Captain Tom & the NHS

Learn about Captain Tom Moore's NHS fundraising with this vocabulary and comprehension worksheet!

Vocabulary. Match the words or phrases to their meanings. a veteran someone who used to be in the army. fundraising collecting money for a charity a donation money that is given to help someone or an organization crash when a computer system stops working a walker an object with 4 legs to help someone move a soldier someone who is in the army a lockdown when people are forbidden to enter or leave a place because of an emergency Watch the video, listen and, hopefully, understand and enjoy. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate figure, number or date.Kind reminder :- when you write a number, you insert a comma (,) every third figure. ex 1, 500 or 150, 000- ordinal numbers go : 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th. Captain Moore was still 99 years old when he walked around his garden 100 times 2 weeks before his 100th birthday, as he turned 100 on April 3Oth. He walked a total of 2, 500 meters. More than 650, 000 people made donations to his fundraising page and so in total, he raised more than £ 13 M for Britain's NHS (National Health Service), which is about $ 16 M. The JustGiving.com website eventually also made a donation of £ 100, 000 to Captain Moore's campaign. What was Captain Moore original target ? £ 100 £ 1, 000 £ 10, 000 £ 100, 000 What happened when his fundraising page became hugely popular? The page crashed. He was so surprised he fell down. He finished his walk all the same. He was so happy he did a cartwheel. How did his daughter and granddaughter feel after he completed his walk? They were worried about his health. They were sad he had finished. They were proud of him. They were ashamed of him. What did Captain Moore say after completing his walk? Congratulations. I feel fine. I'm exhausted. I can do it again if necessary. What was his job before he joined the army? He was a politician. He was a soldier. He was an engineer. He was a doctor. What was special about Captain Moore's fundraising campaign on JustGiving.com? It was the largest amount of money ever raised on the website. It was the first time somebody raised more than £ 1M. It was the first time somebody was raising money for the NHS. It was the first time someone as old had raised so much money. Collocations : a collocation is NOT several people living together but words that, put together, make an expression. Match the verb on the left to the words on the right. raise money complete a task make a donation receive a message join the army serve as a soldier Now complete the sentencesso as to get your facts about Captain Moore right. Remember to conjugate the verbs. Cpt Moore trained as an engineer before joining the army, and then served as a soldier during WWII.He raised over £ 13M for the NHS.He managed to complete the task he had assigned himself : walking a 100 laps in his garden before his 100th birthday.The fundraising website made a major donation to Cpt Moore's campaign, who then received messages of congratulations from many a famous people. Where was Captain Moore originally from? in what 2 countries did he serve during the Second World War? Who expressed their gratitude to him?