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Exercise 1

He/She

1. works outside                                                                                                T
2. works in the evening.                                                                                 SY
3. does the job because he/she can't find anything else.                 MA
4. sometimes wears special clothes.                                                         T
5. works in an office.                                                                                        N
6. doesn't always earn the same amount of money.                          MA
7. sometimes works with other people.                                                  T
8. does more than one job.                                                                           N
9. works for different businesses.                                                                             T
10. can eat when he/she is working.                                                           SY

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Exercise 1

1. Are you working at the moment? If not, can you help me in the kitchen ?
2. Where do your mum teach? Are you happy she doesn't teach in our school?
3. Mr Brown doesn’t work here. He works in our office in London.
4. Do you work every weekend? Yes, I do but only on Saturdays.
5. What is your brother doing at the moment?
6. What do you want to do when you finish university?
7. “Are you phoning the plumber?” “Yes, I am. I can't stop this water.”

Exercise 2

1. MEET We usually meet outside the cinema but it's raining so we’re meeting in a café.
2. HAVE My mum is having bath at the moment. She usually have a shower but she wants to relax today
3. DO It's seven o'clock in the morning and my brother is doing his homework. I always do my homework in the evening.
4. HAVE We usually have Math on Friday afternoon but our teacher is ill so, today, we are having an extra English lesson
5. SEND My friends usually send me texts but my phone isn’t working so they are sending me emails at the moment.

Exercise 3

Conversation 1
Jason: Hi, Mark. What are you doing?
mark: I'm cooking dinner. Can you help me? This is really difficult.
Jason: OK. Is your mum working today?
Mark: Yes, she is. She's working late. Does your mum work?
Jason: Yes, she does. She works in a bank. That's why I know how to cook. Right. Let's start.

Conversation 2
Mandy: I can't believe your mum wants you to clean the whole house. Is Tom helping you?
Theresa: No, he isn’t. He says he’s got lots of homework.
Mandy: Do you believe him?
Theresa: No, but my mum does.
Mandy: What do you want to do later, when the house is clean?
Theresa: I'm not sure. I'll phone and tell you.

Conversation 3
Sam: What do you do?
Kelly: I'm a teacher. I teach Chemistry.
Sam: Really? I've got a problem with my Chemistry homework. Could you help me?
Kelly: OK. Let me look. Oh, right. Well. It's like this... Are you understanding now?
Sam: Er.. I think so. Can you tell me again?

Exercise 4

Do you work very hard?
Do you earn (you/earn) a low salary?
Are you unhappy at work?
Danielle works hard but she isn’t unhappy. She loves her job. She is a waitress at FreshFlavourFoods.
FreshFlavourFoods is a new business but now it is growing very quickly. We open new restaurants all over the country and we look for friendly, hard-working people like Danielle to come and work for us. You are looking for a new job? For more details and an online application form, go to FreshFlavourFoods.abc

Exercise 5

Hi Kathy,
I'm at work. Don't worry! I’m having a break. I’m sitting down with my tablet for ten minutes. I stand up all day so I’m getting this rest. The restaurant is very busy today but the customers are nice. They aren’t complaining even when I bring them the wrong food. And they often leave me quite a lot of money. I earn £30 and I often get another £20 from customers.
Oh no. The door is opening. It's my manager. Time to go back to work. Only another four hours to go!
See you.
Rachel