Charity and Voluntary Work - Worksheets, Questions and Revision

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This topic is chapter 8 of GCSE French: Writing Practice Book.

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6.9 Charity and Voluntary Work

AQA 8652 · about 55 minutes

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Name: _______________________________ Date: ____ / ____ / ______

Accents and the cedilla are used throughout; reproduce them correctly in your answers where required. Questions 8 to 13 require full sentences. Time guidance: 60 minutes.

Vocabulary: In the context of charity events in a UK school, what does 'une collecte de fonds' mean?

A. a fundraising collection
B. a food bank
C. an environmental clean-up
D. a volunteer meeting

(Total for Question 1 is 1 mark)

Translate into English: 'Nous devrions organiser un service pour aider les personnes âgées à faire leurs courses.' Context: suggesting a practical activity to support elderly neighbours.

(Total for Question 2 is 3 marks)

Translate into French: (Into French) 'Every month, I collect canned food and take it to the food bank.' Context: describing a regular personal action to support a food bank.

(Total for Question 3 is 3 marks)

Foundation written task (about 90 words). Write in French. You are organising a small charity event at school. Include: 1) what event you will organise and when, 2) who will help you, 3) two reasons why the event is important. Context: a short message for the school noticeboard encouraging classmates to join. About 90 words. Write full sentences.

(Total for Question 4 is 15 marks)

Higher structured writing task (about 150 words). Write in French. You are writing a short article for the local youth magazine about why young people should volunteer. Include: 1) one example of a volunteering activity you have done or would like to do, 2) two benefits for the community, 3) two personal benefits for young volunteers, 4) a justified opinion explaining why schools should encourage volunteering. Use a range of tenses (present, perfect, near future, conditional) and give reasons and examples. About 150 words. Write full sentences.

(Total for Question 5 is 15 marks)

Grammar correction: Correct the mistake in this sentence about volunteering: 'Nous devons aidons les personnes âgées le samedi.' Context: advising about weekend volunteering for elderly people.

(Total for Question 6 is 1 mark)

Gap-fill: Complete the sentence about a school event using il faut, on doit or je devrais: '_______ organiser une vente de gâteaux pour la banque alimentaire.' Context: suggesting actions to help a local food bank.

(Total for Question 7 is 1 mark)

Translate into English (short): 'Je fais du bénévolat au centre communautaire tous les dimanches.' Context: talking about regular volunteering at a local community centre.

(Total for Question 8 is 2 marks)

Translate into English: 'Si j'avais plus de temps, je participerais à des ramassages déchets dans le parc.' Context: expressing a hypothetical plan about environmental clean-ups.

(Total for Question 9 is 3 marks)

Translate into French: (Into French) 'Next weekend I would like to help at the food bank.' Context: offering to help at a local food bank next weekend.

(Total for Question 10 is 3 marks)

Reading passage: a short French note from a pupil about a charity week at school. Text: 'Semaine de la solidarité à notre école: nous avons organisé une collecte de fonds pour la banque alimentaire locale. Le lundi, nous avons préparé des sachets de nourriture; le mardi, des élèves ont aidé à trier les dons; le mercredi, il y a eu une vente de gâteaux. Beaucoup de parents ont participé et nous avons collecté plus de cent boîtes de nourriture. Le samedi, un groupe d'étudiants a fait un ramassage déchets dans le parc près de l'école.' Context: reading for comprehension about fundraising and volunteering at school.

(a)What was the purpose of the fundraising collection at the school? (one short sentence in English)(2)

(b)List two different activities pupils did during the week, according to the note.(2)

(c)How many boxes of food were collected? Answer in English with the number.(2)

(d)When did the students do a litter-pick, and where? (one short sentence in English)(2)

(Total for Question 11 is 8 marks)

Multiple choice vocabulary: Which French phrase best means 'to help elderly people'? Context: volunteering services for older people.

A. aider les personnes âgées
B. organiser une colecte
C. nettoyer le parc
D. vendre des gâteaux

(Total for Question 12 is 1 mark)

Correct the mistake: 'Il faut que nous aidons les réfugiés ce soir.' Context: advising a group action this evening using a subjunctive trigger is not required at Foundation.

(Total for Question 13 is 1 mark)

Mark scheme · 6.9 Charity and Voluntary Work

Question 1

B1 chooses A, fundraising collection, which is the correct meaning of une collecte de fonds
Answer: A

Question 2

M1 we should / we ought to correctly rendered for nous devrions
M1 organise a service / set up a service correctly rendered
A1 help elderly people with their shopping correctly rendered
Answer: We should organise a service to help elderly people do their shopping.

Question 3

M1 every month correctly expressed: tous les mois / une fois par mois
M1 collect canned food correctly expressed: je collecte des conserves / je recueille des boîtes de conserve (preferred: je collecte des conserves)
A1 take it to the food bank correctly rendered: et je les apporte à la banque alimentaire
Answer: Tous les mois, je collecte des conserves et je les apporte à la banque alimentaire.

Question 4

B1 states the event to be organised (e.g. a cake sale, a clothing collection, a sponsored walk)
B1 gives a time or date for the event (e.g. next Friday, next month, le samedi 12 juin)
B1 identifies at least one group of helpers (e.g. classmates, teachers, parents, local volunteers)
B1 identifies a second helper or role (e.g. people to bake, people to collect donations, someone to advertise)
B1 gives one reason why the event is important (e.g. helps the food bank, supports elderly people, protects the environment)
B1 gives a second reason why the event is important (different from the first)
B1 includes a simple call to action or invitation to join (e.g. Rejoignez-nous, Venez aider, Merci de participer)
B1 uses at least one modal expression correctly (il faut, on doit, je devrais, je voudrais)
B1 uses a relevant time phrase or frequency word (e.g. le weekend, chaque mois, bientôt)
B1 demonstrates basic sentence structure across several sentences (subject-verb-object and linking words)
A1 accuracy of spelling and basic grammar across the piece, some correct verb forms
A1 correct use of agreement and plural forms in key places (e.g. des boîtes, les élèves)
A1 correct use of at least one tense appropriate to the task (present, near future or conditional)
A1 appropriate linking words used with a few correct spellings (e.g. et, mais, parce que)
A1 overall intelligibility: the message is clear with only minor errors

Question 5

Level 1 (1-4): Simple responses with limited relevance to the task. Short sentences, narrow range of vocabulary, many basic errors, limited control of tenses and agreement.
Level 2 (5-8): Competent response that covers the task with some development. Uses a range of vocabulary and some different tenses. Errors occur but do not prevent communication. Opinions and reasons are present but not fully justified.
Level 3 (9-12): Good response addressing all bullet points with clear organisation. Good variety of vocabulary and tenses, generally accurate grammar and agreement. Opinions are justified with examples.
Level 4 (13-15): Excellent, detailed and sustained response. Wide range of vocabulary and structures, confident use of present, perfect, near future and conditional. Convincing, well-supported justification and few, if any, errors.
Indicative content:
- Example activity: organising a food collection, helping at a food bank, running a litter-pick, visiting an elderly person, helping at a charity shop
- Community benefits: more people helped, less food waste, cleaner public spaces, stronger community links, support for vulnerable people
- Personal benefits: develop skills (communication, teamwork), improve confidence, gain experience for future study or work, feel rewarded
- Use of tenses: present to describe current views, perfect to describe past volunteering (j'ai aidé), near future to describe planned activity (je vais organiser), conditional to explain hypothetical benefits (je serais plus confiant)
- Justification why schools should encourage volunteering: helps develop responsible citizens, links learning to real life, improves wellbeing and community cohesion, examples of school programmes that worked
- Language range: connectives (parce que, donc, cependant), modal verbs (il faut, nous devrions), opinion language (à mon avis, je crois que), varied sentence openings

Question 6

B1 writes the corrected sentence with the infinitive after devons: Nous devons aider les personnes âgées le samedi.
Answer: Nous devons aider les personnes âgées le samedi.

Question 7

B1 fills with an appropriate modal: Il faut organiser une vente de gâteaux pour la banque alimentaire. or On doit organiser une vente de gâteaux pour la banque alimentaire. or Je devrais organiser une vente de gâteaux pour la banque alimentaire.
Answer: Il faut organiser une vente de gâteaux pour la banque alimentaire. (oe: On doit organiser ... / Je devrais organiser ...)

Question 8

M1 correct present tense meaning: I volunteer / I do voluntary work
A1 correct time and place: at the community centre every Sunday
Answer: I volunteer at the community centre every Sunday. (oe: I do voluntary work at the community centre every Sunday.)

Question 9

M1 if-clause si + imparfait correctly rendered: If I had more time
M1 conditional main clause correctly rendered: I would take part / I would participate
A1 purpose/activity and place rendered: in litter-picks / environmental clean-ups in the park
Answer: If I had more time, I would take part in litter-picks in the park.

Question 10

M1 near future or conditional for 'would like' correctly expressed: je voudrais or j'aimerais
M1 time phrase correctly added: le week-end prochain / le prochain week-end
A1 help at the food bank correctly translated: aider à la banque alimentaire / aider à la banque de nourriture
Answer: Le week-end prochain, je voudrais aider à la banque alimentaire.

Question 11

(a) M1 identifies the beneficiary as the local food bank or bank of food
(a) A1 mentions that it was a fundraising collection for food donations or to help the local food bank
(a) Answer: To raise funds and collect food for the local food bank.
(b) B1 names one valid activity: prepared food bags / sorted donations / ran a cake sale / did litter-picks
(b) B1 names a second valid activity different from the first
(b) Answer: They prepared food bags and sorted donations. (oe: ran a cake sale; did a litter-pick in the park.)
(c) B1 gives the number as more than one hundred / more than 100 / 100+ boxes
(c) A1 renders as 'more than one hundred boxes of food' or 'over 100 boxes of food'
(c) Answer: They collected more than one hundred boxes of food.
(d) M1 identifies the day as Saturday
(d) A1 identifies the place as the park near the school
(d) Answer: On Saturday, a group of students did a litter-pick in the park near the school.

Question 12

B1 chooses A, which correctly translates as to help elderly people
Answer: A

Question 13

B1 corrects to either Il faut aider les réfugiés ce soir. or Nous devons aider les réfugiés ce soir. removing the incorrect que + present construction
Answer: Il faut aider les réfugiés ce soir. (oe: Nous devons aider les réfugiés ce soir.)

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