A closer look 2 | Tiếng Anh 7 (Global Success) | Unit 3: Community service - Lớp 7 - Global Success & Bộ Giáo Dục - Đào Tạo

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👉A CLOSER LOOK 2

   Grammar
   The past simple

1. Circle the correct answer A, B, or C to complete each sentence.

   1. Green School _____ vegetables for an orphanage last spring.
     A. is growing              B. grew                C. grows
   2. Children _____ plastic bottles for recycling a month ago.
     A. are collecting         B. collect              C. collected
   3. We ____ English to children in a primary school last summer.
     A. are teaching           B. taught             C. teach
   4. Our school club _____ gloves for old people in nursing homes last winter.
     A. made                      B. is making        C. make
   5. We _____ bottles to help the environment last month.
     A. are reusing             B. reuse               C. reused

   💡Remember!
     We use the past simple to talk about completed actions in the past.
     We often use specific time expressions, such as yesterday, last month, three weeks ago, or in 1999 with the past simple.

2. Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the given verbs.

   1. Care for Animals (take) _____ care of thousands of homeless dogs and cats last year.
   2. _____ teenagers (join) _____ Lending Hand in 2015?
   3. We (help) _____ the elderly in a village last summer.
   4. Last year, we (send) _____ textbooks to help children in a rural village.
   5. Tom (volunteer) _____ to teach English in our village last winter.

3. Complete the sentences with Complete the correct forms of the verbs from the box.

   1. The club members _____ food for patients every Sunday.
   2. _____ you those trees in the playground last month.
   3. Nick and his friends _____ rubbish on the beach now.
   4. Tom _____ the plastic bottles, and now he has some nice vases.
   5. We often _____ books to old people in a nursing home.

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4. Write complete sentences from the prompts.

   1. Last year / our club / donate / books / children in rural areas.
   2. children /send you thank-you cards / a week ago?
   3. I / teach / two children in grade 2 / last summer.
   4. Last spring / we /help / the elderly / nursing home.
   5. How / you / help / people / in flooded areas / last year?

5. Work in pairs. Tom is from the Red Cross. Look at the fact sheet and ask Tom about his projects in 2016 and 2020.

   Example:
   Tom: I'm from the Red Cross. I worked on the Help Lonely People project in 2016.
   Lan: What did you do?
   Tom: We helped 200 lonely people...