Unit 3
Community
Service
Lesson 3: A closer
look 2

1 point

Double your
points

2 points

Steal other
team's points.

3 points
4 points
5 points

Enemies will kill you!
Lose all points!

A

B

C

D

E

F

Circle the correct answer A, B, or C to complete
each sentence.

Green School ______ vegetables for an
orphanage last spring.
A. is growing
B. grew
C. grows

Circle the correct answer A, B, or C to complete
each sentence.

Children ______ plastic bottles for
recycling a month ago.
A. are collecting
B. collect
C. collected

Circle the correct answer A, B, or C to complete
each sentence.

We ______ English to children in a
primary school last summer.
A. are teaching
B. taught
C. teach

Circle the correct answer A, B, or C to complete
each sentence.

Our school club ______ gloves for old
people in nursing homes last winter.
A. made
B. is making
C. make

Circle the correct answer A, B, or C to complete
each sentence.

We ______ bottles to help the
environment last month.
A. are reusing
B. reuse
C. reused

Steal other team's points.

Double your points.

Lose all points.

Objetives
After this lesson, students will be
able to use the past simple to talk
about past activities.

last spring.
spring.
Green School grew vegetables for an orphanage last
month ago.
ago
Children collected plastic bottles for recycling aa month
last summer.
summer
We taught English to children in a primary school last
last winter.
winter
Our school club made gloves for old people in nursing homes last
last month.
month
We refused bottles to help the environment last

These actions ______.
A. happened in the past
B. are happening now
C. will happen in the future
Why?

We use Past simple to talk about
completed actions in the past.
We often use specific time
expressions, such as yesterday
last month, three weeks ago, or in
7999 with the past simple.

PAST SIMPLE
Positive
Green School

grew

vegetables …

Children

collected

plastic bottles …

S

+

irregular verb/ Ved

Base form
grow
collect

Past simple
grew
collected

PAST SIMPLE
Negative
Green School

didn't grow

vegetables …

Children

didn't collect

plastic bottles …

S

+

did not/ didn't V

Base form
grow

Past simple
grew

collect

collected

PAST SIMPLE
Question
Did

Green School

grow

vegetables …

?

Did

Children

collect

plastic bottles …

?

Did

+

S

+

V

?

Base form
grow

Past simple
grew

collect

collected

PAST SIMPLE
Positive

(+) S + Irregular V/ V-ed

Negative

(-) S + did not + V base

Question

(?) Did + S + V
base ?
Yes, S did.
No, S didn't.

2. Complete the sentences with the past simple form
of the given verbs.
1. Care for Animals (take) _______
took care of
S + Irregular V/ V-ed
year
thousands of homeless dogs and cats last year.
Did
join
2. ___________
teenagers (join) ___________
Did + S + V base ?
Lending Hand in 2015
2015?
Yes, S did.
No, S didn't.
3. We (help) ___________
the elderly in a
helped
village last summer.
summer
sent
4. Last year
year, we (send) ___________
textbooks
to help children in a rural village.
volunteered to teach
5. Tom (volunteer) ______________
English in our village last winter
winter.

3. Complete the sentences with the correct
forms of the verbs from the box.
plant read recycle
pick up
cook
1. The club members _____________
food for Present Simple
cook
patients every Sunday.
Sunday
(+) S + V(s/es)
2. ________
Did
you _____________
plant
those trees Past simple
month
in the playground last month?
(?) Did + S + V base ?
are picking up
3. Nick and his friends _________________
Present continuous
now
rubbish on the beach now.
(+) S + be Ving
recycled
4. Tom ______________
the plastic bottles,
Present continuous
and now he has some nice vases.
(+) S + be Ving
read
5. We often ____________
books to old
Present Simple
(+) S + V(s/es)
people in a nursing home.

4. Write complete sentences from the prompts.
1. last year / our club / donate / books / children in rural areas.
_____________________________________________________
Last year, our club donated books to children in rural areas.
2. children / send / you thank-you cards / a week ago?
_____________________________________________________
Did children send you thank-you cards a week ago?
3. I / teach / two children in grade 2 / last summer.
_____________________________________________________
I taught two children in grade 2 last summer.
4. Last spring / we / help / the elderly / nursing home.
_____________________________________________________
Last spring, we helped the elderly in a nursing home.
5. How / you / help / people / in flooded areas / last year?
_____________________________________________________
How did you help the people in flooded areas last year?

5. Work in pair. Tom is from the Red Cross. Look at
the fact sheet and ask Tom about his projects in
2016 and 2020.
Projects/ Year Activities
Help Lonely
– help 200 lonely people
People / 2016 – answer calls from
lonely people
– visit museums with
them
Support Ill
– help ill people at their
Example:
People / 2020 home
Tom: I'm from the Red Cross. I worked
– read books to ill
on the Help Lonely People project in
people
2016.
Lan: What did you do?
Tom: We helped 200 lonely people …

Wrap up

Fill in the blanks.
completed_________
actions in the past.
We use Past simple to talk about ________
esterday last
We often use specific time expressions, such as y________,
ago
month, three weeks ________,
or in 7999 with the Past simple.
(+) S + Irregular V/ V-ed
V
(-) S + did not + ________
Did
(?) ________
+ S + V base ?
Yes, S did.
No, S didn't.

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attention!
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