Health Service, emergency doctor, National Insurance, retirement, maternity allowance, claim, child benefit, mobility allowance,  state, maternity pay, contributions.


 Our family is an ordinary  one. My father works as a programmer. Of course, he receives money for his work but some of his money he pays as _____ to the _______ fund. Then when he becomes a pensioner he will have ______ a _________ or________ pension according to his payments. My mother doesn't work now because she is  pregnant. So she receives a _____ that is money  that a pregnant woman gets from an employer and a _________ the money she receives from the state. As a child  I am entitled  to a _____. My grandfather is now a pensioner. So he can_____ a_____, and maybe we will have a new car soon. Last week I was ill so my mother  had to send for an _________ . He examined me and said that I must be taken  to a hospital. Some people  say that our _________ doesn’t work  well but in my case I can’t complain.

Our family is an ordinary one. My father works as a programmer. Of course, he receives money for his work but some of his money he pays as contributions to the National Insurance fund. Then when he becomes a pensioner he will have a state or retirement pension according to his payments. My mother doesn't work now because she is pregnant. So she receives a maternity allowance that is money that a pregnant woman gets from an employer and a maternity pay the money she receives from the state. As a child I am entitled to a child benefit . My grandfather is now a pensioner. So he can claim a mobility allowance, and maybe we will have a new car soon. Last week I was ill so my mother had to send for an emergency doctor. He examined me and said that I must be taken to a hospital. Some people say that our Health Service doesn’t work well but in my case I can’t complain.