In groups of three, fill in the blanks on this handout. AFTER
you finish, check your answers against the handout I gave you this
morning. Discuss the answers in English.
Pronunciation and grammar:
(verb: the action) to volunteer
- Simple present: I _____________ each summer, and she volunteers each summer, too.
- Present progressive: I _____________ this term.
- Present perfect: I _____________ many times in Japan.
- Present perfect progressive: I _____________ with the elderly for four years. He has . . .
- Simple past: I _____________ last year.
- Past progressive: I _____________ last Saturday when I received a call from my roommate.
- Past perfect: I _____________ at the elementary school before I began to learn Spanish.
- Past perfect progressive: I _____________ for three days when I was asked to increase my hours.
- Simple future: I _____________ tomorrow at the hospital.
- Future progressive: I _____________ tomorrow while the other students are playing tennis.
- Future perfect: I _____________ 100 hours before I return to Japan.
- Future perfect progressive: I _____________ for four hours by the time I have a lunch break.
(adjective) _____________ (example: volunteer activities = adjective + noun)
(noun: the concept, the idea) _____________
(noun: being a volunteer; the act of volunteering) _____________
(noun: a person) a/the _____________ / _____________ (more than one)
Vocabulary:
non-profit organization =
worthy cause =
without payment = without receiving money
volunteerism and volunteering
soup kitchens =
food banks =
domestic violence =
shelters for women =
youth centers =
litter =
vandalism =
SOLV =
the elderly =
caregiving =
respite care =
natural disasters =