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WorksheetsReading and comprehension - Volunteering
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 21mins
According to the presentation, volunteering is what?
Paid work, and involves giving your time, energy, and skills to improve the community or make a difference in someone's life.
Unpaid work, and involves giving your time, energy, and skills to improve the community or make a difference in someone’s life.
How many volunteers contributed to the community in 2016?
6,070
6,071
6,072
6,073
"Our volunteers collectively donated over _______ _____ of their time."
200,000 seconds
200,000 minutes
200,000 hours
200,000 days
How much money was saved?
3.7 million dollars
37 million dollars
.37 million dollars
List the three main areas in which volunteers can participate through Neighbourhood Volunteers.
(a)
Which of the following personal benefits did Annie say volunteering helped to improve?
Work salary, career progression and pride.
Improved work skills, feeling valued and more pay.
Increased confidence, self esteem and meeting new people.
Making new friends, being offered new jobs and helping her career.
What is the purpose of text two?
Talk about volunteering
Talk about tourism
Talk about voluntourism
Talk about basketball
Is text two reliable (trustworthy) as a source?
Yes
No
Choose two reasons as to why text two is reliable.
The speaker is a professor
The speaker likes to go on vacation
The speaker is a volunteer
The speaker is an expert on tourism
Which statement is true?
Voluntourism provides short-term solutions to long-term problems
Voluntourism provides long-term solutions to short-term problems
