E4-1DetWorkEVU15PairworkA.pdf

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ENGLISH 4 / VANTAGE 1 VOCABULARY AND FUNCTIONS WORK Work EVU 15 Read out the odd sentences and fill in the missing words. A Jobs in a workplace 1 a di_____ (= member of the board of a company), an ex_____ (= important person who makes big decisions) 2 an administrator (= person who runs the office daytoday), a skilled worker (= trained to do specific tasks, e.g. building a computer) 3 an u_____worker (= doing a job that needs no training), a r_____ (= visitors must check in with them) 4 a public relations officer (= important person who makes big decisions), a union representative (= looks after the staff’s interests) 5 a r_____ (= investigates and develops new products), a s__________ (= makes sure workers are doing their job properly) B Trades and professions B1 Professions 1 a c_____ s_____ (= person who works for a government department putting policies into action), a sc_____ (= an expert who studies or works in one of the sciences), a ph_____ (= person who treats muscle injury by rubbing and moving injured areas) 2 a designer (= person who imagines how something could be made and draws plans for it), a judge (= person who takes decisions in legal cases), a l__________ (= university teacher) 3 an a__________ (= chief diplomat or person representing his/her government abroad), a b__________ (= someone with an important position in a bank), an e_________ (= expert in financial matters), B2 Trades 1 a fi__________ (= person who extinguishes a fire), an e__________ (= person who deals with electricity) 2 a carpenter (= person skilled at making things with wood), a plumber (= person who works with the supply and connection of water pipes), a childminder (= person looking after others’children in her own home while their parents are at work) C Collocations of words connected with work C1 General 1 John : What d’you ………………. a l_________ ? (= What’s your job ?) 2 Kate : I ‘m in banking. 3 John : I’ve been offered a temp _________ and I accepted. However, the interview I had today is a permanent position. What should I do? I would find it difficult to _____ a l_________ doing temp _____. 4 Kate : Call the temp service (or temp agency) and tell them "A family thing has come up, I'll get back ASAP”. Why don’t you find/get a job in Barcelona. This may be easier than in other parts of Spain. 5 John : How do I get a work visa if I’ve been offered _________ in Spain? Moreover, I’m not prepared to t_____ o_____ (= accept) _____ abroad. C2 Hours of work 1 I do sh_____/I do sh_____ (= nights one week, days the next week). 2 I’m on flexitime (= flexible working hours). 3 I work n_____tof_____ (= regular day work).

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ENGLISH  4  /  VANTAGE  1   VOCABULARY  AND  FUNCTIONS         WORK  

   

Work  EVU  15    

   Read  out  the  odd  sentences  and  fill  in  the  missing  words.    

A   Jobs  in  a  workplace  1   a  di_____  (=  member  of  the  board  of  a  company),  an  ex_____  (=  important  person  who  makes  big  decisions)  2   an   administrator   (=  person  who  runs  the  office  day-­‐to-­‐day),  a  skilled  worker  (=  trained  to  do  specific  tasks,  

e.g.  building  a  computer)  3   an    u_____worker  (=  doing  a  job  that  needs  no  training),  a  r_____  (=  visitors  must  check  in  with  them)    4   a  public  relations  officer  (=  important  person  who  makes  big  decisions),  a  union  representative  (=  looks  after  

the  staff’s  interests)  5   a  r_____  (=  investigates  and  develops  new  products),  a  s__________  (=  makes  sure  workers  are  doing  their  

job  properly)      

B   Trades  and  professions  B1   Professions  1   a  c_____  s_____  (=  person  who  works  for  a  government  department  putting  policies  into  action),  a  sc_____  

(=  an  expert  who  studies  or  works  in  one  of  the  sciences),  a  ph_____  (=  person  who  treats  muscle  injury  by  rubbing  and  moving  injured  areas)  

2   a  designer  (=  person  who  imagines  how  something  could  be  made  and  draws  plans  for  it),  a   judge  (=  person  who  takes  decisions  in  legal  cases),  a  l__________  (=  university  teacher)  

3    an  a__________   (=   chief   diplomat  or   person   representing  his/her   government   abroad),   a   b__________   (=  someone  with  an  important  position  in  a  bank),  an  e_________  (=  expert  in  financial  matters),    

B2   Trades  1   a  fi__________  (=  person  who  extinguishes  a  fire),  an  e__________  (=  person  who  deals  with  electricity)  2   a  carpenter   (=  person  skilled  at  making  things  with  wood),  a  plumber   (=  person  who  works  with  the  supply  

and  connection  of  water  pipes),  a  childminder  (=  person  looking  after  others’children  in  her  own  home  while  their  parents  are  at  work)  

 

C   Collocations  of  words  connected  with  work  C1   General  1   John  :  What  d’you  ……………….  a  l_________  ?  (=  What’s  your  job  ?)    2   Kate  :  I  ‘m  in  banking.  3   John  :  I’ve  been  offered  a  temp  _________  and  I  accepted.  However,  the  interview  I  had  today  is  a  permanent  

position.  What  should  I  do?  I  would  find  it  difficult  to  _____  a  l_________  doing  temp  _____.  4   Kate  :  Call  the  temp  service  (or  temp  agency)  and  tell  them  "A  family  thing  has  come  up,  I'll  get  back  ASAP”.  

Why  don’t  you  find/get  a  job  in  Barcelona.  This  may  be  easier  than  in  other  parts  of  Spain.  5   John   :   How   do   I   get   a  work   visa   if   I’ve   been   offered   _________   in   Spain?  Moreover,   I’m   not   prepared   to  

t_____  o_____  (=  accept)  _____  abroad.  C2   Hours  of  work  1   I  do  sh_____/I  do  sh_____  (=  nights  one  week,  days  the  next  week).  2   I’m  on  flexitime  (=  flexible  working  hours).  3   I  work  n_____-­‐to-­‐f_____  (=  regular  day  work).                

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ENGLISH  4  /  VANTAGE  1   VOCABULARY  AND  FUNCTIONS         WORK  

   

Work  EVU  15    

 C3   Not  working  1   Mark  :  I’m  on  str_____  and  my  sister  is  g_____    on  str_____  too  (=  there  is  an  industrial  dispute).  2   John  :   I  got   the  sack   (=  more   informal)/I  was  fired   (=  more  formal)/I  was  made  redundant/I  was   laid  off   (=  

more  informal)  last  week.  3   Kate  :   I’m  on  m_____   l_____.  Chris  :  My  brother  is  has  t_____  p_____   l_____.  (=  before/after  the  birth  of  a  

baby)  4   My  colleage  is  on  sick  leave  (=  illness).  5   It’s   been   two   years   since   I   t_____   e_____   r_____.  Here’s  what   I’ve   learned,   usually   the  hard  way  …  Don’t  

work  on  projects  together  etc.  (=  retire  at  55).  C4   Other  useful  expressions  1 The  Financial  Times  reports  today  that  W_____  Anonymous  groups  are  taking  off.  Over  the  summer  Bank  of  

America  faced  intense  criticism  after  an  intern  died.  2 I've  just  been  promoted  and  I'm  supervising  people  I've  worked  with.  3 Tim  :  Why  are  you  _____  for  this  job?  

Jonathan  :  I  don't  feel  that  my  full  abilities  are  being  utilized  in  my  current  position