ESCOLA PROFISSIONAL DE MÚSICA DE ESPINHO

ENGLISH HANDOUT Nº ____

Name: __________________________________ Lesson number: _______

Date: ___________________________________ School year: 2014/ 2015

A. Find the odd one out.

1. job task effort duty
2. toil salary pay wage
3. occupation profession job recruit
4. applicant job seeker competitor candidate
5. take on hire promote employ
6. sack engage fire dismiss
7. personal staff employees personnel
8. employer trainee boss manager
9. seek look for analyse apply for

B. Here are some more words connected with work. Match them with their definitions.
1. perks [fringe benefits] a) small routine tasks, especially domestic ones

2. unemployment benefit b) a probability or chance of future success, especially that based on

present work
3. toil
c) time a mother spends away from work immediately before or after
4. prospects the birth of her baby

5. maternity leave d) a skill needing careful use of the hands

6. white-collar e) a pleasant and sometimes unexpected bonus which accompanies a

job, such as a company car and other benefits
7. fee f) to dismiss someone from a job
8. schedules g) special ability to do something well, gained by learning and practice
9. chores h) a planned list or order of things to be done, dealt with
10. handicraft i) designating non-manual and usually salaried workers employed in
professional and clerical occupations
11. skill
j) a sum of money paid for professional services
12. sack
l) to work for a long time and with great effort
m) a regular social security payment for people who are registered with
the Government as unemployed, also known as “the dole” [colloq.]
C. Read the definitions and complete the crossword puzzle.
 A. Complete the following sentences in order to define the jobs. The words in the
box will help you.

keeps and examines money accounts of business people serve customers at a restaurant
make or repair wooden objects plant and harvest crops is trained to perform surgery
building with bricks puts out fires and rescue people travels into space
fixes broken pipes sells you flights and holidays sells meat sells vegetables and fruit
designs buildings and supervises their construction cuts and styles people’s hair
takes care of ill people give legal advice

1. An astronaut is a person who ______________________________________

2. A surgeon is someone who _________________________________________
3. An accountant is someone who ______________________________________
4. A firefighter is a person who ______________________________________
5. A lawyer is someone whose job is to _________________________________
6. A bricklayer is a workman trained and skilled in ________________________
7. An architect is a person who _______________________________________
8. A carpenter is someone whose job is to ______________________________
9. A hairdresser is someone who ______________________________________
10. A farmer is someone whose job is to ______________________________
11.A nurse is someone who _________________________________________
12. A butcher is someone who _______________________________________
13. A plumber is someone who _______________________________________
14. A greengrocer is someone who ____________________________________
15. A travel agent is someone who ___________________________________
16. A waitress is someone whose job is to _____________________________

B. Study the list of jobs below and do as suggested.

software engineer marketer web editor
social worker youth worker coach
nutritionist lecturer cashier
lawyer doctor teacher
machine operator lorry driver supervisor
carpenter receptionist accountant
bank clerk librarian painter
plumber electrician mason
actor waiter sales director architect baby-sitter
Write down two jobs which you think…
a) require very basic training: _______________ _______________
b) can be done from home: _______________ _______________
c) have high prestige: _______________ _______________
d) require very advance skills:_______________ _______________