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Decide if the following statements are true (T)
Reading or false (F). T F

Read the text about volunteer work in the 1. According to the text, nearly every
United States. American has done volunteer work
in his or her life.
In the United States, almost everyone, at
one time or another, has been a volunteer. 2. Every year almost one in fi ve
According to U.S. government statistics, Americans works as a volunteer.
about one-fi fth of the American population
does volunteer work each year. Americans
have had the tradition of volunteering and 3. Americans have been volunteering
helping one another since the early days of for less than 50 years.
the country.
4. Americans volunteer because they
Americans volunteer not because they
are forced or paid to do it. They enjoy it! are forced to do it.
Traditional volunteer activities include
raising money for people in need, cooking
and giving food, doing general labour (such Which of the activities below are traditional
as clean-up projects and home repair), volunteer activities in the United States?
providing transportation (such as giving Tick ( ) the boxes.
rides to the elderly), and tutoring/ mentoring
young people. 1. providing care for animals
(adapted from “Volunteering: An American Tradition”
by Susan J. Ellis and Katherine H. Campbell in eJournal 2. raising money
USA: The Spirit of Volunteerism. U.S. Department of p p
S
State, 2012). tate, 2012). 3. cooking meals
4. donating blood

5. cleaning streets

6. teaching young children

Speaking

Idea bank: Fill in the table with your ideas for volunteer activities.

To help repair To help people To tutor young
To raise money, To provide food,
we could … we could … things, we could with transportation, children, we
... we could … could …
• cook food and
• make postcards
bring it to street
and sell them
children
Work in groups. Share the ideas in your idea bank with your group members. Then, use the most
interesting ideas to create a new group idea bank and share it with the class.
Example:

A: We could make postcards and sell them to raise money.
B: What types of postcards?
C: Where should we sell them?

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