Writing
3. PW Answer the questions and match 1-7 with a-g.
The National Insurance and the Social Security benefits paid to different categories of people are known by different names.
• What are some of these names?
• Who receives these benefits?
Model: A retirement pension is paid to retired people.
1. Retirement pension
2. Widow’s pension
3. Maternity (motherhood) pay
4. Family credit
5. Unemployment benefit
6. Invalidity pension
7. Mobility* allowance
a) A person who is unable to work after a sickness period
b) Families with children who have very low incomes
c) Disabled people to pay for transport or to buy a special vehicle
d) Women who leave work to have a baby
e) A person who is out of work for up to year
f) Retired people/pensioners
g) Women whose husbands die before they retire if they are aged 45 or over.
4. GW. Fill in the gaps using the words and expressions a-e

a) be responsible for | b) to pay for | c) entitled to

d) provided with | e) express

1. People should .... what they do and have.
2. Some people who are ... various benefits do not receive them.
3. My grandparents always ... support for the welfare state.
4. The unemployed are ... unemployment benefit for a year.
5. Mobility allowance is for disabled people ... transport or to buy a special vehicle.
*Mobility - the ability to move or be moved freely and easily