- •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
Fill in the correct form of the verb in brackets (to –infinitive or –ing form), as in the examples.
He goes to evening class to learn (learn) Italian.
Learning (learn) a language can help you to get a job.
Oh no! I forgot …………………… (buy) eggs when I was at the supermarket.
The government is determined …………………. (solve) some of the environmental problems facing the area.
Dan prefers ………………… (cook) at home to eating out.
There’s no point in ………………… (buy) a computer if you are not going to use it.
They have decided ………………… (decorate) the living room.
The children love ………………… (go) to the swimming pool.
I regret ………………… (tell) Alice what Sean had said.
Hydroelectricity and wind turbines can be used ………………… (provide) environmentally friendly energy.
Write the correct form of the verb in brackets.
I like ………………… (watch) TV at the weekends.
I’d like ………………… (go) to the cinema tonight.
I’ll never forget ………………… (meet) David Beckham.
Don’t forget ……………… (lock) the door.
He regrets ………………… (leave) school so early.
I regret ………………… (inform) you that you haven’t been accepted for the job.
Do you remember ………………… (visit) Paris?
Remember …………………. (call) me tonight.
She stopped ………………… (work) when she was sixty-five.
He stopped …………….. (fix) the puncture.
Match the phrases in Column a to those in Column b to make complete sentences.
A B
I can’t stand
I love
I’d like
I’m thinking about
I can
Use the phrases to make up sentences about yourself.
I can’t help ………………………………………………………..
I’m not used to ………………………………………………….
One day I hope to ……………………………………………..
I would love ………………………………………………………
I had better ………………………………………………………
READING 1
TIME-SAVING TIPS : LISTS
Making lists is relaxing. It makes you feel important – all those things to do. It dictates the shape of the immediate future; it calms you down (it’s OK, it’s on a list somewhere) and it makes you feel good when you cross something off (list-making is standard practice in therapy for depression). It might even help you to get things done too.
The world divides in two when it comes to listing. Type A makes orderly lists, prioritizes and calmly sets to work on them. Type B waits until panic sets in, grabs the nearest envelope and scribbles all over it, sighs with relief and promptly loses it.
The more you have to do, the more you need a list and few people with high-powered jobs get by without them.
Barbara Vanilli, chief executive of a large chain of supermarkets, says, “Before I go to bed, I have to write down everything that’s going to stop me sleeping. I feel I won’t forget anything I’ve written down, so my lists are a great comfort.”
Women always think they ‘re better at lists than men. Men tend to have Tasks which they assemble into Action Plans whereas women just have lists of Things To Do. Jacqueline Maddocks, head of Maddocks Publishers, says, “My male colleagues only make lists for work, whereas I have to make lists for work and for home too. It’s essential to write tings down. If you’re constantly thinking, “I must remember this,” it blocks your mind.”
James Oliver, psychologist, has created his own “time management matrix”. He writes a list of things to do and then organizes them into categories: things that have to be done straight away, other things that it would be good to do today, things that are important but haven’t got to be done immediately and things that are less urgent but that he doesn’t want to forget. “Using categories to order the world is the way the human mind works,” he says. “ After that, you should put things into hierarchies of importance.” But he warns against the danger of Excessive List Syndrome. “If people get obsessed with making lists, it doesn’t work. They have too many categories and lose their capacity to prioritize.”
It’s all a question of what works best for you, whether it’s a tidy notebook, a forest of Post-it notes or the back of your hand. Having tried all these, student Kate Rollins relies on a computerized list, printed out each morning to be scribbled on during the day. “My electronic organizer has changed my life,” she says. “Up to now, I’ve always relied on my good memory, but now that I’m working and studying, I find I’ve got too much to keep in my head.”
So what are you waiting for? No, you’re not too busy to make today the first day of your upgraded time-managed life. In fact, there’s no better time than the present to get an upper hand on time and begin to take increased control of your work and life. So, get out your pencil and paper and make a list.