IN I-vocabulary 1

Medicine is a profession; street-cleaning is simply a .... .

• trade

• job

• task

• labour

• skill

To qualify as a doctor, you'll need to spend ..... years studying.

• different

• few

• several

• various

• a lot

The reason most of us work is to ..... money.

• win

• gain

• award

• earn

• become

Peter is a public relations officer. He says it is an interesting .....

• work

• job

• trade

• office

• skill

It took him two ..... years to write his book.

• whole

• all

• total

• entire

• complete

It is a great ..... to be able to speak foreign languages.

• benefit

• receipt

• profit

• bonus

• advantage

Anna expected to get high marks, but in fact she failed. She was very ...... .

• deceived

• disappointed

• disillusioned

• deluded

• disaffected

We're very busy this week. Can you work ..... ?

• double time

• extra time

• overtime

• supplementary time

I succeeded in my job through sheer hard ..... .

• effort

• industry

• labour

• work

Ruth is looking for a new ..... at the moment.

• employment

• vacancy

• appointment

• condition