Working 9-5

1. What is the minimum hourly ______ in your country? Do you think it is enough?
2. What is the average ________ for a politician in your country? Do you think it is enough?
3. How long is your normal working day? Do you get paid for ________ (working extra hours)?
4. Do you get a Christmas or Summer _________ in your job? If so, how much do you get?
5. How much __________ do you get at Christmas, Easter and in the summer?
6. Have you ever worked a night ________? What was it like? Do you know anyone who does it often?
7. Do you sometimes get some__________ at work, such as e.g. school starter kit for children?
8. What are the most common ___________ jobs for people with children in your country?
9. If you have to travel for your job, does your company pay your _________? Or do you have to pay them yourself?
10. When was the last time you got a _________ from a carpenter/plumber/builder etc.? How much was it?
11. How much does a doctor _________ in your country? Is it enough? Who do you think doesn’t _______ enough? Who do
you think ________ too much?

A.SHIFT B.EXPENSES C.WAGE D.SALARY E.BONUS F.OVERTIME G.QUOTE H.EARN I.PART-TIME J.TIME OFF K.PERKS
Different Trades
What are the names of these jobs?

1. How do people train for these jobs in your country?

2. Do you have any skills in these areas?
3. What are the advantages of these jobs compared to an office job?

Reading
I got my first job when I was 12 years old. I worked as a paperboy delivering newspapers to people in my village every morning. I used
to get up very early and deliver the papers to half of the village while my friend Ben would deliver to the other half. I used to love seeing
the empty streets of the village before anyone got up but I used to hate the job on rainy days. I would sometimes ride my bike to get the
job done faster. Ben was luckier than me, sometimes if he couldn’t be bothered to do his paper round, his Dad would drive him around
his route in his car!

1. What was his first job?

2. He had to deliver papers to the whole village T/F
3. What did he enjoy about his job?
4. What didn’t he like about his job?
5. He always did the job on foot T/F
6. Sometimes someone helped him do his job T/F

Underline all the uses of “used to” and “would” in the text. Both can be used to describe habits in the past.

Complete the rules below with “would” or “used to”:

__________________ can be used to describe past habitual actions, likes/dislikes, states and opinions that are not true now.

__________________ can only be used to describe past habitual actions NOT states and opinions.

Look at the text again, in which cases can we use either “used to” or “would” and which ones can we only use “used to”? Complete
the sentences below with “used to” or “used to + would”

1. I _____________ be really fat but I’ve lost a lot of weight.

2. When I was a child I ___________________ play football in the park for hours.
3. I _____________ hate olives but I love them now.
4. When I worked in the city centre I ___________________take the metro to work every day.
5. I ____________________ think that living alone was boring but I’ve changed my mind now.
6. When I was at primary school we __________________ go swimming every Monday afternoon and on the way home we
__________________ stop to buy sweets and Coca-Cola I ________________ love Monday afternoons!

Note: We normally start a story about a past habit with “used to” and then use “would” to describe actions:I used to work in advertising; I would
travel all over the world meeting different clients. On Fridays we would take the day off and go to a casino or a bar.