Focus 2 Unit 6 Vocabulary, Grammar and Use of English

Complete the sentences with the missing words.

1 Maybe next year I’ll get five weeks’ paid              [agent, holiday, attendant, receptionist, flexible, challenging, airline, skills, experience, licence]_.

2 My job is              [agent, holiday, attendant, receptionist, flexible, challenging, airline, skills, experience, licence]. It’s difficult but I’m happy I learn a lot of new things.

3 John got the job because he’s got excellent personal              [agent, holiday, attendant, receptionist, flexible, challenging, airline, skills, experience, licence].

4 The              [agent, holiday, attendant, receptionist, flexible, challenging, airline, skills, experience, licence] at our hotel was very nice and helped us with the luggage.

5 People think that              [agent, holiday, attendant, receptionist, flexible, challenging, airline, skills, experience, licence] pilots have a lot of time to go sightseeing, but is this true?

6 I’ve just passed my exam and will get my driving              [agent, holiday, attendant, receptionist, flexible, challenging, airline, skills, experience, licence] next month.

7 Can you ask the flight              [agent, holiday, attendant, receptionist, flexible, challenging, airline, skills, experience, licence] to bring me a glass of water?

8 I’m so happy I can work              [agent, holiday, attendant, receptionist, flexible, challenging, airline, skills, experience, licence] hours. I can sleep longer and start working later.

9 I worked last summer so I’ve got some work              [agent, holiday, attendant, receptionist, flexible, challenging, airline, skills, experience, licence].

10 Our travel               [agent, holiday, attendant, receptionist, flexible, challenging, airline, skills, experience, licence] says that everyone wants to go to Thailand this year.

Complete the sentences with the missing prepositions.

0 Are you going to apply for that job or not?

My father resigned      his job when he found a better one.

If John doesn’t find a job soon, he will have to rely    his parents’ money for the rest of his life.

We start work at nine o’clock, but John turned    at ten today.

Who was responsible     preparing this repor

When the boss is away, I’m in charge    the office.

Our boss doesn’t put    with employees coming to work late.

I can be available for an interview    any time.

Our company should take    more workers. There’s not enough of us.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

0 If Thomas were a bank manager, he wouldn’t be (not / be) so badly paid.

I’d be an accountant if I       (be) good at Maths.

What              (you /do) if you had problems at work?

I            (give) you a lift to the airport if I didn’t have a conference call now.

I               (feel) good if I had to work outside.

If Martin got a promotion this month, he                 (celebrate) it with his friends.

What                (she / do) if she saw an interesting job advert today?

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. Use the words in CAPITALS.

Smoking is not permitted here. SMOKE

You mustn’t smoke here.

1. Why don’t you talk to your boss about a

promotion? SHOULD

                to your boss about a promotion.

2. Don’t wait for us – we’ll catch a taxi when the meeting finishes. NEEDN’T

                   for us – we’ll catch a taxi when the meeting finishes.

3. Is it permitted to park cars here? CAN

           my car here?

4. Is it necessary for you to wear a suit to work? HAVE

                      a suit to work?

Choose the correct option, A, B or C to complete the text.

Franny Hall

At what age do you think you will stop working? Sixty? Seventy-five? Ninety? People in most countries                 [retire, apply for a job, go on holiday] when they are in their sixties, but that is not the case for Franny Hall, a ninety-year-old skiing            [doctor, training, instructor] from New York. Does Franny think her job is          [tiring, tired, tire] ? Not really! She still goes to work every day even though she                [had to, didn’t need to, must] have an operation on her knee not too long ago. And she’s just as good at skiing as someone half her age. Franny doesn’t have a         [career, boss, work] – she is self-employed, working at a school she owns with her daughter. Franny is like a friendly granny on skis. If I ⁵           [will need, need, needed] skiing lessons, I would ask Franny to teach me!