IMG 7

1 Describing your Job

a Read the texts and matdi them to the pktures. What are the jobs?

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b Match the highlighted words in the texts to definitions.

1 a written legał agreement    —COJliwęt—

2    the knowledge you get ffom doing a job    -

3 asetiesof lessons to leam to do a job    -

4    the time you spend doing a job    —

5    working for yourself, not for a company    _

6    to stop working when you reach a certain age, c.g. 65 _

7    left a job because you wanted to    . ——

8 lasting for a short time    -(oppositc-)

9 for onły a part of the day or the week    -(oppositc-)

10 exams you‘ve passed or counes youVe done -

2 Saying what you do

Compłete the Preposidons column.

Prepositions

11 work ‘-BBI a multinabonal company.

2    I work iMB a manager.

3    Im BP' I charge    the marketing departmcnt. - --

4    I work MfBHH a factory.

5    Im responsible '01 customer loans.

6    Tm V school / unhtnity.

7    Tm HHI mythirdyear.    -

3 People

Write two morę jobs in each column.

-er	-or	-łat	-ian	others
lawyer /' b:ja/ plumbcr	ąętor conductor	psychologist scientist	electrician librarian	accountant chef l\t(l

A Anemployeris a person or company that employs otlier people. An employee is a person who works for somebody.

Can you remember the words on this page? Test yourself or a partner.

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