Reinforce 2

Vocabulary
1 Choose the correct answer.
1. Shirley is veryfriendly / creative / courageous. She should be an artist.

2. Paul is very patient / adventurous/ organised. He never gets angry at his employees.
3. Thanks for helping. I really needed the
retirement / assistance / appearance.
4. Brenda is a veryreliable / calm / ambitious person. She plans to be president one day.
5. I can’t call him because he didn’t give me his
job requirement/ university degree/ contact information.
6. To be a translator, you need a knowledge of
physical strength/ personality characteristics/ languages.
2 Match the sentences in A to sentences with similar meanings in B.

A B
1. Peter said that he wanted a job with flexible working …… a. You must be very strong in order to do this job.
hours. …… b. He hasn’t had a job for four weeks.
2. This position requires a lot of physical strength. …… c. He said that he was very pleased with his job.
3. John has been out of work for a month. …… d. You earn more money if you work more than eight
4. You’re paid extra for overtime. hours a day.
5. He said that he got a lot of job satisfaction. …… e. He said that he wanted to be able to start work at
different times each day.
3 Complete the sentences with the words below.

helpful • productive • employee • steady job • apply for • employer
1. Bob decided to ……………………… the job of bookkeeper, even though he doesn’t have experience.
2. My friend’s father has never had a ……………………… . Every year he works at a different company.
3. Mr Thomas is an excellent ……………………… . He works very hard, is always on time and gets along with everyone.
4. The factory workers aren’t very ……………………… . They don’t seem to get a lot of work done.
5. Why didn’t you wash the dishes? You aren’t very ……………………… .
6. Sara’s ……………………… pays her a good salary.
1. John will retire from / apply for his job when he’s 70 years old.
2. Dan has two years ofwork experience/ job applicationas a clerk.
3. Steve is finallybeing fired / going back to workand will be in the office tomorrow.
4. His job title / company is cook, but he really manages the restaurant.
5. She wants aprofessional/ part-time job. She doesn’t want to work eight hours a day.
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5 Choose the word that doesn’t belong.
1. productive • responsible • helpful • workable

2. employer • salary • employee • worker
3. promotion • appearance • retirement • employment
4. unemployed • experienced • knowledgeable • ambitious
5. steady job • part-time job • full-time position • job application
6 Complete the sentences with the words below.

reliable • retirement • challenging • fired • experienced • hired
1. She has been a solicitor for twenty years. She’s very ……………………… .
2. When he reaches ……………………… age, he will stop working.
3. John has found a great job. He has been ……………………… as a writer for the National Geographic magazine.
4. Medical school is very ……………………… , and many students don’t complete their studies.
5. Jim was ……………………… from his job and is unemployed at the moment.
6. Isabel is a ……………………… worker. You can always count on her to get the job done.
7 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets. Use the suffixes -tion, -er, -ed,
-ment, -able or -ance.
1. He said that he wanted to get a ……………………… (promote).
2. Dan is ……………………… (knowledge) about computers.
3. He is looking forward to his ……………………… (retire).
4. She is a very ……………………… (organise) person.
5. She is too worried about her ……………………… (appear).
6. Eva is a good ……………………… (work).
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Grammar
1. Dan said that hewill meet / would meetus at ten o’clock.

2. Paula told Jack that shehas been waiting/ had been waitingfor him for an hour.
3. They said that theydidn’t find / hadn’t foundwork yet.
4. Tony told Mrs Brown that the catis drinking / was drinkingher tea.
5. Sara asked James whether hehad made / made an appointment the previous day.
6. Ellen’s parents asked when shewas coming/ is coming home that night.
7. Sam enquired whether wehad ever seen/ ever saw the film March of the Penguins
.
8. The ski instructor asked how long had
it been snowing/ has been snowing.
2 Complete the sentences. Use reported speech.
1. “Stop making so much noise,” the teacher told the students.

The teacher told the students.................................................................................................
.
2. “Don’t turn on the television,” Tim’s mother said.
Tim’s mother told him.............................................................................................................
.
3. “Let’s meet at the café after work,” Anne suggested.
Anne suggested that...............................................................................................................
.
3 Write sentences using the words below.
1. they / had / the / museum / that / been / all / Sandra / working / week / said / at
...................................................................................................................................................
2. whether / raining / children / was / asked / the / it
...................................................................................................................................................
3. told / mum / clean / house / my / me / to / the
...................................................................................................................................................
4. that / playing / Brian / friends / his / basketball / said / were
...................................................................................................................................................
5. pizza / dinner / night / suggested / a / that / David / ordering / for
...................................................................................................................................................
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4 Complete the sentences in reported speech.
1. “Will Dan’s father drive us to the party tonight?” Louise asked.

Louise asked whether.............................................................................................................
.
2. “I haven’t seen Paul since 2001,” Andrea said.
Andrea told us that she...........................................................................................................
.
3. “Don’t look at your partners’ answers,” the teacher ordered the students.
The teacher ordered the students...........................................................................................
.
4. “The football team has been practising since six o’clock,” Jim announced.
Jim announced that................................................................................................................
.
5. “When are you finishing work tonight?” Sue asked me.
Sue asked ...............................................................................................................................
.
6. “Let’s buy a new TV,” suggested Brian.
Brian suggested that...............................................................................................................
.
5 Write the sentences in direct speech.
1. I asked Regina where she was going for her holiday.

...................................................................................................................................................
2. Everyone asked Susan what she had done the day before.
...................................................................................................................................................
3. They said that they wouldn’t go to the party unless Sam invited them.
...................................................................................................................................................
4. The manager ordered Gina to finish typing those letters by five o’clock.
...................................................................................................................................................
5. Albert told us that he had finished the last Harry Potterbook the week before.
...................................................................................................................................................
6. Tina suggested that we make Lucy a surprise party.
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Vocabulary

1 Choose the correct answer.

1. Shirley is veryfriendly / creative / courageous. She should be an artist.

2 Match the sentences in A to sentences with similar meanings in B.

3 Complete the sentences with the words below.

4 Choose the correct answer.

1. productive • responsible • helpful • workable

6 Complete the sentences with the words below.

1. Dan said that hewill meet / would meetus at ten o’clock.

2 Complete the sentences. Use reported speech.

1. “Stop making so much noise,” the teacher told the students.

3 Write sentences using the words below.

1. “Will Dan’s father drive us to the party tonight?” Louise asked.

5 Write the sentences in direct speech.

1. I asked Regina where she was going for her holiday.

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