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This document contains a lesson on careers with vocabulary, grammar, and interview exercises. [1] It introduces vocabulary related to careers including terms like "career move", "career break", and "career ladder". [2] Grammar concepts around modal verbs and their uses for ability, requests, and offers are presented. [3] Interview questions and answers are provided as examples for using modals in a job interview context.

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Lesson 1 Pre Class Study Material Pre Intermediate

This document contains a lesson on careers with vocabulary, grammar, and interview exercises. [1] It introduces vocabulary related to careers including terms like "career move", "career break", and "career ladder". [2] Grammar concepts around modal verbs and their uses for ability, requests, and offers are presented. [3] Interview questions and answers are provided as examples for using modals in a job interview context.

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1 Careers

LESSON Pre-Class Study Material


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Vocabulary A Match the phrases (1-6) with their meanings (a-f). Use a
dictionary to help you.
Career moves
1. career move a) chances to start/improve your career

2. career break b) ideas you have for your future career

3. career plan c) an action you take to progress in your


career
4. career opportunities d) a period of time away from your job to,
for example, look after your children
5. career path e) a series of levels or steps in your
working life
6. career ladder f) the direction your working life takes

B Complete the sentences below with the verbs in the box. Use a
dictionary to help you.
climb - decide - have - make - offer - take

1. Employees in large multinationals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . excellent career


opportunities if they are willing to travel.
2. Some people . . . . . . . . . . . a career break to do something adventurous
like sailing round the world or going trekking in India.
3. One way to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a career move is to join a small but rapidly
growing company.
4. Certain companies . . . . . . . . . . . . career opportunities to the long-term
unemployed or to people without formal qualifications.
5. Ambitious people often . . . . . . . . . . . . . . on a career plan while they are
still at university.
6. In some industries, it can take a long time to . . . . . . . . . . . . . the career
ladder.

C Look at these groups of words. One word from each group cannot
be used together with the verb in bold. Which one is it?
1. make: a fortune / progress / 4. do: part-time work / a mistake
a living / a training course /a nine-to-five job /
your best
2. get: progress / a promotion / 5. take: a pension / timeoff
a bonus /fired an opportunity / early
retirement
3. earn: commision / a part-time 6. work: flexitime / anti-social
job / money / hours / overtime / an
40,000 per year office job

Adapted from Market Leader 3rd Edition by Pearson Publishing 1


E Complete each of these sentences with the appropriate form of a
word pair from Exercise C.
1. In banking, you can . . . . . . . . . . . with the big bonuses and retire at 35.

2. When you . . . . . . . . . . ., you can arrange your own schedule, so this is


very convenient when you have children.
3. People who work in sales often have the opportunity to . . . . . . . . . . on
top of a basic salary.
4. Luke is ambitious and does not want to be a sales assistant all his life.
In fact, he hopes to . . . . . . . . . . . and become Assistant Manager very
soon.
5. Many students . . . . . . . . . . . when they are at university because it fits
in with their studies.
6. Go ran is 59, but he does not want to . . . . . . . . . . . In fact, he is taking
on more work!

Grammar Modal verbs are very common in English. Match these functions (a-c) to the
Modals: ability, examples (1-3).
requests, and
offers a) making an offer b) describing ability c) making a request

1 Can you help me?


Could you say that again, please?

2 Can I help you?


Would you like a cup of coffee?

3 I can speak Polish and Russian.


She could read and write before she was three.

A Rearrange the words to make questions from a job interview.


Then, decide whether each question is a) making a request, b)
making an offer, or c) asking about ability.
1. get / you / can / I / a drink / ?
Can I get you a drink? (b)
2. e-mail address / your / confirm / I / could / ?

3. can / you / spreadsheets / use / ?

4. speak / languages / any other / you / can / ?

5. about / tell / you / job / us / your present / more / could / ?

6. tell / your current salary / me / you / could / ?

7. would you / as soon as possible / your decision/ let us know / ?

8. start / you / when / can / ?

9. like / tea / some more / you / would / ?

Adapted from Market Leader 3rd Edition by Pearson Publishing 2


B Match the questions in Exercise A (1-9) to these interviewee’s
answers (a-i).
a. It’s €60,000 a year.

b. Not very well, but I’m doing a course next week.

c. I can let you know next week.

d. Thank you. A cup of tea, please.

e. The address is correct, but I’ve got a new mobile number.

f. I’d love some. Thank you.

g. Well, I’m currently supervising an HR project.

h. Yes, I can speak Korean and Japanese.

i. My notice period is two months.

Answers Vocabulary, Exercise A:


Check your
answers 1-c / 2-d / 3-b / 4-a / 5-f / 6-e

Vocabulary, Exercise B:

1. have
2. take
3. make
4. offer
5. decide
6. climb
Vocabulary, Exercise C:

1. training course
2. progress
3. a part-time job
4. a mistake
5. a pension
6. an office job
Vocabulary, Exercise D:

1. make a fortune
2. work flexitime
3. earn commision
4. get a promotion
5. do part-time work
6. take early retirement

Adapted from Market Leader 3rd Edition by Pearson Publishing 3


Grammar, Introduction:

1-c / 2-a / 3-b

Grammar, Exercise A:

1. Can I get you a drink? (b)


2. Could I confirm your e-mail address? (a)
3. Can you use spreadsheets? (c)
4. Can you speak any other languages? (c)
5. Could you tell us more about your present job? (a)
6. Could you tell me your current salary? (a)
7. Would you let us know your decision as soon as possible? (a)
8. When can you start? (a)
9. Would you like some more tea? (b)

Grammar, Exercise B:

a-6 / b-3 / c-7 / d-1 / e-2 / f-9 / g-5 / h-4 / i-8

Well done! See you in class~

Adapted from Market Leader 3rd Edition by Pearson Publishing 4

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