Charity & Voluntary Work (AQA GCSE Polish): Revision Note

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Charity and voluntary work

For the topic of 'charity and voluntary work', you need to:

  • talk about different types of charity and voluntary work

  • say how you have helped others or would like to help in the future

  • explain why people volunteer and why supporting charities is important

Charity and voluntary work

Charity and voluntary work: vocabulary

Some useful words and phrases to talk about charity and voluntary work are:

  • Pomaganie innym jest bardzo ważne w naszym społeczeństwie. – Helping others is very important in our society

  • Wolontariat daje mi możliwość pomagania osobom w potrzebie. – Volunteering gives me the opportunity to help people in need

  • Aby pomagać innym, można pracować jako wolontariusz. – In order to help others, you can work as a volunteer

Category

Polish

Part of speech

English

Voluntary work

dobrowolnie

adv

voluntarily

poświęcać czas

v phrase

to devote time

wolontariat

n (m)

voluntary work, volunteering

wolontariusz

n (m)

volunteer

wolontariuszka

n (f)

female volunteer

zaangażować się

v

to get involved

Helping others

pomagać

v

to help

pomagać innym

phrase

to help others

pomoc

n (f)

help, aid

pomóc

v

to help

opieka

n (f)

care

opiekować się

v

to look after, take care of

ratować

v

to save, rescue

wsparcie

n (nt)

support

wspierać

v

to support

Charity and fundraising

organizacja charytatywna

n (f)

charity organisation

przekazać pieniądze

phrase

to donate/give money

przekazać rzeczy

phrase

to donate items

zbierać pieniądze

phrase

to raise money

zbiórka pieniędzy

n (f)

fundraising, collection

People and places

bezdomny

adj/n

homeless, homeless person

dom starców

n (m)

old people's home

osoba w potrzebie

phrase

person in need

potrzebujący

adj/n

needy, person in need

schronisko dla zwierząt

n (nt)

animal shelter

Society and equality

poprawić

v

to improve

potrzeba

n (f)

need

różnić się

v

to differ

równość

n (f)

equality

równy

adj

equal

Opinions and evaluation

wada

n (f)

disadvantage

ważny

adj

important

zaleta

n (f)

advantage

Higher tier

Key words and phrases

English

English sentence

Polish sentence

zaangażować się; działalność charytatywna

v

n phrase

to get involved; charity work

I would like to get involved in charity work in the future.

Chciałbym w przyszłości zaangażować się w działalność charytatywną.

dobrowolnie; poświęcać czas; pomagać innym

adv,

v

v phrase

voluntarily; to devote time; to help others

I voluntarily devote my time to helping others.

Dobrowolnie poświęcam swój czas na pomaganie innym.

wsparcie; osoby potrzebujące

n( nt)

n phrase

support; people in need

We should provide more support for people in need.

Powinniśmy zapewnić większe wsparcie osobom potrzebującym.

równość; wszyscy;

n(f)

pron (pl)

equality; everyone;

I believe that everyone should have equal rights.

Uważam, że wszyscy powinni mieć równe prawa.

mimo że; trudny; satysfakcja

conj

adj

n(f)

although; difficult; satisfaction

Although volunteering can be difficult, it gives me a lot of satisfaction.

Mimo że wolontariat może być trudny, daje mi dużo satysfakcji.

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Sylwia Jurczak

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Sylwia Jurczak is a Content Writer at Save My Exams and an experienced Polish teacher with over 12 years of teaching experience. She specialises in GCSE and A-level Polish and has experience as an AQA examiner for the GCSE Polish Writing component.

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