JOBS AND PROFESSIONS : John the Mechanic

Hello. My name is John. I’m a mechanic. I fix cars. I work in a garage. I

work eight hours a day, five days a week. I work from Monday to
Friday. Sometimes I work overtime on Saturday mornings. I start work
at seven o’clock and I finish work at four o’clock. I get one hour for
lunch. I have lunch from twelve o’clock to one o’clock. I get paid
$500 per week. I get paid every Thursday. I work for A and A
Mechanics. It’s a dirty job but I like it and the pay is good.

I.- Fill in the gap.

2. w __ __ k 3. h __ __ rs 4. w __ e __
1. mec __ __ __ __ __
6. Some __ __ __ __ __ 7. Over __ __ __ __ 8. morn __ __ __ __
5. Fri __ __ __
10. o’cl __ __ __ 11. g __ t 12. lun __ __
9. st __ __ t
14. p __ __ d 15. ev __ __ __ 16. Thu __ __ __ __ __
13. twe __ __ __
18. fin __ __ __ 19. g __ __ d 20. J __ h __
17. dir __ __

II.- Answer the questions in complete sentences.

1. What does John do? _____________________________________________________________

2. What does he fix? _____________________________________________________________
3. Where does John work? ____________________________________________________________
4. How long does he work a day?______________________________________________________
5. Does John work on Saturday mornings? Why?________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
6. What time does John start and finish work?___________________________________________
7. How long does John get for lunch?__________________________________________________
8. When does John get paid?__________________________________________________________
9. Who does John work for? ___________________________________________________________
10. Why does John like his job?__________________________________________________________
11. Circle all the full stops.
12. Underline all the verbs.

III.- Write YES or NO.

a. John is a mechanic. ________

b. He repairs cars. ________
c. He works seven hours a day. ________
d. John works from Monday to Friday. ________
e. He works overtime on Sunday mornings. ________
 f. John starts work at seven o’clock and finishes work at five o’clock. ________
g. He gets sixty minutes for lunch. ________
h. He has lunch from 11 o’clock to one o’clock. ________
i. John gets paid $5000 per week. ________
j. He gets paid every Tuesday. ________
k. John doesn’t like his job because it is dirty. ________
l. John thinks that working as a mechanic is good money. ________

IV.- Draw the times in the clock faces below:

seven o’clock four o’clock twelve o’clock one o’clock

V.- Correct the spellings below.

1. mekanik - _____________________________ 7. finnish - _______________________________

2. garrege - _____________________________ 8. lunkch - _______________________________

3. eikhgt - _______________________________ 9. twelfe - _______________________________

4. soemtimmes - _________________________ 10. o’klock - ______________________________

5. ourvertime - ___________________________ 11. evrey - _______________________________

6. muornings - ___________________________ 12. dirrty - _________________________________

VI.- Write the amounts below in words:

1. $500. - ____________________________________________________________________________
2. $258.- ________________________________________________________________________
3. $62.- ____________________________________________________________________________
4. $3900 .- __________________________________________________________________________
Parts of the car
VII.- Write the number next to the word in the box below.

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boot door number plate

side window rear window rear view mirror
indicator headlight front wheel / front tyre
stop light bonnet fog light
windscreen reversing light door handle
side-view mirror exhaust pipe bumper
 John the Mechanic

VIII.- Choose the words or phrases to complete the text.

Monday cars days o’clock name eight hours mechanic garage

overtime every pay week lunch dirty job twelve

Hello. My (1) ____________ is John. I’m a (2)

____________________. I fix (3) ____________. I work

in a (4) __________________. I work (5)

_____________________ a day, five (6) __________ a

week. I work from (7) ________________ to Friday. Sometimes I work (8) _________________ on

Saturday mornings. I start work at seven (9) _________________ and I finish work at four

o’clock. I get one hour for (10) _______________. I have lunch from (11) ______________

o’clock to one o’clock. I get paid $500 per (12) _____________. I get paid (13) _____________

Thursday. I work for A and A Mechanics. It’s a (14) _____________________ but I like it and

the (15) __________ is good.

Articles : “a / an / the”

IX.- Put a, an or the where suitable. Put an “X“ if no article is needed.

Hello. My name is (1) ________ John. I’m (2) _______ mechanic. I fix (3) _______ cars. I work in

(4) _______ garage. I work eight hours (5) ________ day, five days (6) ________ week. I work

from (7) ________ Monday to Friday. Sometimes I work overtime on (8) ________ Saturday

mornings. I start (9) _______ work at seven o’clock and I finish work at four o’clock. I get

one hour for (10) _______ lunch. I have (11) ________ lunch from twelve o’clock to one

o’clock. I get (12) _______ paid $500 per week. I get paid every Thursday. I work for A and

A Mechanics. It’s (13) _________ dirty job but I like it and (14) _________ pay is good.

Prepositions

X.- Write the correct preposition in the blanck spaces. at from in for to on

1. I work __________ a garage.

2. I work __________ Monday ________ Friday.

3. Sometimes I work overtime _________ Saturday mornings.

4. I start work ________ seven o’clock and I finish work _________ four o’clock.

5. I get one hour _________ lunch.

6. I have lunch ____________ twelve o’clock ________ one o’clock.

7. I work ________ A and A Mechanics.

XI.- Fill in the blanks with the correct Present Simple form (am, is, are, -es, -s) of the verbs.

Hello. My name (1) ________ (be) John. I (2) _______ (be) a mechanic. I (3) ________ (fix)

cars. I (4) ____________ (work) in a garage. I (5) ____________ (work) eight hours a day, five

days a week. I (6) ____________ (work) from Monday to Friday. Sometimes I (7) ____________

(work) overtime on Saturday mornings. I (8) _____________ (start) work at seven o’clock and

I (9) _______________ (finish) work at four o’clock. I (10) _________ (get) one hour for lunch. I

(11) ___________ (have) lunch from twelve o’clock to one o’clock. I (12) _________ (get)

paid $500 per week. I (13) __________ (get) paid every Thursday. I (14) ____________ (work)

for A and A Mechanics. It (15) ________ (be) a dirty job but I (16) ____________ (like) it and

the pay (17) _________ (be) good.

Mixed-up Sentences
XII.- Put the mixed-up sentences into a correct sentence.

1. work and work four seven . I o’clock at I o’clock start at finish

____________________________________________________________________________________

2. have twelve I o’clock one lunch from o’clock . to

____________________________________________________________________________________

3. paid Thursday I . every get

____________________________________________________________________________________

4. a good it dirty but and job it’s like I . pay the is

____________________________________________________________________________________

5. overtime Saturday I . sometimes on work mornings

____________________________________________________________________________________
Cut and paste activity:- Match the pictures to sentences. Then put the story in the correct order.

I work for A and A Mechanics. It’s a I get one hour for lunch. I have Hello. My name is John. I’m a I work eight hours a day, five days a
dirty job but I like it and the pay is lunch from twelve o’clock to one mechanic. week. I work from Monday to Friday.
good. o’clock.

I fix cars. I work in a garage. I start work at seven o’clock and I Sometimes I work overtime on I get paid $500 per week. I get paid
finish work at four o’clock. Saturday mornings. every Thursday.