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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.
Fill in the gap.
1. mec __ __ __ __ __

2. w __ __ k

3. h __ __ rs

4. w __ e __

5. Fri __ __ __

6. Some __ __ __ __
__

7. Over __ __ __ __

8. morn __ __ __ __

9. st __ __ t

10. o’cl __ __ __

11. g __ t

12. lun __ __

13. twe __ __ __

14. p __ __ d

15. ev __ __ __

16. Thu __ __ __ __ __

17. dir __ __

18. fin __ __ __

19. g __ __ d

20. J __ h __

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.
13. 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. ________
Draw the times in the clock faces below:

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seven o’clock

four o’clock

twelve o’clock

one o’clock

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 -

___________________________
Write the amounts below in words:

_________________________________

1. $500 ___________________________________________________________________________
___
2. $45.70 ___________________________________________________________________________
_
3. $258.50 ___________________________________________________________________________
4. $62.95 ___________________________________________________________________________
_
5. $39.00 ___________________________________________________________________________
_

Parts of the car
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
Choose the words or phrases to complete the text.
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Monday

cars

days

overtime

o’clock

every

pay

name

eight hours

week

lunch

mechanic

dirty job

garage

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”
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
at
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

from

in

for

to

on

I work __________ a garage.
I work __________ Monday ________ Friday.
Sometimes I work overtime _________ Saturday mornings.
I start work ________ seven o’clock and I finish work _________ four o’clock.
I get one hour _________ lunch.
I have lunch ____________ twelve o’clock ________ one o’clock.
I work ________ A and A Mechanics.

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

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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
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

___________________________________________________________________________
_________

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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
dirty job but I like it and the pay is
good.

I get one hour for lunch. I have lunch
from twelve o’clock to one o’clock.

Hello. My name is John. I’m a

mechanic.

I work eight hours a day, five days a
week. I work from Monday to Friday.

I fix cars. I work in a garage.

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

Sometimes I work overtime on
Saturday mornings.

I get paid $500 per week. I get paid
every Thursday.