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1.1 Look at A opposite. Margaux is talking about her work. Correct the expressions in italics.

'I work for a large French supermarket company. It is an international company and (1) I work about the development of new supermarkets abroad. (2) In fact, I running the development department and (3) I am manage for a team looking at the possibilities in different countries. It's very interesting. (4) One of my main is to make sure that new supermarkets open on time. (5) I'm also chaged with financial reporting. (6) I deal at a lot of different organizations in my work. (7) I'm responsible of planning projects from start to finish. (8) I work closely near our foreign partners, and so I travel a lot.'

1.2 Complete each gap in the text with one of the prepositions from B opposite.

Rebecca lives in London and works in public relations. She leaves home for work at 7.30 am. She drives (1) ____ work. The traffic is often bad and she worries about getting (2) _____ work late, but she usually arrives (3) ______ work at around 9. She finishes work quite late, at about 8. 'Luckily, I'm never ill,' she says. 'I could never take time (4) _____ work.'

She loves what she does and is glad to be (5) _____ work. Some of her friends are not  so lucky: they are (6) _____ of work.

1.3  What is being advertised in each of these job advertisements (1-6)? Use an expression from C opposite, including the words in brackets. The first one has been done for you.

1. Librarian required for public library, afternoons 2 till 6. (job)    - a. part-time job

2. Personal assistant needed for busy office, 9 am to 5.30 pm. (work)

3. Experienced barman wanted, 8 pm until midnight. (work)

4. Teacher needed for summer course, 1 to 31 August. (job)

5. Salesman required for showroom - good prospects for right person. (work)

6. Lawyer wanted for law firm - long hours, 4 weeks holiday per year. (job)

Test 1

1.1 Use a word from the box to complete each sentence. The first one is an example. There is one extra word that you don't have to use.

0. I work for Morgans the aircraft company.

1. I ______ the manufacturing plant in Cambridge.

2. I am in charge __________ the production team.

3. About 120 people work ______ me.

4. Coordination between production and design is my ______.

5. I ______ with a lot of people in the company and with our customers.

6. I'm ____ for a budget of over 100 million.

1.2 Decide whether each statement is about full-time (FT), part-time (PR), permanent (P) or temporary (T) work. Tick the right box. The first one is an example.

0. I work from 9 to 5 during the week and 8 to 12 on a Saturday (FT)

1. I joined the company ten years ago and I guess I'll be here for another ten.

2. I do four hours each morning and then I pick the children up from school.

3. I've been here since March and I'll leave in July when the designs are finished.

4. We are supposed to work 37 1/2 hours a week but I usually do a bit more.

5. I started here when i left school/ Oh, thath's about 20 years ago now.

6. This job is only for six months, but that's OK because then I'm going to Italy.

1.3 Write one word from the box below in each gap to complete the text. The first one is an example. You may choose to use words more than once.

'My name is Anne Scott and I work for a public relations company in London. I leave _______ work at 7 o'clock in the morning. I go ______ work by train and I usually ____ to work by 8.30. I'm always _____ work till about 6 o'clock so I never get home before 7.30 pm. Last year I broke my leg and so I was ______ work for over a month, I didn't like being at home. I love my job. I would hate to be permanently out _____ work.'

1.4 In each sentence, write the correct form of the word given in brackets ( ). The first one is an example.

0. I'm responsible for managing the design team. (manage)

1. I'm in charge of ______ the work of the team. (coordinate)

2. One of my responsibilities is to _____ sure that we don't spend too much money (make)

3. My team is responsible for the _____ of new models for production. (design)

4. I'm in charge of ______ our work for the whole year. (plan)

Exercises

2.1 Look at the six expressions (a-f) from A opposite. Which person (1-6) is most likely to do each of the things described?

2.2 Look at the words and expressions in B and C opposite. Five people describe their jobs. Match the jobs (1-5) with the descriptions (a-e) and put the words in brackets into the correct grammatical forms.

1. 'Obviously, my work involves ____ 9travel) a lot. It can be quite physically ________ (demand), but I enjoy _____ (deal) with customers, except when they become tired and anxious about arriving. This doesn't happen often, but it can be very frustrating for us and the other passengers.'
2. 'I love my job. It's very _____ (stimulate) and not at all _______ (repeat): no two days are the same. The children are fine: you see them learn and develop. The parents can be more of a problem.'
3. 'I was good at maths at school and I like ____ (work) with figures. But my job is much less ____ (bore) and routine than people think. The work ______ (involve) a lot of human contact and teamwork, working with other managers.'
4. 'You've got to think in a very logical way. There's a lot of teamwork between the developers. The work can be mantally _____ (tire), but it's very satisfying to write a program that works.'
5. 'Of course, it involves getting up quite early in the morning. But I like _____ (be) out in the open air. And you get a lot of exercise. I walk two or three miles every day.'