The document outlines an English language lesson plan that focuses on the present perfect tense and differences between the simple and continuous forms. It includes various listening, speaking, grammar and vocabulary activities. Some example discussion questions are provided about volunteering and charities. The lesson plan is divided into multiple timed sections.

1. English file -
Intermediate
Unit 2B – Present perfect (for / since)

2. • Lead in – charity logos quiz (5 mins)
• Discussion questions – charities (10 mins)
• Listening (1) Africa – Comprehension (5 mins)
• Listening (2) Africa – ordering (5 mins)
• Listening (3) Africa – correcting info (5 mins)
• Speaking practice – volunteers (5 mins)
• Game filler (10 mins)
• Grammar (1) PP vs PPC – highlighting (5 mins)
• Grammar (1) PP vs PPC – presentation (5 mins)
• Grammar (1) PP vs PPC – highlighting (5 mins)
• Grammar (1) PP vs PPC – exercises (10 mins)
• Pronunciation focus – sentence stress (10 mins)
• Speaking practice – PP vs PPC (10 mins)
• Have you been ....? PPC miming game (15 mins)
• Vocabulary from the class quiz – (10 mins)

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4. • Do you think that charities are important?
Why?
• Do you support any charities? If so, which ones?
• If you could support a charity financially, which
one would you support?
• Have you ever done any volunteer work? What
did you do?
• If you had some spare time, how could you
volunteer?

6. 1. In 2008
2. They were on safari to see the mountain gorillas.
3. It broke down.
4. A primary school for orphans
5. It was in a terrible condition. The walls were falling down,
the blackboards were broken, and there weren’t many
desks.

7. 6. She started teaching them English songs.
7. A new school
8. To set up a charity to raise money to rebuild the school
9. On 14 March 2010

15. 1. There are 57 children living in the children’s home.
2. People in Uganda don’t eat (a lot of ) vegetables / eat very
few vegetables.
3. They are building tanks to collect rainwater.
4. In the factory, they make sunflower oil.
5. In the FAL groups, adults learn to read and write.

16. 6. They have just built a secondary school.
7. Most of the volunteers are from Uganda.
8. John Muzzei is now studying to be a nurse.
9. When Rose first arrived at the children’s home,
she never smiled.

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19. Here are the correct answers:
1.Cancer Research UK
2.Save The Children
3.Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
4.Oxfam
5.RSPCA
6.RSPB
7.The Salvation Army
8.British Heart Foundation
9.UNICEF
10.Great Ormond Street Hospital
11.Dogs Trust
12.Water Aid
13.PETA
14.World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
15.Mind
16.Amnesty International

21. doing
running
building
started
changed

23. doing
running
building
started
changed

24. doing
running
building
started
changed

25. (1) You've cleaned the
bathroom!
It looks lovely!
I've been gardening.
It's so nice out there.
(2) She's read ten books this
summer.
She's been reading that book
all day.
(3) I've written you an email. I've been writing emails.
N/A
The grass looks wet. Has it
been raining?
I know, I'm really red. I've

26. Present perfect simple Present perfect continuous
Focuses on the result Focuses on the activity
(1) You've cleaned the
bathroom! It looks lovely!
I've been gardening. It's so
nice out there.
Says 'how many' Says 'how long'
(2) She's read ten books this
summer.
She's been reading that book
all day.

27. Present perfect simple Present perfect continuous
Describes a completed action Describes an activity which may continue
(3) I've written you an
email.
I've been writing emails.
When we can see evidence of recent activity
(4) The grass looks wet. Has it been raining?
I know, I'm really red. I've been running!

28. For or since
•I’ve been working here
since 2019.
•I’ve worked here for 4
years.
•What’s the difference?

29. For or since
•I’ve been working here
since 2019.
•Since for a point in
time.
•It means from this
time / date.

30. •I’ve worked here for 4
years.
•A period of time.
•It has a start and an
end.
•4 years 0,1,2,3,4.

31. For or since
•I’ve been working here
since 2019.
•I’ve worked here for 3
years.
•I worked there for 3
years.

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39. 1. She’s been studying English for three years.
2. How long have they been watching TV?
3. It’s been raining since lunchtime.
4. I haven’t been living here for very long.
5. How long have you been learning to drive?

40. •It’s + adjective (It’s = it is)
•It’s hot = it is hot.
•It’s + noun ( It’s = it is)
•It’s Peter at the door. (It’s = it is)
•It’s + past participle (It’s = It
has)
•It’s been cold = It has been cold.

42. •Have is a special case
•It can be a state verb
•When we describe possessions
• I have two brothers.
•I’m having two brothers
•She’s having a mobile phone

43. •It can also be an action verb
•We can use have to describe
actions.
•To have a shower
•To have breakfast
•She’s having a shower.
•They’re having breakfast.

45. 1. We’ve known each other since we were children.
2. The children have been playing computer games for two
hours.
3. Has your sister had that hairstyle for a long time?
4. I’ve loved her since the first day we met.
5. My internet connection hasn’t been working since
yesterday.

46. 6. How long have you been waiting?
7. I’ve been a teacher for three years.
8. It’s been snowing since 5.00 this morning.
9. Sam hasn’t been studying enough recently.
10. Have you been living in London for a long time?

48. raining lunchtime
learning French
learning French three years
How long raining

49. 1. How long have you been learning French?
2. I’ve been learning French for three years.
3. How long has it been raining?
4. It’s been raining since lunchtime.

50. 2. I'm learning Russian. How long have you been learning Russian?
3. Susan is working in Italy. How long has Susan been working in Italy?
4. John is looking for a job. How long has John been looking for a job?
5. They're living with Mary's parents.
How long have they been living with Mary's parents?
6. I'm going to salsa classes.
How long have you been going to salsa classes?
7. It's raining. How long has it been raining?
8. John is going out with Emily.
How long has John been going out with Emily?
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54. • Choose one of the mime cards and act out
the action on the card.
• Then ask the other people “What have I been
doing”
• The other people have to guess the action.
• If they guess correctly, then they keep the
card.

58. Class 2

59. • Lead in – describing photos related to fund raising (5 mins)
• Discussion questions – raising money for charity (10 mins)
• Reading (1) charity challenges – new vocabulary (10 mins)
• Reading (2) charity challenges – ordering activity (5 mins)
• Reading (3) charity challenges – which paragraph (10 mins)
• Speaking practice – an exciting activity (10 mins)
• Fun facts about charity fund raising (10 mins)
• Vocabulary building – extreme adjectives – lead in (5 mins)
• Vocabulary building – extreme adjectives – exercises (10 mins)
• Speaking practice – communication – extreme adjectives (5 mins)
• Speaking practice – experiences (10 mins) 90
• Writing practice – informal emails – new vocabulary (5 mins)
• Writing practice looking at structure (10 mins)
• Vocabulary from the class quiz (10 mins)
• Homework - Listening video -

61. • Have you ever raised money for charity?
• If you had to raise money for charity, how would
you do it?
• Would you take part in a race for charity? How
far could you run?
• What do you think about the expression charity
begins at home?
• What sorts of fundraising events take place in
your country?

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71. • feeling very emotional G (I cried)
• how beautiful Antarctica is B (the scenery was incredible)
• looking forward to a wash H (lots of hot water so I can have a
good wash)
• looking like a science fiction character A (I may look like Darth
Vader)
• not being able to go outside D (we’ve had to stay in the tent)

72. • stopping cycling because she was very tired C (we had to stop
because I was completely exhausted)
• stopping using one method of transport F (we’ve only been using
bikes and cross-country skis, not kite-skis)
• having to wear the same clothes every day I (I’m not going to get
clean clothes again for three weeks!)
• travelling quickly for the first time E (we set off…and straight
away we were travelling fast.)

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75. ___% of people in the UK gave to charity
via donation or sponsorship in 2020.
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A) 42% B) 52% C) 62%

76. Since launching Facebook fundraising tools in 2015,
Facebook fundraisers have raised more than
$___________for nonprofits and personal causes.
2 billion
A) 200 million B) 2 billion C) 20 billion

77. For every 1,000 website visitors,
a nonprofit raises $____..
612
A) 612 B) 812 C) 1012

78. • Foundations
• Corporations
• Individuals
1 2
3

79. ___% of Fortune
500 companies
offer a matching
gifts program.
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A) 25 B) 45 C) 65

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81. exhausted
freezing
filthy

82. small
afraid
interesting
hungry
big

83. hot
dirty
pleased
funny
sure
surprised

93. A She apologizes for not writing before.
B She thanks Angela for her stay.
C She talks about the nice things they did together when she was
with them.
D She talks about what she’s been doing recently.
E She thanks them again and invites them to stay.
F She sends greetings to another member of the family.

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99. My email
Apologise for not
writing
- Busy with work
family
Thanks for the stay
- Wonderful time
- Really enjoyed
What I enjoyed
- Walks in the park
- Visiting the zoo
- Playing with kids

104. The winning
cake is
number 2, the
Neapolitan
cake.

106. 1. The New York Marathon is an example of one of the ways that
people raise money for charity. It raises about $40 million every
year.
2. The Great British Bake Off is a television programme which has
made baking and bake sales very popular.
3. Macmillan Cancer Support and Adelante Africa are the two
charities that the OUP bake sale is raising money for.
4. Daisy Watt is a chef and is one of the judges of the baking
competition
5. Viennese Whirls are the biscuits that Emma is making.

107. 6. Emma says that baking is a stress-reliever for her – she enjoys
baking and listening to music in the kitchen.
7. James is making a sponge cake with blueberries.
8. James says that when he bakes it’s usually with his kids, and
they make something easy.
9. The decoration is one of the things that Daisy is looking for –
she wants to see that the bakers have made a real effort with the
decoration of their cakes..
10. The OUP bake sale raised over £270 for the two charities.

108. •FireFox users give an average of $140 per donation.
•Chrome users give an average of $153 per donation.
•Safari users give an average of $168 per donation.
•Yahoo users give an average of $120 per donation.
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109. • B – My first night in Antarctica.
• D - We’ve only been in Antarctica for four days.
• I – The training is over and we’re starting our 500-mile
journey today.
• C – The first day of the trek is over!
• E – This morning, the second day of our trek,
• H – We’re on our way to the halfway checkpoint today.
• F –We’re now only 150 miles from our destination.
• A – It’s over a month since we arrived in Antarctica.
• G – We’ve completed our 500-mile journey in 18 days.