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7 Helping out OXFORD ANIMAL

SHELTER
Help us take care of
unwanted animals
1 Warm-up Volunteer for:
w Animal Care
Look at the advertisement on the right and w Administration
answer the following questions. w Campaign Work
• Imagine that you are interested in becoming a w Fundraising
volunteer. What else would you like to know? w Web assistant
• How would you contact this organisation?
• Have you ever written or read a formal letter/email? Write to: 27 Iffley Road, Oxford, OX4 IEA
2 Read  A. Below is a letter Steven Jenkins sent to the Oxford Animal Shelter to ask for
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information. There are four sentences missing. Read the letter and complete
the blanks 1-4 with the sentences a-d. Then listen and check your answers.
a I look forward to hearing from you soon.

b Could you please inform me what looking
after animals at the shelter involves?
c I am writing to ask you for
more information about
becoming a volunteer.
B. Read the letter again and write T for True or

d Would you consider that as F for False.
work experience?
1. Steven is writing to someone
Dear Sir/Madam, he knows.
I saw your advertisement in a local newspaper. 2. Someone who helps out at the

1 shelter gave Steven the advertisement.
3. Steven doesn’t know exactly what
First of all, I would like to ask if there is a
they mean by animal care.
minimum age for volunteers at the shelter. I
4. Steven has worked at an animal
am a sixteen-year-old student. I love animals shelter before.
and I would like to get involved in animal care. 5. Steven can work on Saturdays
2 Furthermore, I would like to know if and Sundays.
previous work experience is necessary. I live
C. Find indirect questions in the letter and match
in a house full of pets and I always look after them with the ones below. What do you notice
them. 3 Finally, I would like to inform you about the formation of indirect questions?
that I am able to work only at weekends. I hope 1. Is previous work experience necessary?

that is not a problem. Could you please let me
know how many hours I have to work at the 2. Is there a minimum age for volunteers at the
shelter?
shelter?

I would like to thank you in advance for your 3. What does looking after animals at the shelter
time and assistance. 4 involve?

4. How many hours do I have to work at the
Yours faithfully,
shelter?
Steven Jenkins

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