EnglishHubA2/B1_U5.1_VocabularyPB+Practice

• A delivery driver earns a wage of $15 per hour.

  • Does the delivery driver get paid for each hour they work?

  • Can he earn more if he works more hours?
    

• An engineer gets a salary of $5,000 per month.

  • Does the engineer get the same amount of money every month?

  • Does their salary depend on the hours they work?

• After two years at the company, Lisa got a pay raise of $200.

  • Did she get the pay raise after working for a long time?

  • Did Lisa's monthly salary increase?

  • Does she earn the extra money each month?

• Mark’s company gave him a Christmas bonus of $500 this year.

  • Did Mark get extra money?

  • Was the bonus given because of Christmas?

  • Does he get this bonus every month?

• Hotel receptionists often work shifts.

  • Do hotel receptionists always work at the same time every day?

  • Can they work at night or on weekends?

  • Does their work schedule change?

• Sarah is taking a day off on Friday to spend time with her family.

  • Is Sarah going to work on Friday?

06:00 - 14: 00 Morning shift

14:00 - 22: 00 Day shift

22:00 - 06: 00 Night shift

Match

Match the collocations.

• long

• low

• pay

• day

• company

hours

wage

rise

off

car

• hours

• wage

• rise

• off

• car

Multiple Choice

get

• a pay rise

• unemployed

Multiple Choice

earn

• a high salary

• unemployed

Multiple Choice

be

• shifts

• your own boss

Multiple Choice

work

• shifts

• more money

Multiple Choice

take

• long hours

• long holidays

Multiple Choice

work

• long hours

• long holidays

Multiple Choice

take

• goals

• a day off

Dropdown

I don’t like working ​

Select answer

. I’d prefer to work regular hours.

My brother ​ got a new ​

Select answer

, so he gave me his old one!

I’m

Select answer

a day off on Friday. I’m going away for a long weekend.

Alex is

Select answer

, but he’s got three job interviews next week.

Dropdown

I enjoy being my own

Select answer

. I don’t like being told what to do!

All employees at the company get a​

Select answer

each year. Last year my salary went up 5%.

My salary is low, but I have the chance to earn a​

Select answer

each time I finish a project.

Sam works hard, but he

Select answer

a very high salary.

• Do you or anyone you know work shifts? How often do they do a night shift?

• Do you know anyone who earns a very high salary? What do they do?

• Do you think people should get an automatic pay rise every year they stay in the same job?

• Who works the longest hours out of all the people you know? What do they do?

• Would you prefer to get a company car or more money?

• Do people who are unemployed get money from the government in your country?

• Would you be motivated by a job where you earn an average salary but have the chance to get a bonus? Why/Why not?