John the Mechanic

Hello. My name is John. Im 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 oclock and I finish work at four
oclock. I get one hour for lunch. I have lunch from twelve oclock
to one oclock. I get paid $500 per week. I get paid every Thursday.
I work for A and A Mechanics. Its 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 __ __ __ __

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9. st __ __ t 10.ocl __ __ __ 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 oclock and finishes work at five oclock. ________
g. He gets sixty minutes for lunch. ________
h. He has lunch from 11 oclock to one oclock. ________
i. John gets paid $5000 per week. ________
j. He gets paid every Tuesday. ________
k. John doesnt 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 oclock four oclock twelve oclock one oclock

Correct the spellings below.

1. mekanik - _____________________________ 7. finnish -
2. garrege - _____________________________
3. eikhgt - _______________________________ _______________________________
4. soemtimmes - 8. lunkch -

_________________________ _______________________________
5. ourvertime - 9. twelfe - _______________________________
10.oklock - ______________________________
___________________________ 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 oclock name eight hours mechanic garage
overtime every pay week lunch dirty job twelve

Hello. My (1) ____________ is John. Im 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 oclock. I get one hour for (10) _______________. I have lunch from (11)

______________ oclock to one oclock. I get paid $500 per (12) _____________. I get paid

(13) _____________ Thursday. I work for A and A Mechanics. Its 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. Im (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 oclock and I finish work

at four oclock. I get one hour for (10) _______ lunch. I have (11) ________ lunch from

twelve oclock to one oclock. I get (12) _______ paid $500 per week. I get paid every

Thursday. I work for A and A Mechanics. Its (13) _________ dirty job but I like it and (14)

_________ pay is good.

Prepositions

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 oclock and I finish work _________ four oclock.
5. I get one hour _________ lunch.
6. I have lunch ____________ twelve oclock ________ one oclock.
7. 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 oclock and I (9) _______________ (finish) work at four oclock. I (10) _________

(get) one hour for lunch. I (11) ___________ (have) lunch from twelve oclock to one

oclock. 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 oclock at I oclock start

at finish
____________________________________________________________________________________

2. have twelve I oclock one lunch from oclock . to

____________________________________________________________________________________

3. paid Thursday I . every get

____________________________________________________________________________________

4. a good it dirty but and job its 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. Its I get one hour for lunch. I have Hello. My name is John. Im a I work eight hours a day, five days
a dirty job but I like it and the pay lunch from twelve oclock to one mechanic. a week. I work from Monday to
is good. oclock. Friday.

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