What does volunteer mean?
Word: Volunteer
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Volunteer means a person who offers to do a job without being forced, and often without being paid. As a verb, to volunteer is to offer to do something.
How do you spell volunteer?
Syllables: vol - un - teer
Tricky part: The middle vowel is u, as in fun, and the ending has two e's before the r.
Watch out for: volenteer, volunter, valunteer
Memory tip: Volunteer ends like cheer and deer, with eer. Think of the crowd cheering every volunteer at the finish line.
Volunteer in a sentence
Example 1: Ishaan was a volunteer at the blood donation camp.
Example 2: We need a volunteer to read the first poem.
Example 3: The volunteers handed out water at the marathon.
Fun Fact
India's National Service Scheme, started in 1969, gives senior school and college students the chance to volunteer in their local area.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) charity
b) volunteer
c) festival
d) comunity
Show answer
d) comunity. Community needs a double m; festival, volunteer and charity are spelt right.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
vollunteer
a) o
b) l
c) n
d) v
Show answer
b) l. Vol has one l, just as it does in volume.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
rneteluvo
a) vonulteer
b) volutneer
c) vlounteer
d) volunteer
Show answer
d) volunteer. Read each choice aloud: the other three each have two letters swapped round.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
volunteer
a) visitor
b) leader
c) helper
d) owner
Show answer
c) helper. A volunteer is someone who helps of their own free will, so helper is the closest word.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who here is a volunteer?
a) a shopkeeper who sells books at a fair
b) a girl who feeds the dogs at a shelter for free
c) a teacher who is paid to teach music
d) a driver who is paid to run the school bus
Show answer
b) a girl who feeds the dogs at a shelter for free
2. Which sentence uses volunteer as a verb, an action word?
a) Meera will volunteer to clean the board.
b) Two volunteers lost their caps.
c) Our volunteer team won a prize.
d) The volunteer gave out the medals.
Show answer
a) Meera will volunteer to clean the board.
