Vocabulary 1: Read the conversation in GETTING STARTED again. Find the adjectives ending with the following suffixes:
Who needs your help?

Quan: Hi, Hieu. I called you yesterday afternoon, but you didn't answer.

Hieu: Oh, really? What time?

Quan: At about 2 p.m. What were you doing then?

Hieu: Oh, when you called, I was working. I volunteer every Tuesday afternoon at the Happy Mind Charity Centre. I teach children.

Quan: Really? Why?

Hieu: Because these children are disadvantaged. They have many problems and they need our help.

Quan: What subjects do you teach them?

Hieu: Vietnamese and Maths.

Quan: It sounds interesting. How did you get the job?

Hieu: Just by chance. I was interested in doing volunteer work, so when I saw the advertisement for volunteer positions in the newspaper last summer, I applied and was chosen.

Quan: Oh, I see. Was the job easy at first?

Hieu: Not really. When I worked with them for the first time, many of them couldn't read or write. Some of them were hopeless at Maths!

Quan: What did you do then?

Hieu: I got some useful advice from my teacher. It was really helpful. All of the children can read and write now.

Quan: Your job is very meaningful. I also want to do something useful for our society.

Hieu: Well, if you are interested in this kind of work, I will introduce you to my team leader.

Quan: That sounds great! Thanks for your suggestion! I'm very excited!



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● -ing

● -ful , ,

● -less

Vocabulary 2: Use the words in brackets with appropriate endings from 1 to complete the following sentences.
1. If people spend most of their time doing nothing, they will find their lives ..... (mean)

2. I am in doing charity work....... (interest)

3. Last year, she was really at English. She couldn’t even say a word in English. Now her English is much better........ (hope)

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...... (excite, mean)

6. Our school volunteer activities are very ....... (excite)

Grammar 1: Rewrite the sentences in the past tense, using the time expression in brackets.
1. I hardly ever wear jeans to school. (yesterday)

.......

2. My sister and I buy a lot of clothes in the summer. (last summer)

......

3. My father sometimes reads newspapers in bed. (last night)

......

4. My mother makes my bed on weekends. (last Sunday)

.......

5. I write letters to my grandparents at the weekend. (yesterday afternoon)

........

Grammar 2: Match 1-5 with a-e and complete the sentences in the past simple or the past continuous.
1. We were walking in the park _________

a. _____ I (have) a bath.

b. _____ when someone (take) our school bags.

c. _____ the teacher (ask) me a question.

d. _____ when it (start) to rain.

e. _____ while we (play) in the garden.
2. While I was talking to a friend, _________

a. _____ I (have) a bath.

b. _____ when someone (take) our school bags.

c. _____ the teacher (ask) me a question.

d. _____ when it (start) to rain.

e. _____ while we (play) in the garden.
3. We lost the keys _________

a. _____ I (have) a bath.

b. _____ when someone (take) our school bags.

c. _____ the teacher (ask) me a question.

d. _____ when it (start) to rain.

e. _____ while we (play) in the garden.
4. We were sitting on a bench in the park ________

a. _____ I (have) a bath.

b. _____ when someone (take) our school bags.

c. _____ the teacher (ask) me a question.

d. _____ when it (start) to rain.

e. _____ while we (play) in the garden.
5. When the phone rang, _________

a. _____ I (have) a bath.

b. _____ when someone (take) our school bags.

c. _____ the teacher (ask) me a question.

d. _____ when it (start) to rain.

e. _____ while we (play) in the garden.