Starting with the words you are given, rewrite each of these sentences using active vocabulary. The basic meaning must stay the same.

Example: I'm a banker.

I work in banking.

a) What do you do?

What's........ ?

b) I earn $ 5,000 dollars.

My.......

c) I get $ 20,000 from my teaching job and another $ 10,000 from writing.

My total.....

d) I am a chemist.

I work for.....

e) In my job I have to look after and maintain all the computers in the building.

My job involves..

f) I'm responsible for one of the smallest departments.

I'm in...

 

3. This is part of conversation with a teacher about her job. Can you supply missing questions?

A:...................... ?

B: I usually start at nine and finish at four.

A:...... ,.............. ?

B: Yes a bit. On certain courses I work until five o'clock, and that is why I get paid extra.

A:......... :............ ?

B: Twelve weeks. That's one of the good things about being a teacher.

A:....................... ?

B: No we don't, I'm afraid. That's one of the disadvantages of being a teacher. I suppose money isn't everything.

 

3. Write a single word synonym for each of these words/phrases:

a) given the sack =

b) out of work =

c) left the company =

d) was given a better position in the company =

e) future possibilities in a job =

f) was responsible for =

g) was on the relief=

h) stopped working forever =

i) handed in an official notice that he was going to leave the company =

j) workers in a company =