Employment and Work Quiz

What is another term for ´looking for a job´?

• Running a business

• Enjoying retirement

• Seeking employment

• Joining the workforce

• Searching for a work

Due to the high unemployment ​ (a)   , many Spaniards have no choice but to seek employment abroad.

​

• rate
• percentage
• number
• level

I was FIRED

Groups:

(a) synonym - INFORMAL

,

(b) synonym - FORMAL

,

(c) Different meaning

,

(d) OPPOSITE meaning

• I was let go

• I was sacked

• I was taken on

• I resigned

• I joined the workforce

• I lost my job

• I quit my job

• I got the boot

• I was hired

• I retired

• I left my position

• I was made redundant

What is the term for travelling to & from work?

• To commute

• To retire

• To be hired

• To drive

Many workers have to c................ into the city centre on a daily basis.

What is the term for the money that your business makes?

• The minimum wage

• Your income

• A monthly salary

• A profit

a limited period of time, usually forming part of a course of study, during which someone works for a company or organization in order to get work experience, which may be paid or not paid:

• A bargain

• A work placement

• A grant

• An internship

• A scholarship

We should buy more computers

FORMAL:

The school should .................... computers

• invest more funds in

• Allocate a higher proportion of the budget to

• Spend more funds on

• Raise more awareness of

invest more funds ​ (a)  

Allocate a higher proportion of the budget ​ (b)  

Spend more funds ​ (c)  

• in
• to
• on
• for

​ ​ (a)   more of the budget on ​

​ (b)   ​ more funds in

​ ​ (c)   a higher proportion of the budget to

• Allocate
• Spend
• Invest