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ENGLISH 7A1
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Unit 3:
KIM’S GAME: WHO ARE THEY?
1. …………………… 2. …………………… 3. ……………….
people in flooded area
homeless people
sick children
4. …………………….… 5. ……………………..
disaled people
elderly people
How do you think we can help them?
Unit 3:
COMMUNITY SERVICE
NEW LESSON
CLOSER LOOK 2
1. a. Listen again to part of the conversation. Underline the past simple or the present perfect.
GRAMMAR
PAST SIMPLE AND PRESENT PERFECT
Reporter: Have you ever done volunteer work?
Mai: Yes. I’m a member of Be a Buddy - a programme that helps street children. Last year we provided evening classes for fifty children.
Reporter: Wonderful! What else have you done?
Mai: We’ve asked people to donate books and clothes to the children.
b. When do we use the past simple? When do we use the present perfect? Can you think of the rules?
We use the past simple for an action that started and finished in the past
Ex: Last year we provided evening classes for fifty children.

We use the present perfect for an action that happened some time before now. The exact time is not important.
Ex: We’ve asked people to donate books and clothes to the children.
Past simple
Present perfect
ed
Last year
2. Past simple or present perfect? Put the verb in brackets into the correct form.
They (clean) ___________ the beach one week ago.
They (collect) ______________ hundreds of books so far.
I (collect) ___________ stamps when I was a child.
She (fly) _________ to Da Nang many times but last year she (go) _______ there by train.
You ever (see) ___________ a real lion?
- No, but I (see) ___________ a real elephant when we went to the zoo last month.
cleaned
have collected
collected
has flown
went
Have you ever seen a real lion?
saw
3. Choose the best answer.
1. ______________ your homework yet?
A. Are you doing B. Have you done C. Do you do
2. Yes, I _________________ it already.
A. am doing B. have done C. do
3. Dickens ____________________ a lot of novels.
A. has written B. writes C. wrote
4. Her mother ________________ three books. She is going to start the fourth one soon.
A. has written B. writes C. wrote
5. I think I ____________________ him before.
A. meet B. met C. have met
6. Oh, yes! Now I remember. I ____________ him when I was in Hoi An. He was our guide!
A. meet B. met C. have met
4. With a partner, write sentences about yourself in the past simple and the present perfect. Use the words from the box below.
Example:
last December
I went to Dalat last December.
never
She has never been to Australia before.
five years ago
I bought my bike five years ago.
already
We have already seen that film.
when I was a child
I started playing football when I was a child.
Example:
three times
They have visted that museum three times.
last spring
We took that photo last spring.
ever
It is the best meal I have ever had.
one hour ago
She went home one hour ago.
so far
We have provided a lot of lessons to the street children so far.
5. In pairs, student A looks at the fact sheet below and student B looks at the fact sheet on page 33. Each student asks and answers questions about the fact sheet to complete the information.
Example:
S A: What happened in 2011 ?
S B: ‘Be a Buddy’ was established in 2011.
S A: What did Be a Buddy do in 2012?
S B: In 2012, it started “A Helping Hand” programme for street children.
S A: What has ‘Be a Buddy’ done recently?
S B: It has collected books and clothes for street children. It has also …
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