Jobs
True or False: 1 point
• Teaching in a high school pays less
than recycling garbage.
• Grey-collar workers are not young.
• Working in a bank pays better than
repairing cars.
• A gold-collar job is a good job.
• Men do not do pink-collar jobs.
• Only lawyers get more money than
prison guards.
Step 2: name the job
2 points
• Someone who works at a bank’s
window is called:
• a bank teller
• A person with medical training who
goes to give help to people in
emergency situations is called:
• a paramedic
• A job usually done by women is
• a pink-collar job
• The person who makes bread and
cookies is:
• a baker
• Someone who buys, sells or lends land
is a:
• real estate agent
• Someone who works after the retiring
age has a:
• grey-collar job
• Someone who recycles garbage is a:
• waste disposal manager
• Someone who does a manual job is a:
• blue-collar worker
• Someone who repairs the water pipes is
• a plumber
• Someone who works in a government
office is a
• bureaucrat
Step 2: definitions
3 points
• detective
• college professor
• lawyer
• white-collar job
• bureaucrat
• Social worker