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    The document is an English vocabulary worksheet for an 11th grade class covering job-related terminology. It contains definitions of terms like "career", "to make a living", and "sick pay". It also includes a matching exercise pairing vocabulary words with sentences and filling in the blanks with terms such as "job cuts", "promotion", and "skills". Finally, there is a section defining terms like "job", "maternity leave", and "wage" and having students write the corresponding vocabulary word.

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    The document is an English vocabulary worksheet for an 11th grade class covering job-related terminology. It contains definitions of terms like "career", "to make a living", and "sick pay". It also includes a matching exercise pairing vocabulary words with sentences and filling in the blanks with terms such as "job cuts", "promotion", and "skills". Finally, there is a section defining terms like "job", "maternity leave", and "wage" and having students write the corresponding vocabulary word.

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    The document is an English vocabulary worksheet for an 11th grade class covering job-related terminology. It contains definitions of terms like "career", "to make a living", and "sick pay". It also includes a matching exercise pairing vocabulary words with sentences and filling in the blanks with terms such as "job cuts", "promotion", and "skills". Finally, there is a section defining terms like "job", "maternity leave", and "wage" and having students write the corresponding vocabulary word.

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    The World of Work

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    Elizabeth Cerqueira
    The document is an English vocabulary worksheet for an 11th grade class covering job-related terminology. It contains definitions of terms like "career", "to make a living", and "sick pay". It also includes a matching exercise pairing vocabulary words with sentences and filling in the blanks with terms such as "job cuts", "promotion", and "skills". Finally, there is a section defining terms like "job", "maternity leave", and "wage" and having students write the corresponding vocabulary word.

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    AEPS – ESCOLA SECUNDÁRIA DE PONTE DE SOR

    ENGLISH VOCABULARY – 11th Grade

    STUDENT: _____________________________________________ Nº: ___ CLASS: ____ DATE: __________________

    THE WORLD OF WORK – JOB RELATED VOCABULARY


    A. Define the given words:
     Career ___________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________________
     To make a living____________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________________
     Sick pay __________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________________
     Flexitime work _____________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________________
     Job cuts __________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________________

    B. Insert the given words into the sentence gaps. Four words will be left.
    job cuts turnover of staff to moonlight to fire promotion job satisfaction
    profession overtime pay skills to hire taxes retire
    trade company perks breadwinner valuable salary gross wages

    1) There is no________________________ in our company, everyone is very satisfied and is not


    planning to leave this well-paid job.
    2) He is very rich, and he doesn’t even need all these _________________________, he has his own 2
    cars and his brother owns a sports center. Plus, he has 3 mobile phones.
    3) Do you think that this information is ______________________? I think that we cannot use it in
    future.
    4) People have to pay____________________________ .
    5) What ___________________ are required for this job? Well, you have to type and know how to use
    a computer.
    6) I don’t believe that this firm has so many______________________ It has always been so wealthy!
    7) His ___________________ is very interesting. I love when people make things with their own
    hands.
    8) Nowadays, lawyer is a very important and prestigious __________________________.
    9) After doing a survey at this company, the committee concluded that general
    ____________________ is very low.
    10) A lot of people work extra hours and don’t get any _______________________________.
    11) What age do you plan to _______________________________?
    12) His boss __________________________ him when he sold very secret information to other
    company.
    13) It’s not polite to ask people what their _______________________________ is.
    14) At the period of the world crisis a lot of people try to _________________________ whenever it is
    possible just to feed their children.

    2021 GOOD WORK! Teacher: Paula Varandas Ferreira


    C. Write the names for the given definitions.

    1) An individual piece of work or task, a duty; what you do to earn your living especially if you work for
    someone else. _________________________

    2) A period of paid absence from work for a woman during the months immediately before and after
    childbirth. _________________________

    3) Payment in return for work or services, esp. that made to workmen on a daily, hourly, weekly basis.
    _________________________

    4) Advancement in rank. _________________________

    5) A person who earns money with intellectual work. _________________________

    6) A form used to apply for a job. _________________________

    7) A feeling or opinion about something or someone; a mental position with regard to a state.
    _________________________

    8) The ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you have practiced it.
    __________________

    9) A self-employed person, esp. a writer or artist, who is not employed continuously but hired to do
    specific assignments. _________________________

    2021 GOOD WORK! Teacher: Paula Varandas Ferreira

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