Unit 3. Community service
Lesson 3. A closer look 2
1.a. Listen again to part of the conversation. Underline the past simple or the 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.
1.b. When do we use the past simple? When do we use the present perfect? Can you think of the rules?
2. Past simple or present perfect? Put the verb in brackets into the correct form.
1. They (clean) the beach one week ago.
2. They (collect) hundreds of books so far.
3. I (collect) stamps when I was a child.
4. She (fly) to Da Nang many times but last year she (go) there by train.
5. 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
seen
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 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
b
b
c
a
c
b
4. With a partner, write sentences about yourself in the past simple and the present perfect. Use the words from the box below.
last December never five years ago already when I was a child
three times last spring ever one hour ago so far
in 2011 before yesterday once yet
Example
- Last December I visited Hanoi with my brother.
- I have never eaten this fruit.
- I did the volunteer work in Dong Nai five years ago.
- When I was a child, I cried a lot.
- I have visited Hanoi three times.
- I started to dance in 2011.
- I had lunch one hour ago.
- Yesterday I went to the zoo with family.
- I haven’t been to Da Nang yet.
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:
* BE A BUDDY
(BẠN ĐỒNG HÀNH)
A: What happened in 2011?
(Điều gì xảy ra vào năm 2011?)
B: Be a Buddy was established in 2011.
(Bạn đồng hành đã được thành lập vào năm 2011.)
A: What did Be a Buddy do in 2012?
(Bạn đồng hành đã làm gì vào 2012?)
B: In 2012, Be a Buddy started ‘A Helping Hand’ programme for street children.
(Trong năm 2012, Bạn đồng hành đã bắt đầu chương trình “Một bàn tay giúp sức” cho trẻ em đường phố.)
A: What has Be a Buddy done so far?
(Cho đến giờ Bạn đồng hành đã làm gì?)
B: It collected books and clothes for street children. It also made toys for children in need.
(Nó đã thu gom sách và quần áo cho trẻ em đường phố. Nó cũng đã làm đồ chơi cho trẻ em thiếu thốn.)
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:
* GO GREEN
(SỐNG XANH)
A: What happened in 2011?
(Điều gì xảy ra vào năm 2011?)
B: Go Green was established in 2011.
(Go Green đã được thành lập vào năm 2011.)
A: What did Go Green do in 2012?
(Go Green đã làm gì vào 2012?)
B: In 2012 Go Green started clean up project on every first Sunday.
(Vào năm 2012 Go Green đã bắt đầu dự án dọn dẹp vào mỗi Chủ nhật đầu tiên của tháng.)
A: What has Go Green done so far?
(Cho đến giờ Go Green đã làm gì?)
B: It helped people recycled rubbish and cleaned up streets and lakes. It also planted flowers and trees.
(Nó giúp mọi người tái chế rác và dọn dẹp đường phố và ao hồ. Nó cũng trồng hoa và cây.)