November 28, 2011

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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November 23, 2011

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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All you need to know about WORK  is HERE!

November 16, 2011

Men & Women// Women & Men


Here I give you a pair of videos which show once more how different we are, ...or aren't we?

Click to watch a sequence of the sitcom Friends.
Click to watch a commercial.


More FUN HERE & HERE


NOW... My question is,  ' Are we SO different?' What do YOU think?
:-)


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November 11, 2011

The A/An & Zero Article

If you translate into Spanish, do we use articles to say these?



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

Visit this LINK and do the exercise!


Once upon a time a boy met a girl in the centre of the city.
They had an ice cream together, and then they went to the cinema to see a film. The film was called Eleven Years.

Click HERE to see Powerpoint presentation

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Now enjoy this song by Oasis


Happy Weekend!
:-)

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