Hi there everyone!
Here you are to answer excercise 3 from page 73 from the Pupil’s book. This requires you to have read the text in advance.
Make sure you use could, might, have to, and the negative forms!!! Here we go..
DO NOT IMPROVISE! (DON’T WRITE AS YOU ARE THINKING… MAKE A DRAFT, ORGANIZE YOUR IDEAS, PRIORITIZE, BUILD PARAGRAPHS AND CHECK YOUR SPELLING… PLEASE….
What do you think is more important earning a lot of money or being happy in your job?
VAL ENGLISH SIXTH COURSE 
I think it is more important that you like your job than that you don’t like anything and earn a lot of money.
Ideally, you should have a job that you like and earn a lot of money. But if I can’t, first I would start with a job that I didn’t like and earn a lot of money and then I would go to a job that I liked.
That way I will have enough money to live a good life and I will work in a job that I really like.(93 words)
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Hi Lucía,
This sounds like a good plan to me!
No spelling mistakes, yay!
It does sound a little bit repetitive. I think it would be better if you could include some examples of a job you would like/ not like to do.
Finally, remember to read the instructions carefully:
“Make sure you use could, might, have to, and the negative forms!!!”
Hope this helps!
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In my point of view it’s more important to enjoy your work. Imagine working on something you don’t like for twenty years. That would be too bored, wouldn’t it?
Even though you can make yourself more whims. In my opinion is better to work on something you enjoy. In the future I will work in a company that makes computers. That would be my dream work.
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Hi Jaime,
This is a good piece of work and very animated! I love that you used a rhetorical question; this makes your writing even more interesting to the reader!
Be careful with the difference between ‘bored’ and ‘boring’.
Things= boring
People= bored
Can you explain what are ‘whims’?
To make your English sound more natural, we would say ‘dream job’ instead of ‘dream work’.
Finally, always make sure you read the instructions:
“Make sure you use could, might, have to, and the negative forms!!!”
Hope this helps!
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PRS
I think that is more important earning a lot of money . For example if I could like to work painting but the people might not like my art I must be poor . However if I might be a basketball player and I may not like playing I could make an effort and then I must be milllonary and some years later I must be retired at a young age . In my opinion if you work hard you might be a succesfull person one day.
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Hi PRS,
Well done, you presented a good argument here!
Spelling:
milllonary= millionaire
succesfull= successful
Grammar:
Remember to revise the difference between ‘must’ and ‘might’.
Must means that it is a fact. “Your hair is wet, it must be raining outside”
Might means that it is possible, but it isn’t a fact. “I might be a basketball player when I’m older, I’m not sure yet.”
Hope this helps!
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RSJ 6B
In my opinion is more important enjoy or be happy with your work because is something that you could do all your life but also if I have a opportunity to work in something that I don’ t like so much but I get a lot of money of course that I would work there because you need the money for everything, to eat. to live in a house, to study…
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Hi RSJ,
This is a very balanced piece of work; you wrote about both sides of the argument very well!
I would have liked to see some examples of what would be a job that you would like, or a job that you wouldn’t like but would pay you lots of money?
You need to use more punctuation to break up your arguments and to make it more structured.
Also, try not to make lists (especially with the three dots at the end)!
Finally, always remember to read the instructions carefully:
“Make sure you use could, might, have to, and the negative forms!!!”
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This is a very difficult question for me to answer, in one hand, I think the most important aspect to get your dreaming job is to feel good with it. So I’d say that to be happy is the correct answer. On the other hand, to be honest, I’d also be very happy if I could earn a lot of money doing something I love to. So, if I had to choose, I would pick up both, firstly I might be a scientist and work in a lab. I could study and research for hours to create the coronavirus vaccine and be able to stop this terrible illness. I may make a lot of money with it but at the same time I’ll be the happiest boy in the world if I get to kill this virus. Many people will survive with my finding. What do you think about my idea?
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Hi David,
I think that is a lovely idea and hopefully there are lots of scientists who are working to do the same!
This is a very good piece of work and you have planned it very well.
Be careful with your punctuation and read your writing to see when you just need to pause (,) or when you need to take a break before starting the next sentence.
Well done for using the words mentioned in the instructions. 🙂
Try to use negative forms next time and remember that “dream” can be used as an adjective, as in “dream job”.
Excellent work! 🙂
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Thank you Holly!!
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A. C. 6ºB
I think it is more important to have a job that you like than one in which I earn a lot of money.
I think I couldn’t work in something that I don’t like, even though I could earn a lot of money in that job.
Maybe in the future, I might be a very famous youtuber and I might earn a lot of money doing what I like the most …
That would be perfect!
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Hi Alejandro,
I thought this was very organised and well-planned. I liked your use of the comparative and the superlative, as well as all the adverbs that were mentioned in the instructions. In the first sentence, you have to keep the subject the same:
-> “it is more important to have a job that you like than one in which you earn a lot of money.
Also, remember in English, we don’t usually use the three dots (…) Apart from that, excellent job! Well done 🙂
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I think it is better to have a job that you like even if you don’t earn a lot of money. I could not do a job that I am not comfortable with. Although I would also like to earn a lot of money, who would not like it.
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Hi Diego,
I liked your use of connecters and you have used negative phrases well. Next time, try to include ‘might’ and ‘have to’. At the end of the text, you need to include a question mark. Otherwise, it looks very confusing to the reader. Could you also give examples of jobs you would or wouldn’t like to do?
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In my point of view earning money is important but you need to like your job too. So before doing anything you need to think it a second time because in a few years maybe you don’t like that job.
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Hi Inés,
I liked that you gave your opinion here and your text is well organised. However, remember to read the instructions carefully:
“Make sure you use could, might, have to, and the negative forms”
Also, try to include more details. You could give examples of a job you would like to do or one that you wouldn’t like to do. Finally, to make your text sound more natural, we would say “you need to give it a second thought” instead of “you need to think it a second time”.
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I think is more important to work in some job you like because if you work in a job you don t like you would go crazy.
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Hi ARB,
This is very short! Can you give me an example of a job you would like to have when you’re older? Also, please remember to read the instructions carefully:
“Make sure you use could, might, have to, and the negative forms”
Remember for the negative forms to use punctuation:
don’t
won’t
can’t
couldn’t
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I think it’s more important being happy in my job, because maybe you don’t have a good salary but you if like your job, you enjoy more and you are a lot of time at work.
I might be a programer when I grow up. I ever like technology, in 4th grade I was going to extracurricular robotics classes.
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Hi David,
I like that you gave an example of a job that you would like and you included “might”. Next time see if you can include could, have to, and the negative forms, like it says in the instructions. Remember to read your work carefully before you submit it. There are a few problems with word order here. Finally, a more natural way to say “in 4th grade I was going…” is “In 4th grade, I used to go…”
Good effort 🙂
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From my point of view I think that having a job that you like it is better than earning a lot of money because if you have a job that you like, you should improve and the time will pass faster than in other job that you don’t enjoy also it’s a job that you like but maybe if you improve the boss will pay you more.
However in a job that you earn more money you can buy things that you need even they are expensive, having holidays in expensive places or just have a good life, but the decision is of the person that is choosing the job.
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Hi Dario,
This needs to be structured with better punctuation! Remember to read your work out loud to see where you should put the commas (,) and stops (.)
Also please read the instructions carefully:
“Make sure you use could, might, have to, and the negative forms…”
Can you think of a job that you would like to do in the future?
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In my opinion I prefer having a job I love and I don’t earn much money than a job I hate earning more money.: If I could decide in this two jobs: One job is about teaching, people in that job I earn a lot but I hate. The other job is about comentate football matches, in that job I earn less money but I love. For me is obvious I decide the second one.
Also, is important earn money but I think work in journalism you earn less money but there’s not much difference. The worst think of journalism is working Saturday and Sunday
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Hi DC,
I liked that you gave two examples of different jobs and told your opinion about each one. Remember to read the instructions carefully:
“Make sure you use could, might, have to, and the negative forms…”
Remember to read through your work- your punctuation is a little confusing!
Finally, remember in English we always need to know the subject:
“For me *it* is obvious”
“…*it* is important *to* earn money”
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Berta SG
I think that is more important be happy in your job because, in the future I will be in my job many hours in my live.
I might work in a clinic dentist. I could be the dentist, them I could care people’s mouth, and I might earn many money.
So I could be very happy.
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Hi Berta,
I think that this is very well structured and you have used most of the words that were asked for in the instructions!
Spelling:
live= life
them= then
Word order:
clinic dentist= dentists’ (clinic) We would just say “work at the dentists”
Finally, instead of “many money”, we would say “a lot of money”.
Good effort! 🙂
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MSM 6ºA
In my opinion I prefer to be happy in my job because if I only earn lots of money without enjoying it you will feel empty.
In the case of my father he says that he studied something that he dident liked but with a lot of oportunities to work.
Althougth, my mother works for something important that she enjoys but less paid.
Im going to be a daydreamer like Mike and be a videogames programer.
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Hi Manuel,
I thought it was a really good idea of you to use personal examples of your parents’ jobs!
Remember to read the instructions carefully:
“Make sure you use could, might, have to, and the negative forms..”
Spelling:
dident= didn’t
Althougth= Although
oportunities= opportunities
programer= programmer
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If I had to chose, I would rather prefer to have a job that I loved, with no high salary, than one that I hated, but It paid me a lot of money.
Jobs many people like, or consider fun are jobs with lower pay, while high paying jobs require many years of studying and hard working experience.
I some way, all depends on one’s values, priorities, vocation, and personalty.Many people earn a lot of money but they are not happy with their lives. As we spend most of the time working, it is very important to be happy during this time.
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Hi JLO,
I think this is very well structured, but remember to read the instructions carefully:
“Make sure you use could, might, have to, and the negative forms”
Spelling:
chose= choose (chose is the past participle of choose)
personalty= personality
Finally, when you are writing about a preference, you have to choose between “I would rather” or “I would prefer”.
Good effort! 🙂
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I think is more important to Being happy to job because you enjoy it and maybe in the futuro you got a good salary but to have this you have to work hard.
I might be able to work on teaching or something like that because I like it no because i want a grate salary.
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Hi Alejandro,
You make some good points but you need to read your work before you submit it!
Remember, we ALWAYS need to know the subject.
” *it* is more important…”
Check if your device hasn’t autocorrected to Spanish… (futuro?)
grate= great
got= the past simple…
Check your capital letters!!!!
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Alvaro Correa 6a
I think is more important to have a job that you really like. It doesn’t mind if you don’t get a great salary; if it allows you to pay bills, it would be more tan enough.
When you love your job, you can become the best one and you can improve your salary little by Little without any effort
In conclusion, it is more important to be happy than to be reach.
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Hi Alvaro,
You have some good ideas and it looks like you planned it well. Remember to ALWAYS include the subject:
“I think *it* is more important to have a job that you really like”
Check:
Capital letters (why is there a capital L in ‘little”??)
Punctuation (you don’t need a semi colon ; )
A more natural way of saying “It doesn’t mind “= “It doesn’t matter…”
Spelling:
tan= than
reach= rich
Finally, please read the instructions CAREFULLY:
“Make sure you use could, might, have to, and the negative forms!!!”
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I think it is important to earn enough money but I think to like your job is the most important thing. I could be a teacher when I grow older but I’m not sure. I have to think about it but in the mind time I enjoy learning new things at school.
Maybe I might work in the United States or in England because I have been learning english for nine years.
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Hi Alicia,
This was a very good piece of work! See if you can include a negative form next time. To make your English sound more natural, we would use the future simple before “have to think about it”
“I will have to think about it”
Don’t forget that when we write about a language, the language must always start with a capital letter. English, Spanish, etc.
Well done! 🙂
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I think is more important to have a job you like that earn a lot of money, however earn a lot of money is good too, you can do many things, but if you don´t like working in that job you must change to another job that you like the most.
But if in that job you don´t earn a resonable salary you might cange to the other job.
In my opinion is better have a job you like that earn a lot of money.
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Hi Noa,
You make some good points here but you need to read your work before you submit it!
Remember: ALWAYS include the subject!!!
“I think *it* is more important”
When you use a comparative “more important”, you need to use ‘than’ after it.
“…it is *more important* to have a job you like *than* to earn a lot of money…”
Check your punctuation. Sometimes it is better to put in a stop so that the reader can have a break!
Spelling:
resonable= reasonable
cange= change
Remember, you can use the gerund as a noun:
“However, earning a lot of money is good too…”
Finally, please read the instructions CAREFULLY
“Make sure you use could, might, have to, and the negative forms”
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I think is more important have a job that you like, because is very sad that you have a job that you don’t like, It won’t be very nice, I think. Well, earning money is also important, because you need money to survive and buy things. That’s why you need to have a a job that you like, because I think that if you have a job that you like, you will stay in your job for many years and earn “a lot” of money too.
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Hi Yuliana,
These are some good ideas! Be careful with punctuation. You don’t need to use that many commas!
Don’t forget that we ALWAYS need to write the subject:
“I think *it* is more important have a job that you like.”
Try to include examples of a job you would or wouldn’t like to do.
Finally, please read the instructions carefully:
“Make sure you use could, might, have to, and the negative forms!!!”
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I think it is more important to have a job that you like. Because then you can make your own decisions,
and because that way your desire to work is fulfilled. For example, I want to be an airplane pilot.
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I think that have a job you like is better because it might me difficult woorkig with a boss you don’t like or in a place you don’t like.
Also if you are woorking very happy you will earn a lot of money soy I think woorking happy in your job could be the best idea.
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Hi Emily,
There are some good ideas here. Remember to check your spelling:
woorkig= working
soy= so
me= be
Remember, you can use gerunds as nouns:
“I think that *having* a job you like is better…’
Finally, try to include negative forms and give examples of jobs that you would or wouldn’t like to do in the future.
Good effort! 🙂
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DT 6B
I think that you must have a job that you could be happy, but if you don´t earn enough money and you can´t live and pay taxes, food, the rent of a house… then you Will look after for a new job with better salary. In my opinión you may enjoy with your job and the salary would be good enought.
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Hi DT!
You have some very interesting ideas here and I like that you incorporated the conditional! In English we do not really use (…) especially here, we want you to stretch and elaborate your sentences, we want to read it! You need to revise over your grammar and also try to give a little more information. Here are some things to revise:
-“must have a job that you could be happy”–> “must have a job that makes you happy”
-“Will” does not need to be capitalized
-“you may enjoy your job” – (take out with)
-“enought” —> “enough”
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NSD 6ºB I think that it is more important to have a job that you like than earn more money because you have to do your job properly and you are not going to do it properly if you don’t like it. It is important to like everything you do. It might be almost impossible to like all you need to do but it could be possible to like almost everything.
In my case I’m not a daydreamer because I know what I want to do because I love everything it includes. But I’m sure there is something I might not like but if I like to work on that, I will have to do my best to do that thing very good.
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Hi NSD!
I like that you developed your thoughts and provided information that supports your thoughts! These are some very good ideas. Keep in mind that when you make a statement like, “I know what I want to do because I love everything it includes” make sure you say what it is you want to do, we want to know!!!!
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I think the most important is be happy with your job because i have seen people of my family quit his job becase they aren t happy with it.I might be a programmer because i like it and i would be happy with it, although its important to have a good salary to.
Finally this decision it isn t important now but in ten years some people would make this decision another time, and depend of what he or she want would have a job or another job.
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Hi Mario,
I like that you have developed your thoughts and gave more information! I also like that you have incorporated different grammar tenses like the present perfect 🙂 also that you have used connectors. Remember your punctuation “i”–>”I”
“and it dependS on the job he or she would want to have” This is a possibility for the last sentence.
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i think is better being happy in your job because it might be very difficult work in a place where you dont fit or you are only there for money . if i like teaching people i wouldnt go to work to an oil rig ( for example )
i prefer work in a plac you are happy and if you earn good money you won´t be unhappy.
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Hi Claudia!
This writing needs to be structured better with punctuation, specifically capitalization.
“i”–> I, and the beginning of a sentence. Also, it is very important to read the directions very carefully, what happened to “could, might, have to, and the negative forms!!!” this would also help in stretching your sentences. Also, “plac”–> “place”
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I think that being happy in your job is very important, but have enough money is also good, so… In my opinion I would like to have enough money and I would like to work in a job that I like it.
However I don’t know what I won’t to be, I could be a dancer, or a singer… I don’t know !!!!!!! I find it very difficult.
I would like to work in many different’s jobs.
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Hi Carla!
Yes it is true, you have a lot of time to figure out what you want to be:) and I like that you have listed different possibilities. In English, we don’t really use (…) especially here because we want you to develop and stretch your sentences as much as possible!!! I think that you can give more of your opinion and give more information! Also remember to read the instructions very carefully “use could, might, have to, and the negative forms!!!” AND “write and read over your material before posting!”
“I don’t know what I WON”T to be”–> “I don’t know what I WANT to be”
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D P 6ºB
I think is more important to have a job you like more than a job where you earn a lot of money. If you like your job you will enjoy working and that’s very cool, because when you work you don’t work once a week.
In the other part having a job where you earn a lot of money is pretty cool, if you aren’t happy with is, there is no use earning a lot of money.
That is my oun opinion.
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happy with it
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Hi DP!
I like that you have provided different arguments about this topic! Remember to read the instructions very carefully, “use could, might, have to, and the negative forms!!!” this would have helped you to stretch your sentences even more! Also we say “On the other hand” instead of “In the other part” and “oun” –> “own”
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I think that is more important have a stable job, or a job that you like.If you want to work in a job where you earn a lot of money, cool!
You can earn more money in some jobs, but is dificult get a job, depends on the job you
must study more or less.
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Hi LGR!
I like the emotion that you have included (cool!) 🙂
You have a good idea in the first sentence but in the second sentence you seem to have some difficulty. You could say, “The amount of money you can earn in a job depends on the job” for example. Do you mean to say that you must study to get a job that pays more money?? Also i think you can develop your thoughts a little more! What happened to “could, might, have to, and the negative forms!!!”?
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EM 6º
I think that have a job that you like is more important that earning a lot of money because when you wake up you can decide to sai. An other day in job! Or, Oh an other day in a boring job.
There are some persons that need earning more money because of the circunstances, but i thing that if you can decide you have to do what you like and you are confortable because if you don’t do what i am saying, the days of working could be very long.
It’s what i think.
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Hello EM!
you have some good ideas here but they can 🌞better if you better organize your thoughts! Did you write out and read over the writing before you posted it?
“I think that have a job”–>
“is more important that earning”—> “than” instead of that
“sai” ; “circunstances”🤔
“some persons”—>
“but i thing…”—>
These are some mistakes that I can see, lets try and improve this 🙂
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In my opinion, being happy in your job is the most important thing because, if you don’t like your job, which is something you are going to dedicate a lot of time, you won’t be happy and you won’t push yourself to be better. However, it is true that in some jobs you don’t earn enough money or that in the future, some jobs will be replaced by robots. This is why you have to choose your job carefully. But I think that there must be a job for everyone, even though it isn’t the perfect one.
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Hi JDH!
I can tell that you have taken time to think about this question prior to doing the writing, and that you have read over your material 🙂 I like that you have given your opinion and provided an alternative opinion. I also like that you gave advice. Using “could, might, have to…good!
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HR6ºa
I think that is more important to have a job you like. Well if in the work you like you earn a lot of money it is perfect
but if you have a work ou earn a lot of money but you didn’t like the job well paid but thanklees.
For me is have a work i like and if I earn the enough money to live is more or less perfect.
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Hello HR!
You have a good opening sentence! Hector, did you make a draft before doing thewriting? There are some simple spelling mistakes that I think you might have observed if you read through your writing for example “ou”; thanklees.
Also, the sentence ” it is perfect but if you…” should be on the same line. “i”–> “I” (capitalized) … also review over your sentence structure for example, “for me is have…” how can you correct this?!
What happened to using “could, might, have to, and the negative forms!!!”
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I think that I would be happy working in something I really like but it’s important to earn a good money.
Maybe I work in my dream work but I don’t earn so much money. It’s important to buy food and thigns that you need but you can’t If you don’t earn so much money so in my opinión I would prefer to earn so much money.
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Hi Daniel!
Spelling mistakes: thigns–>things
Daniel, did you make a draft or did you write as you were thinking? “If” should not be capitalized because you are not beginning a new sentence. Since you are talking about something in the future, you need to use this grammar for example, “maybe I work”—> “maybe I will work”
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