】本文结构紧凑，语言简练。开头介绍了上周日的天气，接下来介绍Tom一家人正在做的事情，最后指出他们是很幸福的。此处用了with his family，talking with，go on vacation，playing with等这些词组的运用也让文章增色不少。

考点：提纲作文。