Answer Sheet for Unit 9

Index:

Section 1: Vocabulary Practice

Exercise 1: Test Yourself

  1. maintenance
  2. disadvantaged
  3. social worker
  4. allowance
  5. claim; to apply for; to claim
  6. to award
  7. foster home
  8. retirement
  9. visual impairment
  10. day centre
  11. awarded
  12. adoption
  13. child support
  14. wages
  15. counselling
  16. rate
  17. pension scheme
  18. dependants
  19. nurse
  20. disability
  21. application
  22. means test
  23. voluntary work
  24. support
  25. recreation
  26. rehabilitation
  27. residential home
  28. social services
  29. to assess
  30. contributory
  31. rights
  32. migrant
  33. health
  34. scheme
  35. asylum seeker
  36. to qualify
  37. benefit
  38. unemployment
  39. insurance
  40. salary
  41. caring
  42. widow
  43. to fund
  44. lone parent
  45. entitled
  46. welfare
  47. orphan
  48. community

Section 2: Listening Comprehension

Exercise 1: Multiple Choice Questions

  1. Out of work.
  2. He has been working.
  3. Two months.
  4. Yes.
  5. No.
  6. Unemployment benefits

Exercise 2: Multiple Choice Questions

  1. She is a lone parent.
  2. He has been sent to prison.
  3. Jacky has a baby boy.
  4. Child support and a prison allowance.
  5. Assess her situation

Exercise 3: Multiple Choice Questions

  1. Blind and visually impaired people.
  2. An eye test and a means test.
  3. Is a fixed personal rate and an amount for dependants.
  4. A pass for free travel on all kinds of public transport.
  5. A supplementary income maintenance payment.

Exercise 4: Multiple Choice Questions

  1. 134.80 euros per week.
  2. 16.80 euros
  3. Goes up.
  4. Yes.

Exercise 5: Multiple Choice Questions

  1. Living with her daughter.
  2. She has accepted a new job in a different part of the country.
  3. Annie's pension and the money from the sale of the house

Section 3: General Comprehension

Exercise 1: True/False Statements

  1. TRUE
  2. TRUE
  3. TRUE
  4. FALSE
  5. TRUE
  6. TRUE
  7. TRUE
  8. FALSE
  9. TRUE

Section 4: Grammar Practice

Exercise 1: Transformation

  1. When did you apply?
  2. When did she go?
  3. When did she have it?
  4. When did you receive it?
  5. When did she get it?
  6. When did he take it?

Exercise 2: Transformation

  1. Where did you find it?
  2. Where did she go?
  3. Where did she have it?
  4. Where did you lose it?
  5. Where did he get it?
  6. Where did he take it?

Exercise 3: Transformation

  1. Yes, I applied last week.
  2. Yes, she went last week.
  3. Yes, she had it last week.
  4. Yes, I received it last week.
  5. Yes, she got one last week.
  6. Yes, he took it last week.

Exercise 4: Transformation

  1. Yes, I've already received it.
  2. Yes, I've already filled it in.
  3. Yes, I've already been.
  4. Yes, she's already gone.
  5. Yes, he's already found it.
  6. Yes, I've already finished.

Exercise 5: Transformation

  1. No, I haven't received it yet.
  2. No, I haven't filled it in yet.
  3. No, I haven't been yet.
  4. No, she hasn't gone yet.
  5. No, he hasn't found it yet.
  6. No, I haven't finished yet.

Exercise 6: Selections

  1. A lot of people asked for asylum in Britain last year.
  2. Where did you take your test?
  3. Has her husband died yet?
  4. I've already sent the application form.
  5. I've been out of work for six months now.
  6. I thought you received an increase last month.

Section 5: Consolidation

Exercise 1: True/False Statements

  1. TRUE
  2. FALSE
  3. TRUE
  4. TRUE
  5. TRUE
  6. TRUE
  7. TRUE
  8. FALSE
  9. TRUE
  10. TRUE

Exercise 2: Dictation

  1. Payments made under the social insurance system are funded by contributions from employers and employees. Any deficit is met by State subsidy. Entitlement to social insurance benefits depends on the person claiming (the claimant) having paid a certain number of contributions in a specific period of time. On the other hand, social assistance payments do not depend on contributions made by the claimant, and are paid for by State funding.

Exercise 3: Cloze

  1. The
  2. for
  3. into
  4. are
  5. of
  6. such
  7. means
  8. under
  9. Any
  10. other

Exercise 4: Gap Filling

  1. claim
  2. fill in
  3. care for
  4. yet
  5. made up
  6. for
  7. low
  8. contributions
  9. subsidy
  10. free
  11. wages and salary
  12. lone
  13. job
  14. assess
  15. last
  16. mean
  17. looking
  18. divided
  19. down
  20. low
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