Women and work

An old proverb says: "a women's place is at home". But at the present time, at least in Europe, this is not true more. Women are more attracted by work outside the home. Their living conditions have changed and got better thanks to modern progress: women's education and human rights.

All women consider work as a necessity of modern life. While single women work to earn their living and help their families, married women work to give financial help to their husbands as the cost of living is always going up.

Most women do traditional women's jobs like secretaries and nurses. However, some of them have already started taking men's jobs, e.g.: pilots, electricians, plumbers, bus-drivers, etc.

With more much pressure on women working both inside and outside the home, are men prepared to help with the housework?

Answer these questions about the text.

1- What makes women's conditions today different from the past? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2- Why do working wives help their husbands financially? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3- What type of jobs do most women take?

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 Are these statements true or false? Justify.

1- For the Europeans the old proverb is still true. ------------

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2- Single women work to pay for their personal costs only. -------------

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3-Most women have already started taking men's jobs. -------------

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VIDEOGAMES

Videogames are one of the most popular forms of entertainment.

·         Do you like videogames?

·         How often do you play videogames?

·         Do you play on the computer, on a games console or on the mobile phone/tablet?

·         What is your favourite type of videogames?

Minecraft is a popular open world game. Players can create anything they want using blocks. They also can “craft” or build tools and objects with the materials they get in the world. The game was released in 2009.

The creator has earned more than a hundred million dollars. He started the game independently, without almost any help. His father was very bad to him but he is a creative person and decided to move on.

·         Imagine you can get an interview with Markus `Notch´Persson, the creator of the game. What would you ask him? Think of 3 questions

Numbers and colours

Numbers		Colours

Mrs. White`s Grandfather

READ THE FOLLOWING TEXT CAREFULLY.

Mrs. White’s grandfather lived with her and her husband. Every morning he went for a walk in the park and came home at half past twelve for lunch.

One morning a police car stopped outside Mrs. White’s house at twelve o’clock and the policeman helped Mr. White to get out. One of them said to Mrs. White, “The poor old gentleman lost his way in the park and telephoned us for help. So a car was sent to bring him home.”

      Mrs. White was very surprised, but she thanked the policemen and they left.

     “Grandfather, you have been to that park nearly every day for twenty years. How did you lose your way there?”

     The old man smiled, closed one eye and said, “ I didn’t quite lose my way. I just got tired and I didn’t want to walk home!”

A.     All these statements are FALSE. Correct them.

1.      Mrs. White’s grandfather lived alone. __________________________________

2.      Every afternoon he went for a walk in the park. __________________________

3.      He usually returned home for dinner. __________________________________

4.      One evening a police car stopped in front of Mrs. White’s house. ____________

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5.      Mrs. White was informed that her grandfather had been attacked. __________

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B.      Answer the following questions.

1.      Who did Mrs. White’s grandfather live with?

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2.      What did he use to do every morning?

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3.      What time did he come back home?

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4.      What happened one morning at twelve o’clock?

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5.      What did the old man tell the police when he phoned them?

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6.      Why was Mrs. White surprised?

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7.      Did the old man lose his way in the park?

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8.      Why did he phone the police?

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C.      Ask the questions.

1.      _______________________________________________________________?

Yes, Mrs. White was married.

2.      ______________________________________________________________ ?

She thanked the policemen.

3.      _______________________________________________________________?

No, she didn’t believe in the policemen’s story.

4.      ______________________________________________________________?

The old man was very clever because he fooled the policeman.

II

A.      Fill in the missing preposition of time.

1.      Mr. White’s birthday is _________ 22^nd February.

2.      He was born ____________ 1935.

3.      He usually came home ________ noon.

4.      The police car stopped in front of his granddaughter’s house ___ the morning.

5.      _______ Sundays he used to go to the shopping centre.

6.      _______ Christmas Eve, they went to church.

7.      They usually go to the beach ______ summer.

8.      ______ weekends they go to the cinema.

9.      Mr. White was born ______ 20^th century.

10.  Mr. White goes to bed ______ night.

B.      Write the following sentences:

a)- negative form

b)- interrogative form

1.      Mr. White was 80 years old.

a)- ____________________________________________________________

b)- ____________________________________________________________

        2. He left home in the morning.

            a)- _____________________________________________________________

            b)- _____________________________________________________________

       3. The policemen brought him home.

            a)- _____________________________________________________________

            b)- _____________________________________________________________

Writing a letter to a friend

Exercise 1: read my letter.

Dear Naomi,

How are you? Would you like to go to the cinema? There is a film called The Post on Saturday at 5pm.

Please tell me if you can come.

From,

Sarah

Exercise 2: Answer the questions.

1)           Who is the letter written to? ______

2)           Who is the letter from? ___________

3)           Where are going? _______________

4)           What is the name of the film? ______________________________

5)           What time does it start? __________

Exercise 3: Fill in the gaps. Use your own words.

Dear ________,

How are ____? Would you like to go to the ___________? There is a film called _______________ on _______ at ______.

Please tell me if you can come.

From,

_______

Exercise 4: Write your own letter now.

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Exercise 5: Correct the mistakes.

dear naomi,

how are yuo Would you like to go to the cinema there is a film called The post on saturday at 5pm

please tell me If you cen com

from

sarah