WEEK 4: mshue 24/6/24 UNIT 3.

COMMUNITY SERVICE
GRAMMAR
Past simple ( Câu trúc thì quá khứ đơn)
(+) S + was/were + C.
PAST Với động từ “To be” (-) S + was/were + not + C.
SIMPLE (?) Was/Were + S + C?
(THÌ
QUÁ (+) S + Ved + O
KHỨ Với động từ thường (-) S + did + not + V
ĐƠN) (?) Did + S + V?
2. Cách sử dụng
 Diễn tả hành động, sự việc xảy I went to the beach last month.
ra và đã kết thúc trong quá khứ,
CÁCH có thời gian cụ thể.
SỬ  Diễn tả một loạt các hành động We greeted, then talked and danced
DỤNG xảy ra liên tiếp trong quá khứ. together.
THÌ  Diễn tả một hành động đang I was listening to music when he
QUÁ xen vào một hành động đang diễn came.
KHỨ ra trong quá khứ.
ĐƠN  Diễn tả một hành động đã xảy Lan invited in Hai Phong from 2012
ra trong một thời gian dài trong to 2020.
quá khứ và đã kết thúc.
 Dấu hiệu nhận biết
Yesterday, yesterday morning, last week/ month/ year/ night, in the past, the day before, an
hour/a week/a year ago ...
3. Cách thêm -ed cho động từ
 Hầu hết các động từ thêm-ed. watch  watched
listen  listened
QUY  Động từ kết thúc bằng phụ âm study  studied
TẮC + “y”  chuyển “y” thành “i” rồi try  tried
THÊM thêm “ed”.
-ED  Động từ kết thúc bằng “e/ee” live  lived
 thêm d agree  agreed
 Động từ 1 âm tiết và động từ 2 fit  fitted
âm tiết có trọng âm ở sau  gấp rub  rubbed
đôi phụ âm rồi thêm “ed”.
 Một số động từ bất quy tắc: go  went, see  saw, buy  bought, ...
Pronunciation * Sound /t/, /d/ and /id/
1. Phát âm là /id/ khi động từ tận cùng bằng hai phụ âm /t/, /d/.
wanted /wɒntid/ muốn
needed /niːdid/ muốn, cần
2. Phát âm là /t/ khi động từ tận cùng bằng các phụ âm vô thanh /p/, /k/, /f/, /s/, /ʃ/, /tʃ/.
stoped /stɒpt/ dừng lại
looked /lʊkt/ nhìn
laughed /lɑːft/ cười
sentenced /ˈsentənst/ tuyên án
washed /wɒʃt/ giặt giũ
3. Phát âm là /d/ khi động từ tận cùng bằng các phụ âm hữu thanh /b/, /g/, /v, /z/, /ʒ/, /dʒ/,
/ð/, /m/, /n/, /η/, /l/, /r/ và các nguyên âm.

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robbed /rɒbd/ cướp
hugged /hʌɡd/ ôm
loved /lʌvd/ yêu
closed /kləʊzd/ đóng
rouged /ruːʒd/ đánh phấn hồng

PRACTICE
A. PHONETICS
I. Put the words into three groups.
acted walked washed waited lived
watched terrified needed bored departed
amazed brushed cleaned danced disappointed
/t/ /d/ /id/

II. Find the word which has different sound in the underlined part in each line.
1. A. arrived B. believed C. hoped D. opened
2. A. stopped B. passed C. asked D. obeyed
3. A. cleaned B. watched C. laughed D. finished
4. A. wanted B. started C. ended D. walked
5. A. showed B. pushed C. rained D. followed
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Fill in the correct words or phrases matching with the verbs. Maybe some verbs can be
used more than once.
elderly people books fresh water school yard
old clothes blood homeless people English lessons
neighborhood food notebooks opportunities
money street children local people Internet
streets evening classes dirty tables poor children
1. Clean: ___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
2. Donate: __________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
3. Help: ____________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
4. Provide: __________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

III. Complete the sentences with the words or phrases from the box.
street children volunteers homeless people elderly people
sick children donors disabled people homeless
1. After the earthquake, there are a lot of _________ people.
2. Sally often spends her free time helping _________ at the hospital.
3. They provide housing and other services to _________.
4. Street Child works to help _________ off the streets and into school.
5. Most blood _________ are unpaid volunteers who donate blood for a community supply.
6. Schools need _________ to help children to read.
7. They help _________ with housework and gardening.
8. The local authority built a new home for severely _________.
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IV. Complete the sentences with the correct verbs in the box.
plant volunteer clean up donate
tutor recycle provide organise
1. _________ at a nursing home, soup kitchen, or homeless shelter.
2. _________ plastic and paper for a clean environment.
3. _________ nutritious meals to the poor and needy people.
4. _________ homeless children who are unable to attend school.
5. _________ you used books to your local library or charities.
6. _________ a fundraising event to raise money for charity.
7. _________ polluted rivers and lakes.
8. _________ trees or flowers in your backyard or community garden.
V. Complete the table below.
NO INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PAST SIMPLE
1 buy bought

2 see
3 had
4 went
5 write written

6 take
7 study
8 watched
9 bring
10 stop
11 flew
12 ride

13 could
14 sell
15 get
16 speak
17 kept
18 gave
19 swim
20 begin
VI. Fill in the blanks with "was/ wasn't/ were/ weren't/ did/ didn’t”.
1. He _________ in prison last year.
2. _________ she leave for London last night?
3. _________ Nina and Sam free all day yesterday?
4. My vacation in Hue _________ wonderful.
5. Last summer, I _________ visit Ngoc Son Temple in Ha Noi.
6. The policeman _________ tell us to come back in two hours yesterday.
7. What _________ you do last summer?
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8. _________ she visit Hue when she was a child?
9. Mimi and Lucy _________ at home in Florida last week. We were at Ben’s house in Miami.
10. Julia _________ wear uniform to school yesterday.
VII. Put the verbs in brackets in past simple.
1. They _________ (buy) a new house last week.
2. My friend _________ (finish) his essay three days ago.
3. My brother _________ (meet) his old friends yesterday.
4. She _________ (donate) her clothes to the children.
5. I _________ (decide) to sell my old house last month.
6. He _________ (win) the gold medal in 2015.
7. Tom _________ (not have) time to finish his report yesterday.
8. I _________ (see) a real elephant when 1 went to the zoo last month.
9. They _________ (not start) the community garden project in 2010.
10. My best friend and I talked to and _________ (sing) for the elderly at a nursing home.
IX. Circle the best answers.
1. I _________ to work as a volunteer three years ago.
A. started B. was started C. starting D. starts
2. She became a member of the Peace Corps _________.
A. for two years B. since two years C. two years now D. two years ago
3. The last time he donated blood _________ ten years ago.
A. am B. is C. were D. was
4. He started ________ for this non-profit organisation five years ago.
A. to work B. to working C. work D. working
5. Last year, I ________ to visit a children village in Yen Bai with my teachers and friends.
A. go B. to go C. goes D. went
6. Yesterday, I ________ to a souvenir shop near the exit of the aquarium.
A. go B. gone C. went D. goes
7. He ________ off his hat and
A. take / went B. take / go C. taken / go D. took I went
8. Last year, our school ________ hundreds of books to children in a rural village.
A. has donated B. donated C. donates D. to donate
9. My friends and I ________ the streets in our neighborhood every summer when we were
small.
A. cleaned B. has cleaned C. were cleaning D. cleans
10. A group of volunteers ________ food to patients in our hospitals for three weeks last month.
A. offered B. offer C. has offered D. offering
11. _______ you ____________ to serve the Community Fair?
-Yes, I did.
A. Do – volunteer B. Did - volunteer
C. Will – volunteer D. Did – volunteered
12. - _____________________________
- Yeah. Good idea. They are both healthy.
A. Shall we play chess? B. Come on! What about going out now?
C. Why don't we go swimming or cycling? D. Do you love watching TV?
13. - How can I make my area a friendly place to live in?
A. Yes, please. B. You can participate in community services.
C. I can't. D. Planting trees is a community activity
14. - Last Sunday, I shopped for the old couple near my house.
- ____________ .
A. Wonderful. B. Did you go shopping?
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C. Yes, I like it. D. Are there anything I can do?
15. -I want to raise fund for street children.
- ____________ .
A. Yes, please. B. A lot of money.
C. Me too. D. Street children are.

X. Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition.

1. Tom Holden worked as a volunteer at a charity________ 2010.
2. They provided housing and other supports ________ homeless people.
3. Some volunteers enjoy helping elderly people living ________ nursing homes.
4. She donated thousands of pounds ________ children's charities.
5. The benefits ________ volunteering are enormous to you, and your community.
6. You can volunteer to help cook and serve a meal ________ a homeless shelter.
7. UNICEF has launched a campaign to help children ________ need.
8. They provide street children ________ food and books
C. READING COMPREHENSION
I. Read the text carefully then answer the questions.
Community service is work done by a person or group of people that benefits others. It is
often done near the area where you live, so your own community gets the benefits of your work.
You do not get paid to perform community service, but get to learn a lot. Community service can
help many different groups of people, even animals and the environment. Community service is
often organized through a local group, such as a place of worship, school, or non-profit
organization, or you can start your own community service projects. Community service can
even involve raising funds by donating used goods or selling used goods like clothing.
Many people participate in community service because they enjoy helping others and
improving their community.
1. What is community service?
____________________________________________________________.
2. Where is community service often done?
____________________________________________________________.
3. Is community service a paying job?
____________________________________________________________.
4. What groups of people can community service help?
____________________________________________________________.
5. Is donation of used goods a community service example?
____________________________________________________________.
6. Why do many people take part in community service?
_____________________________________________.

II. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D for each space.

Each year volunteers from Great Britain work abroad: teachers, nurses, engineers, people with
special skills. They do not go for money. Volunteers from Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)
receive the (1) …..pay as a local colleague. VSO first (2) …….in 1958 when 14 young school
leavers went away for a year. Only three years later there were 176 volunteers in 25 different
countries, and ten years later there were 1,500 volunteers. At first, almost everybody (3)…….
young, and without very much experience. But in the early sixties vso reduced the number of
young people, and more and more older, experienced people with different skills went abroad.

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 Now, more than 20,000 people from Britain have worked abroad as volunteers, some young,
(4)….. old, some highly skilled men and women. Abroad, they live simply, with the people of
the country, and they return (5) ……….Britain with greatest understanding of other people in
other parts of the world.
1. A. like B. same C. similar D. sound like
2. A. was starting B. has started C. started D. starts
3. A. was B. is C. were D. are
4. A. other B. another C. the other D. Others
5. A. in B. to C. at D. for
D. WRITING
I. Write full sentences using the Past Simple Tense.
1. last year / we / start / community garden / project.
____________________________________________________________.
2. My older sister / finish / her university / two years ago.
____________________________________________________________.
3. My neighbors / buy / a new car /last week.
____________________________________________________________.
4. We I spend /the whole evening / in the park.
____________________________________________________________.
5. Daniel /write /an interesting report / yesterday.
____________________________________________________________.
6. She / participate in /an interesting campaign / last Saturday?
____________________________________________________________.
7. My father /buy / a nice cat / last month.
____________________________________________________________.
8. I / forget / to call my friend / yesterday.
II. Write the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one. Use the word
in brackets.
1. I'm leaving now because I don't want to miss the train. (so)
 I'm ____________________________________________________________.
2. The last time I saw my uncle was two years ago. (for)
 I haven't ____________________________________________________________.
3. Let me reach my office and then I will talk to him. (when)
 I ____________________________________________________________.
4. Why don't we donate our old books, toys and clothes to charity? (suggests)
 Mom ____________________________________________________________.
5. Jane stayed behind after the class in order to talk to the teacher. (because)
 Jane ____________________________________________________________.
6. This is the first time they’ve been to Korea. (before)
 They've ____________________________________________________________.
7. How long have you been a member of Volunteers in Asia? (join)
 When ____________________________________________________________.
8. We suggested people recycle glass, cans and paper. (encouraged)
 We ____________________________________________________________.

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