Work in pairs. Choose the dialogue from activity 15, complete it with your own words and phrases. Practice the conversations with your partner.

Read the article. Find out why these students work. Check the correct boxes in the table.

 

The Daily Grind

Is it a good idea for a student to have a job? Why or why not?

Brandon Smith

I’m a junior in high school, and I have a part-time job in a restaurant. I bus dishes on Saturdays and Sundays from 8:30 until 4:00. I earn $5.50 an hour. It isn’t much money, but I save almost every penny! I want to go to a good university, and the cost goes up every year. Of course, I spend some money when I go out on Saturday night.

Lauren Russel

I’m a senior in high school. I have a job as a cashier in a grocery store. The job pays well - about $6.75 an hour. I work every weeknight after school from 4:00 until 8:00. I don’t have time for homework, and my grades aren’t very good this year. But I have to work, or I can’t buy nice clothes and I can’t go out on Saturday night. Also, a car costs a lot of money.

Erica Davis

I’m a freshman in college. College is very expensive, so I work in a law office for three hours every weekday afternoon. I make photocopies, file papers, and sort mail for $8.25 an hour. The job gives me good experiences because I want to be a lawyer someday. But I don’t want to work every semester. I need some time to study.

 

	Brandon	Lauren	Erica
1 To earn money for college
2 To buy nice clothes
3 To go out on the weekend
4 To pay for a car
5 To get job experience

 

Work in groups of three. In turn ask and answer the following questions.

 

• Look at the reasons why each student works. Who has good reasons to work? Who doesn’t in your opinion?
• How many hours a week does each student work?
• How much money does each student earn per week?
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of part-time work for students?

LISTENING

Listen to a conversation. Decide where the situation is taken place. Tick the correct situation in the table below.

 

at the doctor’s
at the police station
at a job interview
at a business meeting

Listen again. Write down four questions the interviewer asks.

Decide if the sentences are true or false. Correct the false sentences.

Example:

Maria is a hotel manager.

No, she isn’t She is a receptionist.

1 Maria is married. ________________________________________

2 Maria is twenty years old. ________________________________________

3 Maria is British. ________________________________________

VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

 

THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

 

Positive   I/ we/ you/ they – do read like work play watch he/ she/ it – does reads likes works plays watches   have - has: I have - he/she/ it has Spelling -es after -s/ -ch/ -sh: pass-passes watch-watches finish-finishes also: do-does go-goes study-studies carry-carries   · We use the present simple for things that are true in general, or for things that happen sometimes or all the time:   ü I like big cities. ü The shops open at 9 o’clock and close at 5.30. ü The Earth goes round the Sun.   · We use the present simple with always/ never/ often/ sometimes/ usually. ü He always gets up at 7 o’clock. ü I usually go to work by car but I sometimes walk. Negative I/ we/ you/ they do not (don’t) do read like work play watch he/ she/ it does not (doesn’t) do read like work play watch   · We use don’t/ doesn’t + infinitive (like/ do/ speak/ work etc.)   ü She speaks Spanish but she doesn’t speak Italian.   Question   Do I/you/we/they play? Does he/she/it like?   · The word order in these questions is: do/does + subject + infinitive   ü Do you work on Saturdays? ü Do they like music? ü Does Chris often play tennis? · The questions beginning with a question word (What, Where, How, How much/many, How often, etc.) have the same structure:   Question word + do/does + subject + infinitive   ü Where do your parents live? ü How often do you wash your hair? ü What do you usually do at weekends? ü How much does it cost to fly to Rome? ü What does this word mean? Short answers Yes, I/ we/ you/ they do.No, I/ we/ you/ they don’t. Yes, he/she/ it does.No, he/she/ it doesn’t. ü Do you smoke? No, I don’t. ü Does he work hard? Yes, he does.

Write the he/she/ it form of these verbs.

 

Example:

1 read reads

2 repair __________

3 watch __________

4 listen __________

5 love _________

6 have _________

7 push __________

8 do ____________

9 think __________

10 kiss __________

11 buy ___________

12 go_____________