TA10 u4 For a better community language

UNIT 04: For a better community
Period 31: Language


I. Vocabulary
1. Task 1: Find the adjectives ending with:
-ed

disadvantaged

interested

 Passive

-ing

interesting

 Active

-ful

useful

 Having the qualities of …

-less
 Without …

hopeless

helpful

meaningful

excited


I. Vocabulary
2. Task 2: Use the words in brackets with appropriate endings to complete the sentences.

1. If people spend most of their time doing nothing, they will find their lives ………………………. (mean)
2. I am  ……………………. in doing meaningless
charity work. (interest)
interested
3. Last year, she was really 
…………... at English. She couldn’t even say a word in English. Now her
English is much better. (hope)

hopeless

4. The new teacher’s advice was very  ………… His students could learn English vocabulary faster. (use)
5. They were  ………… to know that their contributions were  ……………. to the poor people in that area.
useful

(excite, mean)
6. Our school volunteer activities are very  ……….. (excite)
excited
meaningful

exciting

II. Pronunciation
1. Task 1: Listen and repeat

/nd/

/ŋ/

/nt/

second

interesting

announcement

friend

teaching

student

understand

exciting

advertisement

planned

helping

spent

grand

training

environment


II. Pronunciation
2. Task 2: Practice saying the following sentences.

1. I don’t understand what the second friend says.
2. It is interesting and exciting to teach English to children in disadvantaged areas.
3. That student didn’t listen to the announcement for the job advertisement.


III. Grammar
Irregular past tense verbs

Do you know …?
The past simple: Irregular verbs
Many verbs have irregular positive past simple forms. There are no spelling rules
for these forms, so you need to learn them by heart.
e.g. do  did, build  built, come  came

III. Grammar
Irregular past tense verbs
1. Task 1: Rewrite the sentences in the past tense.
1. I hardly ever wear jeans to school. (yesterday)
I wore jeans to school yesterday.
2. My sister and I buy a lot of clothes in the summer. (last summer)
My sister and I bought a lot of clothes last summer.
3. My father sometimes reads newspapers in bed. (last night)
My father read newspapers in bed last night.
4. My mother makes my bed on weekends. (last Sunday)
My mother made my bed last Sunday.
5. I write letters to my grandparents at the weekend. (yesterday afternoon)

I wrote letters to my grandparents yesterday afternoon.


III. Grammar
The past simple vs. the past continuous with when and while

Do you know …?

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The past continuous: to talk about an action in progress

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The past simple: to talk about an action that interrupts it

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E.g. While they were having dinner, the phone rang.


III. Grammar
The past simple vs. the past continuous with when and while

2. Task 2: Match 1-5 with a-e and complete the sentences.
was having
1. We were walking in the park ……

a. I (have) a bath.

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.
asked

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

d. when it (start) to rain.

5. When the phone rang,  ……

e. while we (play) in the
garden.

started

took 

were playing


III. Grammar

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When / While ……, ……

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…… when / while ……


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Learn by heart the words / phrases

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Prepare for the next lesson