AGRUPAMENTO DE ESCOLAS DE SANTA MARIA DA FEIRA (B)
NAME __________________________________________ NUMBER ____ CLASS: _____
DATE: __________________________________________________________________
TEACHER: _______________________________________________________________
LANGUAGE USE - MARK: ____________________________________________________________
Language Use
A. Choose the correct option.
1. We practise hot-working /desking / inclusion at our office, so we don’t always work in the same
place.
2. Why don’t you take a gap year after school to recover/ recharge / carry your batteries?
3. Companies want workers who will go / walk / work the extra mile for their organisation.
4. It’s getting late; let’s say / tell / call it a day and we can finish this tomorrow.
5. If you keep turning up late, you are going to hand /get / claim the sack.
6. After a long career, Paula decided to recruit / resign / retire and spend her golden years travelling
the world.
7. Journalists are often below /above / under pressure because they have to meet strict deadlines.
8. Sam is looking for a job with a good monthly salary / pension / wage.
9. Eric and Martha hope that their company will soon eliminate / dominate / set up the industry.
10. Many people need to take unemployment benefit / shift /redundant while searching for work.
11. It is expected that more than 10,000 factory workers will be made unemployed / redundant / dismiss
over the next year.
12. I have been working flexitime / overtime / hard so that I have a good balance between work and
family life.
B. Fill in with: in (x2), up (x3), on (x4), to, over, with, by, into, for, out (x3), off (x2).
1. You are a sociable person ________ nature. This new job really suits you better than the previous
one.
2. Can you come up with _______ of the box ideas? It’ll be a valuable asset for the position.
3. Steve picked ________ a lot of useful skills during his apprenticeship last year.
4. My dream is to turn my passion for music ________ a profitable career.
5. As a marketing analyst, David often carries _______ surveys on customer preferences.
6. After the interview, did you take time to reflect ________ what you had been told?
7. After graduation, Tina headed _______ to London for an internship.
8. Would you recommend Ms. Anne ________ the position of IT programmer at our company
9. Hybrid working is starting to catch ________ in companies around the world.
10. You should take pride ________ your achievement; you worked your fingers _________ the bone.
11. Who will provide us ________ information about our new work schedule?
12. Paul had to fill ________ for Mary on Tuesday because she is ________ sick leave.
13. If you keep working such long hours, you’re going to burn _________ eventually.
14. The use of robotics in the workplace is ________ the rise at the moment.
15. ‘Congratulations ________ your promotion!’
‘Thanks. I tried really hard to get it. I’m _______ the moon!’
16. You should brush _______ on your interview skills before meeting the hiring manager tomorrow.
17. If we make a loss this year, we will have to lay _______ some of our staff.
C. Complete the blog entries with adjectives formed from the nouns in bold.
What do you want to do after school and why?
Greg, 18
‘I’m quite an ________________ (4. art) person, so I’d like a job that isn’t too _________________ (5.
repetition) and gives me room to be __________________ (6. create). At the same time, I have
_________________ (7. reason) expectations; I don’t need a job that pays millions of pounds a year or
anything like that! I love playing the piano, so I think being a studio musician would be perfect for me,
because I would get a good ________________ (8. year) salary and be able to do what I enjoy.
Being a musician is quite _________________ (9. glamour), and that’s obviously part of the appeal.
However my goal is not only to be the best but also to become one of the most __________________
(10. influence) people in the world of music.
Amy, 17
‘When I finish high school, I would like to study economics so that I can have a __________________ (1.
success) career in the _____________________ (2. finance) sector. I would love to become a banker or
a stock broker. And when I get wealthy enough, I plan to start my own company. You might think it’s not
a ____________________ (3. type) high school student’s dream, but it’s my dream!’
AGRUPAMENTO DE ESCOLAS DE SANTA MARIA DA FEIRA (B)
NAME __________________________________________ NUMBER ____ CLASS: _____
DATE: __________________________________________________________________
TEACHER: _______________________________________________________________
WRITING - MARK __________________________________________________________________
A. Imagine you belong to an online forum that helps readers with work-related issues. Write an article
(120-150 words), pointing the most important things to do before, during and after a job interview.
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