Good morning
Everybody
WELCOME TO MY CLASS

Match the words with the right pictures
1

3

2

4

5

a. Elderly people

b. Homeless people

d. People in flooded area

e. Sick children

c. Disabled people
Key:1+b, 2+e, 3+b,4+d, 5+ e

Unit 3
COMMUNITY SERVICE

A CLOSER LOOK 2

I. GRAMMAR

1. Underline the past simple or present perfect. (Ex. 1/p.29)
Reporter: Exactly. Have you ever done volunteer work?
Mai:

Yes. I am 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

Past simple
• S + V2/ V-ed
• (?) Did + s + V(inf)
• (-) S+ didn't + V(inf)
- Yesterday, last, ago, in 1973…

Present perfect
• S + have/ has+ V3/V-ed
• (?) Have/ Has + S+ V3/ V-ed
• (-) S+ haven't/ hasn't+ V3/V-ed
- Ever, never, so far, several times, for,
since, already, yet...

- We use the past simple for - We use present perfect for an
an action that started and
action that happened sometime
finished in the past
before now. The exactly time is
not important.

Arrange the words of time into the right column: the
simple past or the present perfect tense. (Ex.4/p.30)
last December never
five years ago already so far
when I was a child
three times
last spring
ever
one hour ago in 2011
before
yesterday several times
once yet
THE SIMPLE PAST (1)

last December
five years ago
when I was a child
last spring one hour ago
in 2011
yesterday

THE PRESENT PERFECT
(2)

never
already so far
three times
ever
before several times
once yet

II. PRACTICE
1. Put the verbs into the correct form. (Ex. 2/ p. 30)

1. They ( clean) cleaned
............... the beaches one week ago.
have collected hundreds of books
2. They ( collect) ...............................
so far.
collected stamps when I was a child
3. I (collect) .......................
4. She ( fly) ......................
has flown to Danang many times but last
year she (go) ...................
there by train.
went
5. You ever ( see)................................
. a real lion? No,
Have you ever seen
but I (see) ..................saw
a real elephant when we went
to the zoo last month

2. Choose the best answer. (Ex. 3 /p.30)
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. Dicken ....................................................... a lot of novels
B. has written

B. writes

C. wrote

4. Her mother ................... three books. She is going to start the fourth one
soon
C. has written

B. writes

C. wrote

5. I think I ........................ him before.
D. A. meet

B. me t

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

4. With a partner, write sentences about yourself in the
past simple and present perfect. Use the words from the
box below.

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•
•
•
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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

Ex: last December

→ Last December I went to Hoi An.

- so far
→ He has written many books for children so far.

• 5. In pairs, student A looks at the fact sheet below
(page 30) , 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.

Student A

Be a Buddy
2011:_________________
______________________
_________
2012 : Be a Buddy
started 'A Helping
Hand' programme for
street children.
Activities so
far
1. Collecting books and

I

Go Green

2011: Go Green was
established
2012: ______________
_______________________
___________________

Activities so
far
1. _____________________

clothes for street children ____________________
2._____________________2. Cleaning up streets and
_____________________ lakes. Planting flowers
_____________________ and trees.

Student B
Be a
Buddy
2011:
Be a Buddy was
established

I

Go
2011:__________________
Green
__________

2012: Go Green
2012: ______________
started a clean up
____________________
project on every first
___________________
Sunday.
Activities so
Activities so
far
far
1. _____________________
1. Helping people to recycle
_____________________ rubbish.
_____________________2. _____________________
2.Making toys for children in _____________________
need.
_____________________

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Example:

Student A: What happened in 2011?
Student B: Be a Buddy was established in 2011.
 
What did Be a Buddy do in 2012 ?
Student A: In 2012, ….

Be a Buddy
Student A: What happened in 2011?
Student B: Be a Buddy was established in 2011.
 
What did Be a Buddy do in 2012?
Student A:  In 2012, Be a Buddy started "A
helping hand" programme for street children.
Student B: What has Be a Buddy done so far?
Student A:  It has collected books and clothes
for street children. It has also made toys for
children in need.

Go Green
Student A: What happened in 2011?
Student B: Go Green was established in 2011.
 What did Go Green do in 2012?
Student A:  In 2012 Go Green started clean-up
projects on every first Sunday.
Student B:  What has Go Green done so far?
Student A:  It has helped people recycle rubbish
and cleaned up streets and lakes. It has also
planted flowers and trees.

SOME ACTIVITIES OF THE STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL

- Clean up the lanes/streets/school yard on
weekends
-Plant trees and flowers in the school garden and
water them
- Donate books/money for poor students

IV. AT HOME
Learn the structure by heart.
Do all the exercises again /
29,30.
Do exercises B4, B5, B6 (page
19/ workbook).
Prepare COMMUNICATION.