WELCOME

TO OUR CLASS

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1

When you ____, I was working
as a volunteer at our local
centre.

come

came

was
coming

comes

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2

Kim finds community work
very _______.

interestin
g

interested

endless

successful

While
I
_____
the
centre,
I
saw
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an advertisement for
3
volunteers.

visited

visit

Was
visiting

visits

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4

Community service can ____ our
confidence and help us learn useful
skills.

develop

boost

become

benefit

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5

I am so _______ about volunteering at the centre.

useful

exciting

excited

useless

…………….., November……,
2024
UNIT 10:

FOR A BETTER
COMMUNITY
Lesson 2: Language

Look and say the sentence
I gave the present for the poor children.
He's going to present his ideas in
front of the class.
Can you see the differences between “the
present” and “to present”?

1

PRONUNCIATION

Give the verbs of the nouns
NOUN

VERB

record
increase
present
export

record
increase
present
export

1. Listen to the sentences and circle the word with
the stress you hear.
1. The centre keeps a record of all donations.
a. 'record noun
b. re'cord
2. We will record the charity live show for those who can't
watch it live.
verb
a. 'record
b. re'cord
3. There was an increase in house prices last year.
a. 'increase
b. in'crease
4. We want to increase students' interest in volunteering at the
community centre.
a. 'increase
b. in'crease
5. I got this present from a visitor to our centre.
a. 'present
b. pre'sent
6. We need to help local businesses to export their products.
a. 'export
b. ex'port

TIPS:

In many two-syllable words with the same
spelling:
+

+

noun
s

verb
s

stressed on
1st
stressed on
2nd

2. Listen again and practice saying the sentences
in 1.
1. The centre keeps a record of all donations.
2. We will record the charity live show for those who
can't watch it live.
3. There was an increase in house prices last year.
4. We want to increase students' interest in
volunteering at the community centre.
5. I got this present from a visitor to our centre.
6. We need to help local businesses to export their
products.

2

VOCABULARY

1. Match the words with their meanings.
1

donate (v)

2

volunteer (n)

3

generous (adj)

4

remote (adj)

5

benefit (n)

a. giving or willing to give freely
b. far away from places where people live
c. to give money, food, clothes, etc. to a

charity

d. to give a better position because of

something, to be useful to somebody.

e. a person who does a job without being paid

for it

Check your answer
3
1

generous (adj)
donate (v)

2

volunteer (n)

3

generous (adj)

4

remote (adj)

5

benefit (n)

a. giving or willing to give freely

/ˈdʒenərəs/

rộng
lượng

Check your answer
4
1

remote (adj)
donate (v)

2

volunteer (n)

4

remote (adj)

5

benefit (n)

b. far away from places where people live

/rɪˈməʊt/

xa xôi

Check your answer
1
1

donate (v)
donate (v)

2

volunteer (n)

5

benefit (n)

c. to give money, food, clothes, etc. to a charity

/dəʊˈneɪt/

quyên góp,
tặng

Check your answer
5

benefit (n)

2

volunteer (n)

5

benefit (n)

d. to give a better position because of something,

to be useful to somebody.

/ˈbenɪfɪt/

lợi ích

Check your answer
2
2

volunteer (n)
volunteer (n)

e. a person who does a job without being paid for it

/ˌvɒlənˈtɪə/

tình nguyện
viên

2. Complete the following sentences using the
correct forms of the words in 1.
donate

volunteer

generous

remote

benefit

genero
+ adj
1. He is very ___________.
He is always willing to give a lot of
money to charity. us

2. The school is difficult to get to because it is located in a
+ adj
remote
_________
area.
donat
+
verb
3. If you don't have time to volunteer, you can ________
money
e
and food.
benefi
verb
4. This clean water project will +________
the people in the
t
volunte
+ noun
village.
ers
5. Our club needs more ___________
to clean up the park at the

excite
She feels _____________ (excited) because the
excitin
d
film is _______________ (excite)
g

Match the suffixes with their information

suffix
ed
suffix
ing
suffix
ful
suffix
less

-

lacking
full
how people
feel
things cause
people the
feeling

3. Choose the correct word to complete each of the
following sentences
1. We need to be careful/ careless when we
record the donations.
2. I am interested/ interesting in community
development activities.
3. There are excited/ exciting volunteering
opportunities in our community.
4. Last year, I was hopeful/ hopeless at maths.
I couldn't even do simple additions in my head.

Look at the answers again
1. We need to be careful when we record the donations.
2.

I

am

interested

in

community

development

activities.
3. There are exciting volunteering opportunities in our
community.
4. Last year, I was hopeless at maths. I couldn't even
do simple additions in my head.

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GRAMMAR

While the mother was cooking, her son
came home.

The mother was cooking.

her son came home.

PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST SIMPLE

PAST
CONTINUOUS
+ S + was/were + V-ing

PAST SIMPLE

+

S + V2/ed …..

⎯

S + wasn't/weren't + V-ing

⎯

S + didn't +
V …..

?

Was/ Were + S + V-ing…?

?

Did + S + V
……?

While the mother was cooking, her son
came home.
Past continuous

Past simple

Past
continuous

Past action in progress (longer action)

Past simple

Action interrupted (shorter action)

• Quá khứ tiếp diễn diễn tả hành động đang xảy ra.
• Quá khứ đơn diễn tả hành động xen vào.

5

6

7

8

9

50

4

10

1
0

3

20
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yo e
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t ur r
n

30

2

1
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1

one e
r
mo n
tur

LUCKY WHEEL

PIN THE
WHEEL

Choose the correct answer
While Lan ______ as a volunteer in
the countryside, she met an old
friend.
A. was working
B. worked
C. were working
D.
work
BAC

K

Choose the correct answer
I was revising for civics class when my
dad _____ me about the volunteer job.
A. was telling
told
C. were telling

B.

BAC
D. tell
K

Choose the correct answer
We saw many unhappy children while
we _____ people in remote areas.
A. was helping
C. were helping

B. helped
D. help

BAC
K

Choose the correct answer
He was sorting donations when he
________ how generous people were.
A. was realising
realised
C. were realising
realise

B.
D.
BAC
K

Combine the two sentences using when and
while

They were cleaning the streets. It
started to rain.
While ............................................
 WhileThey were cleaning the
streets, it started to rain.

BAC
K

Combine the two sentences using when and
Check your
while answer

I was watching TV. I saw the floods
and landslides in the area.
 When ...............................................
 I was watching TV when I saw the
floods and landslides in the area.

BAC
K

Combine the two sentences using when and
Check your
while answer

They decided to help build a community
centre for young people. They were
visiting some poor villages

When..........................................................
When they decided to help build a
community centre for young people, they
were visiting some poor villagesBAC

LUCKY
NUMBER
BAC

Complete these sentences by your
own ideas.
1.

While

I

was

standing,

____________________________________.
2.

When

he

came,

__________________________________________.
3. ____________________________________ when she saw her

friends.

4

Let's
wrap up!
What have we learnt
today?

What have we learned today?
Pronunciation

Vocabulary

Grammar

stress in two-syllable words with the same
spelling
donate

generous

volunteer

remote

benefit

past simple

shorter action

past continuous

longer action

Choose the correct answer
1. The charity is asking people to __________ money to help build schools in
poor areas.
A. collect
B. donate
C. spend
D. borrow
2. The village is located in a __________ area, far from the nearest city and
difficult to access.
A. remote
B. urban
C. crowded
D. central
3. They __________ the park when it __________ to rain.
A. were cleaning / started
B. cleaned / was starting
C. were cleaning / was starting D. clean / started
4. While I __________ to school, I __________ an accident.
A. was walking / saw
B. walked / was seeing
C. was walking / was seeing
D. walk / saw
5. She __________ dinner when the phone __________.
A. was cooking / rang
B. cooked / was ringing

HOMEWORK
Do more exercises in the
workbook
Prepare for the next lesson

Thanks

for listening!