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Vocabulary and grammar exercises

1 Choose the correct form and fill in the gaps:

  1. Don’t ________, prolonging the interview, when it should be over.

a) hang around b) get around

c) pay around d) walk around

  1. When is the ________ for application?

a) supplier b) candidate

c) deadline d) remark

  1. The unions say this is because of the 30% ________ in the workforce.

a) reduction b) distribution

c) security d) training

  1. And then, last month, Mr Gates ________ the Human Resources Director.

a) spoke b) sacked

c) passed d) provided.

  1. Business can be a powerful ________ for social change.

a) agent b) agency

c) agenda d) agreement

2 Ask questions on the underlined words:

  1. Appearances are important during the interview.

  2. The first candidate for the interview did not arrive at 10 AM.

  3. He booked himself into a local hotel the night before the interview.

  4. Dolores had a degree in accounting and felt right at home dissecting the annual report.

  5. The Tories will use the figures to intensify their onslaught against the Government in the run-up to the budget.

3 Fill in the blanks with prepositions and articles:

  1. This approach and style will provide you ________ an edge ________ the competition.

  2. During this time frame both parties look ________ a common chemistry that will produce _______ good working relationship.

  3. Ask good questions that relate ________ the job, and how it fits ________ overall corporate strategy.

  4. ________ company's primary objective during _______ interview is to learn ________ your personality and talents.

  5. It’s not surprising that he’s working less hard. He’s very close ________ retirement.

  6. They thought everything was ________ control until they had a big dispute ________ pay.

  7. ________ brevity is ________ soul of wit.

  8. ________ experience is ________ best teacher.

4 Reword the following sentences without changing their meaning. Pay attention to the italicized words:

  1. The employer should not think that you are too stylish.

  2. The matter of the greatest importance is to learn about the personality and talents of the interviewer.

  3. In the end, no matter hard you try, your true traits will surface.

  4. After a sudden breakdown at their Southford site the main assembly line was put out of action.

  5. Four basic emotions are most commonly singled out as underpinning our attitudes towards money: our desires for security, power, love and freedom.

5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the below verbs:

Get/find work, do work, do something for a living, make a living, be offered a job, take on a job.

I’d love to…a job in journalism, but it’s not easy without qualifications. Since I have to earn a … somehow, I’ll have to get…wherever I can find it. I’ve been…some part - time work editing a typescript for a book, but I’m not sure I want to…it….

6 Complete each sentence (a-h) with a suitable ending (1-8). Use each ending once.

a) If you work hard, the company will give you….

b) In a different job I cold get a higher….

c) The best way to find new staff is to put a /an….

d) Because he had stolen the money, we decided that….

e) She has a pleasant personality but hasn’t got the right….

f) In the meeting we are going to discuss….

g) I think it would be a good idea to send in your….

h) We cannot give you the job without….

1 qualifications for a job of this kind.

2 advertisement in the local press on Friday.

3 application for the job as soon as possible.

4 promotion to a more responsible position.

5 references from your previous employer.

6 dismissing him was the only possible action we could take.

7 salary and better conditions for employment.

8 appointment for a new sales representative.

7 Match each phrase with its opposite:

well-paid

stressful

work indoors

work long hours

hard work

easy and fun

relaxing

badly paid

go home early

exciting work

boring job

work outdoors

8 Pair work. Discuss the statements below and find out your partner’s views on the issues:

  1. Interviewers will excuse a shabby appearance because they know you are unemployed.

  2. When you have to travel three hours to an interview, the people you meet will understand if you yawn.

  3. You can never overprepare for an interview.

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