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Reinforce 2
Reinforce 2
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. 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 Choose the correct answer.
1. they / had / the / museum / that / been / all / Sandra / working / week / said / at
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2. whether / raining / children / was / asked / the / it
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3. told / mum / clean / house / my / me / to / the
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4. that / playing / Brian / friends / his / basketball / said / were
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5. pizza / dinner / night / suggested / a / that / David / ordering / for
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4 Complete the sentences in reported speech.