Luyện thi tiếng Anh với các câu hỏi về nghề nghiệp

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JOB

1. e.g. a nurse / an accountant / a builder

2. I work in (+ place or general area).

e.g. a hospital / an office marketing / social

3. I work for (+ name / place of the company).

e.g. Union Bank / IBM / Fiat / an international

bank

What your job involves

4. I'm in charge of

e.g. a big company

5. I'm responsible for

e.g. some workers in that department

6. I have to deal with

e.g. any complaints / overseas clients, mainly

7. I run

e.g. the company / a restaurant

8. I manage

e.g. a shop in downtown

Daily duties / routines

9. I have to go / attend (formal)

e.g. (to) a lot of meetings / conferences

10. I visit / see / meet

e.g. patients / clients

11. I advise

e.g. people / clients and give them help...

12. It involves

e.g. writing letters / filling in forms / doing a lot

of paperwork / using computers a lot of the time

Getting a job

13. It's not easy to get / find work

e.g. in big cities / round these parts

14. I'd love to do

e.g. marketing / this kind of work

15. It's difficult to make a living as a / an

e.g. freelance writer

16. I've been offered a job

e.g. in that company / in London

17. I've applied for a job

e.g. in a local company / in the accounts

department

Working hours

18. I have a nine-to-five job / I work

nine-to-five

(regular working hours in Britain)

19. I do / work shift work.

(nights one week, days next)

20. I am on flexi-time.

(flexible working hours)

21. I have to do / work overtime.

(work extra hours)

22. I only work part-time / take a part-

time job.

(part of a day or a few days a week)

23. I am a workaholic. I work full-time.

(work too much)

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24. I took early retirement.

(retire at 55 in Britain)

25. I am on / take sick leave.

(a period spent away from work, etc. because of

illness)

26. I am on / take maternity leave.

(expecting a baby)

27. I gave up work

e.g. in order to study

28. I was laid off (informal)

e.g. when the factory went bust

29. I was made redundant.

(no longer needed and therefore out of work)

30. I was dismissed (formal)

e.g. for refusing to obey orders

31. I was fired (informal)

e.g. for always being late

32. I am on / off duty.

(to be working / not working)

Other useful phrases

33. We usually take a break

e.g. for lunch / for ten minutes

34. We normally knock off work (informal)

e.g. about 5:30 p.m. and go off to a restaurant

nearby

35. I get some rest.

(a period of time when you relax after working)

36. I was rather inexperienced

e.g. for that kind of work

37. I have a lot of experience

e.g. in this area / of this kind of problem

38. I am sufficiently qualified

e.g. for this position

39. This is a job requiring

(a period of time when you relax after

working)

40. I try to be hardworking.

(work hard)

41. I'm quite competent

e.g. at my job

42. I try to work efficiently.

(work quickly without making mistakes and

wasting time)

43. Efficiency is very important

e.g. in my job

44. A lot of people do voluntary work.

(you want to do it and you're not paid)

45. I was promoted.

(get a higher position)

46. It is a demanding job.

(needing a lot of effort, care, skill)

47. I fill in for / stand in for / cover for

e.g. her while she is off sick

48. I am acting

e.g. as a manager for the next couple of

months

49. I will take the place of

e.g. our manager when he leaves

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