Activities at page 45 from Focus Now

 

Ex. 1

1) The Peace Corps is from the US

2) The Peace Corps send volunteers to work in health, agriculture or education.

3) They work around the world

 

Ex. 2-3

1) More than 9 thousands Peace Corps volunteer are working around the world today c

2) The first speaker, Amy, is working in South Asia. a

3) Amy is helping to build a new school. f

4) Terri and her co-workers are producing fresh vegetables for people in hospital. b

5) Richard is learning Spanish from the children. d

6) Peace Corps volunteers meet people that are different. e

 

Ex. 4

1) Peace Corps volunteers live and work in fifty-seven countries. F

2) Amy likes the place where she is living. T

3) Terri doesn’t like physical work. F

4) Some patients work in the hospital garden. T

5) The children learn more than to bake bread. T

6) Richard says beeing a volunteer is easy. F

 

Ex. 6

1) plumber

2) lawyer

3) writer

4) government

5) climber

6) listen

7) know

 

Ex. 7

You can teach your brother to swim.

You’ve got a lot of free time. You can learn to swim.

We learn a lot in our Math lessons.

Our teacher always teach us a lot during our lessons. I’m always tired when we finish.

I like the way our English teacher teach us. She makes the lessons fun and stress free.

I work very hard at school but my friend always learn more than me. I don’t know why.

How can I learn a new language?

I can’t teach my brother Spanish, he is a terrible student.

Now that I’ve got a job, I’m learning a lot about myself.

My dad is teaching me how to drive. He gets nervous very quickly when I do something wrong!

 

Ex. 8

1) My brother teaches Maths in a big secondary school. He is teaching me Maths now because I have a test tomorrow.

2) This year in History, we are learning about the French Revolution.

3) My grandmother is learning to use the computer. Today I’m teaching her to send e-mails.

 

Activities at pages 46-47 from Focus Now

 

Ex. 1

1) The people’s job are bed tester and water slide tester.

2) In their jobs, they test beds or water slides.

3) I think that the Tommy’s job is more exciting because it’s basically just sliding in the water

 

Ex. 3

1) demanding: adjective

2) employer: noun

3) factory: noun

4) customer: noun

5) earn: verb

6) company: noun

7) resort: noun

8) responsible: adjective

9) salary: noun

 

Ex. 4

1) If a job is demanding it’s difficult and you work hard.

2) An employer is: a person or business people work for.

3) A factory is not: an owner of a business.

4) A customer is: a shop assistant.

5) When you earn money: you get money for work.

 

Ex. 5

1) a business that makes and/or sells things: employer

2) money from an employer for work: salary

3) having a duty or job to do something:

4) popular place for tourist: resort

 

Ex. 6

1) Who says he/she doesn’t work hard? Ella

2) Who travels in his/her job? Tommy

3) Who is doing the job for a short time only? Ella

4) Who says his/her job can have a negative aspect? Tommy

5) Who has a job of testing a product for sale? Ella

6) Who uses the money to pay his/her education? Ella

7) Who needs to fill in questionaires in his/her job? Tommy

8) Who meets a lot of people in his/her job? Tommy

 

Ex. 7

1) Ella works to earn money for her studies.

2) Ella writes a blog.

3) Tommy meets a lot of people.

4) Tommy earns a good salary.

 

Ex. 9

I wouldn’t like people to see me in my pyjamas. A

I don’t like water. B

It’s a very lazy job. A

That job is scary. B

That job is a lot of fun. B

That job is boring. A

 

Ex. 11

1) Do you earn a lot of money as a shop assistant.

2) Doesn’t my brother earn enough to pay the rent.

3) We earn about £40 a day.

4) Does Mrs Fisher earn a good salary.

5) Paul wants to earn some money to pay for a new computer.

6) Carole earns a low salary but she loves her job.