Unit

4

1

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.

LESSON 2

Uni
WARM-UP
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LANGUAGE
Name volunteering activities

PRONUNCIATION

Task 1: Listen and circle.
Task 2: Listen and practise saying.
Task 1: Match the words with their meanings.
Task 2: Complete the sentences.
Task 3: Choose the correct word.

VOCABULARY

GRAMMAR

EXTRA ACTIVITY
CONSOLIDATION

Task 1: Choose the correct verb form.
Task 2: Combine the two sentences.
Game: Who is faster?
Wrap-up
Homework

Uni
WARM-UP
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LESSON 2

LANGUAGE
Name volunteering activities

WARM-UP
Name volunteering activities
• 2 teams
• Take turns to name an activity you
can do to help the community
• The team with more correct
answers will be the winner

Uni
WARM-UP
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LESSON 2

PRONUNCIATION

LANGUAGE
Name volunteering activities
Task 1: Listen and circle.
Task 2: Listen and practise saying.

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.

Uni
WARM-UP
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LESSON 2

PRONUNCIATION

VOCABULARY

LANGUAGE
Name volunteering activities
Task 1: Listen and circle.
Task 2: Listen and practise saying.
Task 1: Match the words with their meanings.
Task 2: Complete the sentences.
Task 3: Choose the correct word.

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.

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 ___________

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.

LESSON 2

Uni
WARM-UP
t

LANGUAGE
Name volunteering activities

PRONUNCIATION

Task 1: Listen and circle.
Task 2: Listen and practise saying.
Task 1: Match the words with their meanings.
Task 2: Complete the sentences.
Task 3: Choose the correct word.

VOCABULARY

GRAMMAR

Task 1: Choose the correct verb form.
Task 2: Combine the two sentences.

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.

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.

LESSON 2

Uni
WARM-UP
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Name volunteering activities

PRONUNCIATION

Task 1: Listen and circle.
Task 2: Listen and practise saying.
Task 1: Match the words with their meanings.
Task 2: Complete the sentences.
Task 3: Choose the correct word.

VOCABULARY

GRAMMAR

EXTRA ACTIVITY

LANGUAGE

Task 1: Choose the correct verb form.
Task 2: Combine the two sentences.
Game: Who is faster?

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.

LESSON 2

Uni
WARM-UP
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LANGUAGE
Name volunteering activities

PRONUNCIATION

Task 1: Listen and circle.
Task 2: Listen and practise saying.
Task 1: Match the words with their meanings.
Task 2: Complete the sentences.
Task 3: Choose the correct word.

VOCABULARY

GRAMMAR

EXTRA ACTIVITY
CONSOLIDATION

Task 1: Choose the correct verb form.
Task 2: Combine the two sentences.
Game: Who is faster?
Wrap-up
Homework

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

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