Matching suitable pictures with activities:
2

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a. Helping the old
b. Green summer campaign
c. Teaching children
d. Blood donation
e. Exam season Supporting program

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Matching suitable pictures with activities:
2

1

4

a. Helping the old
b. Green summer campaign
c. Teaching children
d. Blood donation
e. Exam season Supporting program

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Unit

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Uni FOR A FAMILY
BETTER LIFE
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COMMUNITY
LESSON 2

LANGUAGE

Unit

1 1

Family
Life LIFE
FAMILY
Uni
OBJECTIVES
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By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to:
o Use the lexical items related to the topic For a better
community;
o Pronounce correctly stress in two-syllable words with the
same spelling;
o Understand the past simple vs. the past continuous.

PRONUNCIATION

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

b. re'cord

2. We will record the charity live show for those who can't watch it live.
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

PRONUNCIATION

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

b. re'cord

2. We will record the charity live show for those who can't watch it live.
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

PRONUNCIATION

2

Listen again and practise 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.

VOCABULARY

1

Match the words with their meanings.
a. giving or willing to give freely

1. donate (v)
b. far away from places where people live
2. volunteer (n)
3. generous (adj)

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

4. remote (adj)

d. to give a better position because of
something, to be useful to somebody.

5. benefit (n)

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

VOCABULARY

1

Match the words with their meanings.
a. giving or willing to give freely

1. donate (v)
b. far away from places where people live
2. volunteer (n)
3. generous (adj)

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

4. remote (adj)

d. to give a better position because of
something, to be useful to somebody.

5. benefit (n)

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

VOCABULARY

2

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

1. He is very ___________. He is always willing to give a lot of money to charity.
2. The school is difficult to get to because it is located in a _________ area.
3. If you don't have time to volunteer, you can ________ money and food.
4. This clean water project will ________ the people in the village.
5. Our club needs more ___________ to clean up the park at the weekend.

VOCABULARY

2

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

generous He is always willing to give a lot of money to charity.
1. He is very ___________.
remote area.
2. The school is difficult to get to because it is located in a _________
donate money and food.
3. If you don't have time to volunteer, you can ________
benefit the people in the village.
4. This clean water project will ________
volunteers to clean up the park at the weekend.
5. Our club needs more ___________

What is the meaning of these adjective endings? Match and find out:
A
1. Adjectives ending with -ed
2. Adjectives ending with -ing
3. Adjectives ending with -ful
4. Adjectives ending with -less

B
a. have positive meaning
b. have negative meaning
c. are used to describe how people
feel
d. are used to describe things and
situations

What is the meaning of these adjective endings? Match and find out:
A
1. Adjectives ending
with -ed
2. Adjectives ending
with -ing
3. Adjectives ending
with -ful
4. Adjectives ending
with -less

B
a. have positive
meaning
b. have negative
meaning
c. are used to
describe how people
feel
d. are used to
describe things and
situations

Adjectives ending with -ing
(Present Participial /V-ing)

Adjectives ending with -ed
(Past participle/V-ed)

The book is interesting.
The child is interested in it.
Tính từ tận cùng bằng 'ing' dùng để chỉ bản chất, tính chất của Tính từ tận cùng bằng 'ed' mang
sự vật, sự việc,
ý nghĩa bị tác động hay bị động (dùng khi danh từ mà nó bổ
hành động, có nghĩa tác động lên đối tượng khác. Tính từ này nghĩa là đối tượng nhận sự tác động của hành động).
cũng thường được dùng khi danh từ mà nó bổ
nghĩa thực hiện hoặc chịu trách nhiệm về hành động.

Adjectives ending with –ful
(danh từ + -ful)
- ful : đầy, có
        harm        ->        harmful
        use         ->        useful
        success    ->        successful
   

Adjectives ending with -less
(danh từ + – less)
- less : không có
        child       ->        childless
        tree        ->        treeless
        home      ->        homeless

Use the words in the brackets with appropriate endings to complete the
following sentences:
1. If people spend most of their time doing nothing, they will find their lives
_______________ . (mean)
2. I am ______________ in doing charity work. (interest)
3. Last year, she was really _______________ at English. She couldn't even
say a word in English. Now her English is much better. (hope)
4. The new teacher's advice was very____________ . His students could
learn English vocabulary faster. (use)
5. Our school volunteer activities are very___________ . (excite)

Use the words in the brackets with appropriate endings to complete the following
sentences:
1. If people spend most of their time doing nothing, they will find their lives
_______________ .
meaningless (mean)
interested
2. I am ______________ in
doing charity work. (interest)

3. Last year, she was really _______________ at
English. She couldn't even say a word
hopeless
in English. Now her English is much better. (hope)
4. The new teacher's advice was very____________ .
His students could learn English
useful
vocabulary faster. (use)
5. Our school volunteer activities are very___________ .
(excite)
exciting

VOCABULARY

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 addition
in my head.

GRAMMAR

1

Choose the correct verb form in each of the following sentences.

1. While Lan was working / worked as a volunteer in the countryside, she met an
old friend.
2. I was revising for civics class when my dad was telling / told me about the
volunteer job.
3. We saw many unhappy children while we were helping / helped people in
remote areas.
4. He was sorting donations when he was realising / realised how generous
people were.

Grammar:
Task 2: Match 1-5 with a-e and complete the sentences in the past simple or the
past continuous.
1.We were walking in the park .

a. I (have)

2.While I was talking to a friend, .

b. when someone (take) our school bags.

3.We lost the keys .

c. the teacher (ask) me a question.

4.We were sitting on a bench in the park .

d. when it (start)

5.When the phone rang, .

a bath.

e. while we (play)

to rain.
in the garden.

Task 2: Match 1-5 with a-e and complete the sentences in the past simple or the
past continuous.
1.We were walking in the park .

was having a bath.
a. I (have)

2.While I was talking to a friend, .

took our school bags.
b. when someone (take)

3.We lost the keys .

asked
c. the teacher (ask)
me a question.

4.We were sitting on a bench in the park .

started to rain.
d. when it (start)

5.When the phone rang, .

were playing
e. while we (play)
in the garden.

Simple past tense
I. Form
(+) S + V-ed + (O)
(-)S + did not/didn't + V + (O)
(?) Did + S + V + (O)?
II. Use
1. Diễn đạt một hành động xảy ra và chấm dứt hoàn toàn trong
quá khứ      
+ He ate a chicken last Sunday.
2. Diễn đạt các hành động xảy ra liên tiếp trong quá khứ
She came home, switched on the computer and checked her emails. 
3. Được sử dụng trong một số công thức sau:
- I used to ridebicycle to school (thói quen trong quá khứ)
- I was eating dinner when she came
-If I were you,I wouldn't get engaged to him (Câu điều kiện loại II)
…
 III. Signal Words:
Last night/ year/month; yesterday, 2 years ago; in 1999...

Past continuous tense
I. Form
(+) S + was/were + V-ing.
(-) S + was/were + not + V-ing.
(?) Was/were + S + V-ing?
II. Use
1. Diễn đạt một hành động đang xảy ra tại một thời điểm trong
quá khứ
 + I was cleaning the house at 6.00 yesterday.
2. Diễn đạt 1 hành động đang xảy ra thì có hành động khác bất chợt
cắt ngang. (When/ While)
ví dụ: my mum was cooking when my father came back .
- while dùng khi diễn tả 2 hành động cùng xảy ra trong qk
While she was cooking, he watching TV.
…
III. Signal Words:
At this time last night; at this moment last year, at that time, at 6
p.m last night; while...

PRACTICE
GRAMMAR

2

Combine the two sentences using when or while where appropriate.

1. They were cleaning the streets. It started to rain.
2. I was watching TV. I saw the floods and landslides in the area.
3. Tim was searching for employment opportunities. He found a job
advert from a non-governmental organisation.
4. They decided to help build a community centre for young people.
They were visiting some poor villages.

PRACTICE
GRAMMAR

2

Combine the two sentences using when or while where appropriate.

1. They were cleaning the streets. It started to rain.
-> While they were cleaning the streets, it started to rain. / They were cleaning the
streets when it started to rain.
2. I was watching TV. I saw the floods and landslides in the area.
-> While I was watching TV, I saw the floods and landslides in the area. /I was watching
TV when I saw the floods and landslides in the area.

PRACTICE
GRAMMAR

2

Combine the two sentences using when or while where appropriate.

3. Tim was searching for employment opportunities. He found a job advert from a nongovernmental organisation.
-> While Tim was searching for employment opportunities, he found a job advert from
a non-governmental organisation. / Tim was searching for employment opportunities
when he found a job advert from a non-governmental organisation.
4. They decided to help build a community centre for young people. They were visiting
some poor villages.
-> They decided to help build a community centre for young people while they were
visiting some poor villages. / They were visiting some poor villages when they decided
to help build a community centre for young people.

EXTRA ACTIVITY

Game: Who is faster?
Write sentences including 3 features:
 two-syllable words with the same spelling but different
stress mentioned in Task 1, Pronunciation
 when/while
 the past simple/the past continuous
e.g. When I was wrapping the present, my mom knocked the door.

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
o Use the lexical items related to the topic For a better community;
o Pronounce correctly stress in two-syllable words with the same spelling;
o Understand the past simple vs. the past continuous.

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework

1. Prepare for the next lesson: Unit 4_Reading
2. Do exercises in the workbook