6 OPTIMISE YOUR VOCABULARY | Higher B2

Words connected with the world Collocations with go and get

of work 4 Complete the sentences with the correct
1 Complete the sentences with the words in form of go or get and the words in the box.
the box. a placement | abroad | bankrupt
bonus | leave | retired | salary crazy | fired | lost | missing
sick | tip | unemployed | wages quiet | the impression

1 When I worked in a shop, I would get my weekly 1 You will              if you keep
       every Friday. speaking so rudely to the director.
2 My grandfather        at the age of 80, 2 My teacher              when I said
having worked for 60 years. I would be missing lessons for a month.
3 After being        for a long time, Helen 3 A lot of businesses have             
was delighted to find a job. due to poor management.
4 If a service charge is included, you don’t have to 4 Lauren didn’t come to the class yesterday
leave a(n)        for the waiter. because she’s              on
holiday.
5 The yearly        for this position is
£40,000. 5 When Ian              for two days,
people were very worried about him.
6 Our boss always gave us a        when
things went well for the company. 6 You’ve             . Why aren’t you
talking?
7 I fell ill and I was off        for a month.
7 Do you              that we are not
8 Not all companies give paternity        for
wanted around here? I do.
new fathers.
8 ‘Your letter never arrived.’ ‘It must have
             in the post.’
Phrasal verbs 9 Lily              in a school as a
2 Complete the phrasal verbs. Write one language assistant.
word in each gap.
1 In my first office job, I spent all day        Unit round-up
in data on a computer.
5 Complete the text with one word in
2 The manager often asks me to        in for
each gap.
Nigel when he’s off. It doesn’t seem fair.
3 If you work your way        , you could do Working then and now
very well in this company.
4 I know you have a lot to do, but you won’t be able Desmond, 75
to work at all if you burn       . I’m 75, so I’ve (1)        now, of course, but
5 The manager insists that we        her in when I started work, over half a century ago, most
on any emails we send. of the men in my town worked in industry, collecting
6 They took me        but they couldn’t their (2)        every Thursday. People were
guarantee the job would be permanent. glad to have work, so they didn’t (3)       
3 Choose the correct answer (a or b) to from a job unless they’d found something else. Some
complete the sentence. workers went on (4)        for more money
1 Hannah worked her way up or better conditions, but mostly you didn’t complain
because you could get (5)        just for
a) so she was off sick for a month.
speaking up.
b) to become head of the company.
2 The family suffered financially I’ve never experienced getting the (6)        ,
but I once worked for a company that went
a) because they had got ahead.
(7)       . That was a worry at the time,
b) when Jim got laid off.
because I was (8)        off and a bit concerned
3 There’s no way you’ll get ahead if you don’t
that I wouldn’t find another job. But I was never
a) do what the boss says.
(9)        for long. These days, young
b) retire early.
people are forced to move away – even to go
4 Are you free on Saturday to (10)        – in order to find a job, so I think
a) fill in for Julie? I did quite well.
b) take on someone who’s ill?

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