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

	adopcia
	sociálna dávka
	žiadosť
	uchádzač o azyl
	priznaný
	podpora
	opatrovanie
	detské prídavky
	žiadať
	komunita
	štátny
	poradenstvo
	denný stacionár
	vyživované osoby
	zdravotné postihnutie
	znevýhodnenie
	oprávnený
	detský domov
	zdravotný stav
	poistenie
	samoživiteľ
	udržanie
	zistenie potreby
	prisťahovalec
	opatrovateľka
	sirota
	dôchodkový systém
	kategória
	rekreácia
	rehabilitácia
	obytný dom
	dôchodok
	práva
	plat
	plán
	sociálne služby
	sociálny pracovník
	príspevok
	žiadať
	zhodnotiť
	priznať
	žiadať
	financovať
	kvalifikovať
	nezamestnanosť
	zrakové postihnutie
	dobrovoľnícka práca
	mzda
	sociálna starostlivosť
	vdova

Exercises

Section 1: Vocabulary Practice

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

1. udržanie [?]
2. znevýhodnenie [?]
3. sociálny pracovník [?]
4. sociálna dávka [?]
5. žiadať [?]
6. priznať [?]
7. detský domov [?]
8. dôchodok [?]
9. zrakové postihnutie [?]
10. denný stacionár [?]
11. priznaný [?]
12. adopcia [?]
13. detské prídavky [?]
14. mzda [?]
15. poradenstvo [?]
16. kategória [?]
17. dôchodkový systém [?]
18. vyživované osoby [?]
19. opatrovateľka [?]
20. zdravotné postihnutie [?]
21. žiadosť [?]
22. zistenie potreby [?]
23. dobrovoľnícka práca [?]
24. príspevok [?]
25. rekreácia [?]
26. rehabilitácia [?]
27. obytný dom [?]
28. sociálne služby [?]
29. zhodnotiť [?]
30. štátny [?]
31. práva [?]
32. prisťahovalec [?]
33. zdravotný stav [?]
34. plán [?]
35. uchádzač o azyl [?]
36. kvalifikovať [?]
37. podpora [?]
38. nezamestnanosť [?]
39. poistenie [?]
40. plat [?]
41. opatrovanie [?]
42. vdova [?]
43. financovať [?]
44. samoživiteľ [?]
45. oprávnený [?]
46. sociálna starostlivosť [?]
47. sirota [?]
48. komunita [?]

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. 
   

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

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

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

   a. 
   b. 
   c. 
   

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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.

   
   
   

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

   
   
   

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

   
   
   

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4. A prison allowance is paid to people in prison.

   
   
   

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

   
   
   

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

   
   
   

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

   
   
   

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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:

Section 4: Grammar Practice