Unit 9: English for Social Services

Aims and Objectives

In this unit you will learn and practise vocabulary related to social services.

You will practise the following skills and functions:

• distinguishing between past actions and the result of past actions in the present

The grammar focus of this unit is:

• Simple Past and Present Perfect

Vocabulary

	adopce
	pravidelný příjem
	žádost
	uchazeč o azyl
	přiřčený
	dávka
	pečující
	podpora dítěte
	požadavek
	společenství, obec
	přispívající
	poradenství
	denní centrum
	rodinní příslušníci
	postižení
	znevýhodněný
	oprávněný
	náhradní domov
	zdraví
	pojištění
	osamělý rodič
	podpora
	průzkum majetkových poměrů
	kočovník
	zdravotní sestra
	sirotek
	penzijní plán
	sazba
	zotavení
	rehabilitace
	domov důchodců
	odchod do důchodu
	práva
	plat
	návrh, plán
	sociální služby
	socialni pracovník
	podpora
	zažádat si o
	přidělit
	cena
	dožadovat se
	financovat
	oprávnit, uzpůsobit
	nezaměstnanost
	zrakové postižení
	dobrovolná práce
	mzda
	dobročinnost
	vdova

Exercises

Section 1: Vocabulary Practice

Fill in the correct translation for each of the terms below.

1. oprávněný [?]
2. zotavení [?]
3. zrakové postižení [?]
4. průzkum majetkových poměrů [?]
5. sirotek [?]
6. sazba [?]
7. dobročinnost [?]
8. sociální služby [?]
9. společenství, obec [?]
10. socialni pracovník [?]
11. přidělit [?]
12. rehabilitace [?]
13. penzijní plán [?]
14. poradenství [?]
15. znevýhodněný [?]
16. dožadovat se [?]
17. cena [?]
18. přispívající [?]
19. odchod do důchodu [?]
20. návrh, plán [?]
21. zdraví [?]
22. osamělý rodič [?]
23. pravidelný příjem [?]
24. adopce [?]
25. práva [?]
26. plat [?]
27. uchazeč o azyl [?]
28. nezaměstnanost [?]
29. podpora dítěte [?]
30. zdravotní sestra [?]
31. přiřčený [?]
32. náhradní domov [?]
33. domov důchodců [?]
34. žádost [?]
35. mzda [?]
36. podpora [?]
37. rodinní příslušníci [?]
38. denní centrum [?]
39. vdova [?]
40. oprávnit, uzpůsobit [?]
41. dávka [?]
42. zažádat si o [?]
43. pečující [?]
44. pojištění [?]
45. kočovník [?]
46. požadavek [?]
47. dobrovolná práce [?]
48. postižení [?]
49. financovat [?]

Section 2: Listening Comprehension

Chose the correct answer.

Recording: show transcript

This exercise can be also done purely aurally/orally:

1. At the moment Patrick is:

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

   [?]
2. What has Patrick done for the past two years?

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

   [?]
3. How long did he work in his last job?

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

   [?]
4. Did he pay social insurance contributions in the last job?

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

   [?]
5. Did he pay social insurance contributions in the previous jobs?

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

   [?]
6. What has Patrick come to find out about?

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

   [?]

Chose the correct answer.

Recording: show transcript

This exercise can be also done purely aurally/orally:

1. What is Jacky's present situation?

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

   [?]
2. Why has the baby's father gone away?

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

   [?]
3. Which is correct?

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

   [?]
4. What does Jacky want to claim?

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

   [?]
5. What is the clerk going to do?

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

   [?]

Chose the correct answer.

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This exercise can be also done purely aurally/orally:

1. The Blind Person's Pension is paid to:

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

   [?]
2. To qualify for the Pension you must have:

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

   [?]
3. The payment you receive:

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

   [?]
4. You will also receive:

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

   [?]
5. The Blind Welfare Allowance is:

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

   [?]

Chose the correct answer.

Recording: show transcript

This exercise can be also done purely aurally/orally:

1. How much is the Blind Pension rate for people under 66?

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

   [?]
2. The increase per week for a dependent child is:

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

   [?]
3. Over the age of 66 the rate:

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

   [?]
4. Do you still get an increase for a dependent child if you are over 80?

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

   [?]

Chose the correct answer.

Recording: show transcript

This exercise can be also done purely aurally/orally:

1. Since her husband died Annie has been:

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

   [?]
2. Carol will no longer be able to care for her mother because :

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

   [?]
3. Payment for the home will be covered by:

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

   [?]

Section 3: General Comprehension

For each of the statements below, choose True or False.

This exercise can be also done purely aurally/orally:

1. There are different kinds of benefits and allowances.

   
   
   

   [?]
2. Unemployment benefit and unemployment allowance are not the same thing.

   
   
   

   [?]
3. Unemployment benefit is for people who have paid insurance contributions.

   
   
   

   [?]
4. A prison allowance is paid to people in prison.

   
   
   

   [?]
5. You can get child support even if you aren't married.

   
   
   

   [?]
6. The visually impaired need an eye test to get a Blind Person's Pension.

   
   
   

   [?]
7. A woman whose husband has died is usually entitled to a widow's pension.

   
   
   

   [?]
8. The cost of living in a residential home is always covered by the State.

   
   
   

   [?]
9. Some old people need more care and nursing than others.

   
   
   

   [?]

Speaking Practice. Complete the sentences you hear, using the example as a model.

Press Play to listen to the instructions: