Working hard or hardly working

1. WORKING HARD OR HARDLY WORKING?

2. In-class practice:
Working hard or hardly working?: OVERVIEW
Online practice:
Business & Employment
Modal verbs Modal verbs
Vocabulary: Business &
Employment

3. Business & Employment
•What are the pros and cons of working for a small
business?
fl
exible /
fi
xed schedule
nine-to-
fi
ve job
competitive salary
minimum wage
work conditions
inde
fi
nite /temporary /seasonal contract
full time / part time position
advance your career
be promoted
be made redundant
On one hand ...
Another bene
fi
t is ... .
A further advantage is ...
Moreover ...
In addition ...
Finally ...
Advantages Disadvantages
On the one hand ...
Another drawback is ...
However ...
Nevertheless ...
Moreover ...
In addition...
Finally ...

4. Business & Employment
•What are the pros and cons of working for a big
corporation?
fl
exible /
fi
xed schedule
nine-to-
fi
ve job
competitive salary
minimum wage
work conditions
inde
fi
nite /temporary /seasonal contract
full time / part time position
advance your career
be promoted
be made redundant
On one hand ...
Another bene
fi
t is ... .
A further advantage is ...
Moreover ...
In addition ...
Finally ...
Advantages Disadvantages
On the one hand ...
Another drawback is ...
However ...
Nevertheless ...
Moreover ...
In addition...
Finally ...

5. •Have you ever been on a job interview? What was your
experience like?
break the ice
read one's intention
behavioural questions
get tongue-tied
go on to
anxious
on pins and needles
control your emotions
recruiter
candidate
competition
expectations
Business & Employment

6. Must / Have to - Certainty
It must be my sister. She
fi
nishes school at 2.
May / Might / Could - Uncertainty
It could be my neighbour. Sometimes he comes if he needs help in the garden.
Can't - Impossibility
That can't be my cousin. He's in Paris this week
Should* - Only for expectation
That should be the postman. I'm waiting for the parcel to be delivered today.
Grammar: Modal verbs
Apart from obligation, lack of obligation and prohibition, modal verbs in English are
used to express speculation about the present or future.
Imagine that
someone is
knocking on the
door, but you
can't know for
sure who it is.

7. Grammar: Modal verbs
must
have to
may
might
could
can't
What might these people be doing?

8. Grammar: Modal verbs
must
have to
may
might
could
can't
What might this person be doing?

9. Grammar: Modal verbs
must
have to
may
might
could
can't
What might this person be doing?

10. Watch the video: Workplace automation
& the "useless class"
Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli public intellectual, historian and
a professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem. He is the author of the book "21
Lessons for the 21st Century" in which he examines some of the
world’s most urgent issues, including the future of work, fake
news,terrorism and immigration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMDlfNWM1fA
Business & Employment
•What happened during the industrial
revolution in the 20th century?
•How was the situation different from the
industrial revolution of the 21st century?

11. Grammar: Modal verbs
How might these jobs change in the
future?