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ENGLISH 4 / VANTAGE 1 VOCABULARY AND FUNCTIONS WORK
Work EVU 15 Read out the even sentences and fill in the missing words.
A Jobs in a workplace 1 a director (= member of the board of a company), an executive (= important person who makes big decisions) 2 an ad_____ (= person who runs the office day-‐to-‐day), a sk_____ worker (= trained to do specific tasks, e.g.
building a computer) 3 an unskilled worker (= doing a job that needs no training), a receptionist (= visitors must check in with them) 4 a p_____ r_____ o_____ (= important person who makes big decisions), a u_____ r_____ (= looks after the
staff’s interests) 5 a researcher (= investigates and develops new products), a supervisor (= makes sure workers are doing their
job properly)
B Trades and professions B1 Professions 1 a civil servant (= person who works for a government department putting policies into action), a scientist (=
an expert who studies or works in one of the sciences), a physiotherapist (= person who treats muscle injury by rubbing and moving injured areas)
2 a d_____ (= person who imagines how something could be made and draws plans for it), a j_____ (= person who takes decisions in legal cases), a l__________ (= university teacher)
3 an ambassador (= chief diplomat or person representing his/her government abroad), a banker (= someone with an important position in a bank), an economist (= expert in financial matters)
B2 Trades 1 a firefighter (= person who extinguishes a fire), an electrician (= person who deals with electricity) 2 a c__________ (= person skilled at making things with wood), a p_________ (= person who works with the
supply and connection of water pipes), a ch_________ (= 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 do for a living? (= What’s your job ?) 2 Kate : I ……………….. banking. 3 John : I’ve been offered a temp job and I accepted. However, the interview I had today is a permanent
position. What should I do? I would find it difficult to make a living doing temp work/jobs. 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 f_________/g_________ a _____ 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 work in Spain? Moreover, I’m not prepared to take on
work abroad (= accept). C2 Hours of work 1 I do shiftwork/I do shifts (= nights one week, days the next week). 2 I’m on f_____ (= flexible working hours). 3 I work nine-‐to-‐five (= regular day work).
ENGLISH 4 / VANTAGE 1 VOCABULARY AND FUNCTIONS WORK
Work EVU 15
C3 Not working 1 Mark : I’m on strike and my sister is going on strike too (= there is an industrial dispute). 2 John : I g_____ the s_____ (= more informal)/I was f_____ (= more formal)/I was made r_____/I was l_____
o_____ (= more informal) last week. 3 Kate : I’m on maternity leave. Chris : My brother has taken paternity leave (= before/after the birth of a
baby). 4 My colleage is on s_____ l_____ (= illness). 5 It’s been two years since I took early retirement. 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 Workaholics Anonymous groups are taking off. Over the summer Bank
of America faced intense criticism after an intern died. 2 I've just been p_____ and I'm supervising people I've worked with. 3 Tim : Why are you applying for this job?
Jonathan : I don't feel that my full abilities are being utilized in my current position.