Work: Duties, Conditions and Pay

A) Put the words in these questions in the correct order.

1. living do do what for you a?

What do you do for living?

2. you do much how earn?

How much do you earn?
3. tax you pay do have income to?
Do you have to pay tax income?
4. much do get holiday you how?
How much holiday do you get?
5. overtime in you do work job have to your?
Do you have overtime work in your job?
6. pay you do holiday get?
Do you get Holiday pay?
7. pay get sick you do?
Dou you get sick pay?
8. your what involve does job?
What does your job involve?

B) Match the questions above with the answers below.

1. Yes, if we are very busy.

Do you have overtime work in your job?

2. Yes, up to six months' full salary.

Dou you get sick pay?

3. 40,000 per year.

How much do you earn?

4. Yes, I pay 40% a year to the government.

Do you have to pay tax income?

5. I deal with overseas clients, mainly.

What does your job involve?
 6. 28 days.
How much holiday do you get?
7. I work for an international bank.
8. What do you do for living?
9. Yes, it's included in my salary.
Do you get Holiday pay?

C) Replace the underlined words or phrases with a suitable alternative.

1. I must leave — I have to go to a very important meeting.

Attend
2. My wife is in charge of about twenty workers in her department.
Managing
3. How long have you been managing this shop?
In charge of
4. I quite often have to work overtime, but I don't mind, because I'm paid for it.
Grind
5. My job involves meeting clients and advising them on their financial problems.
Conference
6. Could you tell me what your duties are?
Responsibility

D) Match the words and phrases on the left with those on the right.

1. to work flexi- time a) working at different times: days one week, nights the next.

2. to run a business b) to work regular daytime hours.

3. to have a nine-to-five job c) money you earn every month/year.

4. to do paperwork d) to manage or be responsible for a company.

5. to do shiftwork e) to do routine work such as writing letters, filling in forms.

6. a salary f) to be able to start and finish work at different times each day.

E) Correct the eleven mistakes in these sentences (sentences 1, 4 and 6 have two mistakes
each).

1. I'm builder and I work to a big company in the city of London.

I ‘m a builder and I work for a big company at the city of London
2. Unfortunately, I haven't got a work at the moment, but I hope to find one soon.
Unfortunately, I haven’t got job at the moment, but I hope to find one soon.
3. I work on a hospital in the X-ray department.
I work in a hospital in the X-ray department.
4. What your job involves, exactly?
What does your job involve, exactly?
5. I have to deal the delivery problems in my company.
I have to deal with the delivery problems in my company
6. I make a lot of paperwork, which involves fill in a lot of forms.
I do a lot of paperwork, which involves filling out a lot of forms.
7. I am pay a very good salary.
I am paid a very good salary
8. I have to advice clients a lot in my job.
I have to advise clients a lot in my job