conversation lesson

WORK

Talk about the pros and cons of different jobs and say how they help society

1. Working for yourself ..............2. A fixed amount of money that you earn each month or year from your job ............ 3. Paid a lot of money ................. 4. An increase in the amount of money you are paid to do your job ..............

SPEAK Work in pairs. What are four things, apart from money, that can make people happy at work?

GRAMMAR

CAN, COULD, BE ABLE TO

WORK IN PAIRS. DISCUSS THE QUESTIONS

1. What are some of your abilities?
2. What were some of your abilities in the past?

VOCABULARY: WORK COLLOCATIONS

1. Do you or anyone you know .......... shifts? How often do they do night shifts?2. Do you know anyone who ......... a very high salary? What do they do? 3. Do you think people should ........ an automatic pay rise every year they stay in the same job? 4. Who ........ the longest hours out of all the people you know? What do they do? 5. When was the last time you ....... a day off? What did you do? 6. Would you prefer to ........ a company car or more money? 7. Do people who ............... unemployed get money from the government in your country? 8. Would you be motivated by a job where you earn an average salary, but have the chance to ........ a bonus? Why/ Why not?

1. Discuss the questions for each job

2. Discuss which categories of jobs are most valuable for society and why

A. Who do you know that does these jobs? How do they feel about them? B. Is each job paid a high, medium or low wage? C. What are the best and worst parts for each job? D. Give each job a category which describes how it helps society, for example, important for entertainment, health, education....

WHICH OF THE FOUR JOBS IN THE ARTICLE WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE? WHY?