My 1,000
Ideas
e-Book

Breaking News English

HOME  |  HELP THIS SITE  |  000s MORE FREE LESSONS
 		 My 1,000
Ideas
e-Book
 

Discussion Questions - Listening
 

Listen to the 20 Questions.


Look below to see the 20 Questions, or...


Try this jumble activity
Put the words in the correct order to make the questions:
Press the "refresh" button on your browser to play again.

1) What think read you you headline did when the?


2) the word 'working' What springs to mind when you hear?


3) think about What what do you you read?


4) travelling for paid get workers all Should?


5) you think companies feel about this new ruling What do?


6) effect What economy the on have will this think you do?


7) the rate Should as work same to rate the traveling working be the?


8) Is of company fair this business goes if new out a ruling?


9) How workers of safety and health the to apply this does?


10) do limit you on think the of working the week 48 - What hour?


11) this you reading article Did like?


12) are laws working unfair What about?


13) protect What to to need introduced workers laws be?


14) ruling of higher be this charges happy Will new because about customers?


15) working of might hour out Why - opt 48 worker week the a?


16) you do things What working about dislike?


17) in workers think you do What ruling the about think offices?


18) the of effect the reduce to do companies can What ruling?


19) affected professions those change this will How?


20) would you like to ask the European Court ? What questions
MY e-BOOK
See a sample

 
 

Working Time - The 20 Questions


STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
 

1)

What did you think when you read the headline?

2)

What springs to mind when you hear the word 'working'?

3)

What do you think about what you read?

4)

Should all workers get paid for travelling?

5)

What do you think companies feel about this new ruling?

6)

What effect do you think this will have on the economy?

7)

Should the traveling to work rate be the same as the working rate?

8)

Is this new ruling fair if a company goes out of business?

9)

How does this apply to the health and safety of workers?

10)

What do you think of the 48-hour limit on the working week?

E-mail this lesson to someone who would like to use it in classroom or study with it. 000's more free lessons.

STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
 

11)

Did you like reading this article? Why/not?

12)

What laws about working are unfair?

13)

What laws need to be introduced to protect workers?

14)

Will customers be happy about higher charges because of this new ruling?

15)

Why might a worker opt out of the 48-hour working week?

16)

What things do you dislike about working?

17)

What do you think workers in offices think about the ruling?

18)

What can companies do to reduce the effect of the ruling?

19)

How will this change those professions affected?

20)

What questions would you like to ask the European Court?


 

EASIER LEVELS:   Try easier levels of this lesson.

Level 4  |  Level 5


ALL LEVELS:  

This page has all the levels, listening and reading for this lesson.


Back to the Level 6 lesson page.


ONLINE ACTIVITIES:   Click below for online activities, quizzes, etc for this lesson.
   PRINT
  READ
  GRAMMAR
  SPELL
  WORDS
  
 


* 26-page lesson
    (40 exercises)
 

* 2-page MINI
    lesson

* Speed Read
    (4 speeds)

* Jumble 1

* Jumble 2

* No spaces

* Text jumble

* Gap-fill

* The/An/A

* Prepositions

* Word order

* Consonants

* Vowels

* Missing letters

* Initials only

* No letters

* Listen & spell

* Word pairs

* Missing words

* Gap-fill

  

 

 

Copyright © 2004-2019 by Sean Banville | Links | About | Privacy Policy