Vocabulary: Fundraising ideas; Present Perfect (All clear 7)

Complete the sentences.
My friends are doing a                     [badges, barbecue, cars, money, sponsored swim] on Saturday. They are collecting                   [sponsored swim, badges, barbecue, money, cars] for charity. Some other friends are washing                      [badges, barbecue, cars, money, sponsored swim] outside the supermarket. They are also selling                      [sponsored swim, badges, barbecue, cars, money]. On Friday they are having a                     [badges, barbecue, cars, money, sponsored swim] in their garden.

Complete the sentences.

My friends want to                     [had, make, organize, sell, made] a jumble sale for next weekend. They have                      [had, made, organized, sold, sell] a charity CD to sell at the jumble sale. Last year they                    [had, made, organized, sell, sold] a bring and buy sale. They will probably                 [have, make, organize, sell, had, sold]a lot of sweets. They usually                      [have, make, organize, sell] a lot of raffle tickets, too.

Complete the text with expressions for fundraising ideas.
Use the correct form of the verbs in the box.


Last year we           money for a charity working with children in Africa. First we     a bring and buy sale, where all our friends brought different things to sell. We      a lot of badges and we also      lots of sweets. Then we           a jumble sale. One of my friends can sing and play the guitar and she      a charity CD. It was very successful and we also      more than two hundred raffle tickets. Next weekend we are going to      a barbecue and two of my friends are going to    a sponsored swim. My younger brother and his friends are planning to      cars in the supermarket car park. We hope we will make even more money for the charity than we made last year!

Complete the dialogue with for or since.

Bob Have you been friends with Tom       [since, for] a long time?
Tom Yes, we’ve known each other       [since, for] we were at primary school.We’ve been friends now       [since, for]six years.
Bob Have you always lived in this town?
Tom Well, I’ve lived here       [since, for] I was three.But I’ve only lived in this house       [since, for]four years.

Complete the question with the present perfect.

How long ___________________(you/live) in this house?

Complete the sentence with the present perfect.

My sister _____________ (work) in this bookshop since 2010.

Complete the question with the present perfect.

(you /ever/ climb) _____________ a mountain?

Complete the sentence with the present perfect.

It ______________(start) to rain again.

Complete the sentence with the present perfect.

Alice ______________(write) three exciting stories this week.