KEY to homework

Vocabulary: Work and employment.

Last Wednesday you were given some HOMEWORK on vocabulary to revise and extend the language of “Job & Employment”. After you have made the exercises by yourself, check here for possible mistakes.

Any questions? In class!!!

Key to Work and Employment exercises

1. Asking about someone’s job: 1C   2A   3B

2. Areas of Work: 1E   2C   3F  4B   5A  6D
3. Office Jobs: 1C   2B   3A  4D
4. Factory:  1D   2E   3A  4C  5B
5.  Manual Jobs:  1E   2D    3C   4A   5B
6. Professions: 1H   2G   3E   4F   5D   6C   7A    8B
7. Emergency Services:
1 sailor    2 firefighter    3 paramedic   4 soldier   5 pilot   6 police officer

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1. Looking for a Job:

1 section  2 qualifications   3 CV    4 application    5interview   6 experience

2. Applying for a job: 1 found   2 applied for   3 go into   4 filled in/ sent it off     5 offered

3. Job advertisements:

CLEANER:  requires, rates

ACCOUNTS: position, salary

SALES ASSISTANT: applicant, experience, training, apply

NURSE: temporary, leave

6. Unemployment: 1 was sacked   2 be made redundant    3 unemployed

7. Two word jobs:

lorry driver, shop assistant, window cleaner, bank clerk, driving instructor, taxi driver, traffic warden, security guard, social worker, estate agent.
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Work and Employment

All these words are related to WORK. Check what they mean

General

a regular job

commuter

employee

employer

He took a job as a waiter.

job

occupation

profession

to earn one's living

to run a firm

trade

What do you do for a living?

worker

Application

application

application form

apprentice, trainee

CV (curriculum vitae)

job interview

to apply for a job

training

training course

vacancy

Unemployment

period of notice to be on sick leave

to be unemployed to be out of work to be on the dole

to fire somebody to sack somebody

to dismiss somebody

to hand in one's notice to resign to quit

unemployment

unemployment benefit, dole money

Working hours, pay

a full-time job

a part-time job

continued payment of wages

flexitime

pay slip

salary

to get a rise wages

to work in shifts

to work overtime

wage cut

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When do we use THE and when do we omit it ?

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