4 Complete sentences 1-8 with noun combinations from Exercise 3.
1 Can you tell me if these contact details are correct? For example, is your telephone number still 0207 859 6877?
2 ______ ______ show that 68 percent of employers rate real life experience more highly than qualifications.
3 Interviewer was awful. She asked me a ______ ______ about which famous celebrity I would invite to dinner.
4 At an interview, I like to ask simple questions and then I use ______ ______ to throw the candidate off guard.
5 Tell me a little about your ______ ______ with your previous employer. Did you enjoy working there?
6 Hello. ______ ______ . How can I help you today?
Writing/letter of application
1. Read the advert and this letter of application. Do you think it is a good letter? Does it have any problems? If so, what are they?
English-speaking Tour Guide Wanted
Our client is an English family with two young children who would like to spend two weeks travelling around the country, visiting all the most important tourist sites.
The successful applicant for this position will spend two weeks accompanying the family, ensuring they have a comfortable and informative trip.
You will have a good level of English and a good knowledge of the major tourist sites.
There is very generous remuneration for this position and all (first-class) travel and living expenses will be paid.
Please apply in writing to Marsha Thorpe, LuxHolidays.
15 Cavendish Square, London W1 3PN.
Dear Ms Thorpe I am writing to apply for the position you advertised in ‘english Language Weekly’ on 14th June.
I am twenty-one years old and in the third year of a degree in tourism Im also studying English as a subsidiary subject. I have a good knowledge of all the major Tourist sites and can communicate well in English Last summer I worked as a tour guide for Thomas Holidays in addition I have two younger brothers and have always enjoyed being with and looking after children I am available during the months of july and august and would very much value the opportunity to work with this English family.
I can be contacted and the above address of by phone on 07941 127123 if you have any further questions please don’t hesitate to call me. I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
(Silvia Nero)
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2. You are going to reply to this advert with a partner. Decide how many paragraphs you will have. Make notes of what you will put in each paragraph.
Get Away From It All!
We have a few limited places for volunteers to join our round-the-world sailing expedition, which will carry out scientific research in various remote islands and other parts of the world. You can be part of this unforgettable experience for three months. No experience of working on boats is necessary, but it is important that you are flexible, hard-working and can be an enthusiastic member of a team. Food and accommodation provided.
Apply to Voyage International, PO Box 294, Croydon, Surrey.
4. Write your letter in 120-18- words. Pay careful attention to your punctuation.
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Roleplay
Work in groups of three.
Students A and B
You are the parents of C. One of you is a doctor and the other a lawyer, and you would like C to follow one of these professions, but C has other ideas. Explain to C why yours are such good careers.
Student C
A and B are you parents. They want you to become a lawyer of a doctor, but you have different ideas! You want to be one of the following (or choose one of your own):
a dancer a musician a poet an explorer a model a jockey an astronaut …
Talk together, and try to persuade each other to see your point of view.
TRANSLATION
- Wordlist
- Kitchen Utensils & Recipes
- Match the pairs, then make up sentences.
- Match the opposites, then name foods or drinks which can go with each.
- Put each verb in brackets either in the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.
- Unit 2 Word list
- To set up a company
- Supply the missing questions.
- 4. Answer these general knowledge questions about work.
- 5. Think about your own job. Can you explain your responsibilities and daily duties in English?
- Match 1-5 with the specific job descriptions a-e
- 2. When you look up a word, you can also use your dictionary to increase your vocabulary by learning related words and phrases. Find out if your dictionary helps you to answer these questions.
- 3. In the word “island”, the letter “s” is silent. Use your dictionary to find the silent letters in these words.
- Decide if the speaker is using British English or American English, and cross out the incorrect answer.
- Formal English
- Informal English
- Rewrite the sentences in more informal English.
- Rewrite the letter in more formal English.
- Use your dictionary to find out if these underlined words are either formal or informal.
- With the meaning “not”
- Verb prefixes: un- and dis-
- Other verb prefixes
- Agree with these statements.
- Complete the verbs in these sentences.
- Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
- Complete the sentences with a negative adjective.
- Include information about the following:
- Organize these words into pairs of opposites and put them in the columns below.
- What prefix forms the opposite of each of these words?
- How would you describe the person in each of these descriptions?
- What nouns can be formed from these adjectives?
- Match the adjectives in the box to the sentences.
- Make nouns from the adjectives in the previous exercise.
- Complete the sentences with the adjectives from the box.
- Answer these questions.
- Answer the questions using –ed or –ing adjectives.
- Match these –ing adjectives with the nouns.
- Answer the following questions:
- It is a good idea to ask questions about the words you learn. Discuss the answers.
- Identify the nationalities and languages of the residents of the following capitals.
- 1. Put one suitable word in each space.
- 2. Put one suitable word in each space, beginning with the letter given.
- Vocabulary exercises
- 3. At the airport
- 1. Complete the text with the words from the box.
- Can you write down a vegetable and fruit:
- Which is the odd one out in each group and why?
- Complete these sentences about yourself and your country.
- Read the first two paragraphs of the article. Answer the questions.
- Read the rest of the article and make lists of the following things.
- Discuss these questions :
- Which o the four endings are not correct?
- Think of two more ways you can finish each sentence starter in exercise a.
- Put the sports into groups according to what you think they have in common.
- Here are some people talking about their hobbies. Can you guess what the hobby is in each case?
- Complete these sentences with a suitable verb.
- Answer these questions.
- Complete each sentence with a word from the box.
- Put each verb in the brackets into a suitable passive form.
- Radisson sas Portman Hotel, London
- Langley Castle Hotel, Northumberland
- The Metropole Hotel, Cornwall
- Old Oxenhope Hall Cottage, West Yorkshire
- 4) Read the article again, chose one hotel and make notes under the headings below. Then, use your notes to talk about it.
- 5) Make notes under the same headings for a place you have stayed on holiday. Then use your notes to write a short article about it. Use the given article as a model.
- Wimbledon
- The Super Bowl
- To benefit from
- You have an important form to fill in and you know it’ll take at least two hours to do it properly. It’s Tuesday today and you have to hand it in by nine o’clock on Friday morning at the latest.
- 2. You bump into a friend you haven’t seen for ages in the street – she suggests a night out together next week.
- 5. You’ve been given an important message for a friend.
- 6. You’re due to be at a meeting in another town at three o’clock. You know it’ll take you at least thirty minutes to get there.
- 7. You’re about to go on holiday. It’s eight o’clock the evening before. Your friend is picking you up to take you to the airport at eight-thirty tomorrow morning.
- Conclusions to the quiz
- Getting a job
- Moving up
- Leaving the company
- Hard times
- Happier times
- Write a synonym for each of these words/ phrases.
- Complete these sentences with a suitable word or phrase.
- Complete this word-building table.
- Have you got a job in a company? If so, answer these questions as quickly as you can.
- Fill in the correct form of the verb in brackets (to –infinitive or –ing form), as in the examples.
- Write the correct form of the verb in brackets.
- Match the phrases in Column a to those in Column b to make complete sentences.
- Use the phrases to make up sentences about yourself.
- Talk about the article from memory using these prompts:
- III. Find the equivalents (in the box) to the words, given below:
- 1) Modals to express obligations
- 2) Modals to express permission
- In the following dialogue, which person do you agree with?
- Vocabulary list
- I. Find the equivalents (in the box) to the words given below:
- Vocabulary money
- Vocabulary
- 1A Complete the statements with the words in the box
- 1B Work with a partner to discuss the statements.
- 2 Match the people in the box with their job role.
- 3 Work with a partner to discuss the following.
- Freecycle
- 1. Meaning
- 1. Work is pairs. If you are working, discuss whether you think networking meetings would be good for your company. If you are studying, discuss whether you think networking could help you find a job.
- 2. Read the role card and prepare what you are going to say.
- Vocabulary list
- Vocabulary
- 1 Number of emails
- 2 Technology
- 3 Stress
- 2. Work with a partner. Write two possible recommendations for the end of the report. If you need help, look at the list below.
- Vocabulary list
- 5. Underline the correct form of the verb.
- 6. Underline the correct phrase.
- 7. Write the verbs in this conversation in the present perfect continuous.
- 8. Complete each sentence with since or for.
- 9. Look at these mini-dialogues. Write full questions using the present perfect simple of continuous form.
- 2 Read the leaflet again and decide if these statements are true or false.
- 3 Match a word from each column to make noun combinations about work and interviews.
- 4 Complete sentences 1-8 with noun combinations from Exercise 3.
- 5. Do these jobs exist in your country? Can you translate them into your language?
- IV. Reading