Work and Jobs
Ways of Working
Skills and Qualifications
Pay and Benefits
Problems at Work
100

Fill in the preposition:

I work ... a large company.

I work FOR a large company.

100

Fill in the preposition:

to work ... shifts.

to work IN shifts

100

Which of the following is an unskilled job:

airline pilot, bus driver, cleaner, teacher

CLEANER

100

A payment for labor or services on a monthly basis

SALARY

100

What is the verb for "harassment"?

to HARASS

200

A job for the whole of the normal working week

a FULL-TIME job

200

Fill in the preoistion:

to be ... the day shift

to be ON the day shift

200

How would you describe a person who works well with other people?

a TEAM PLAYER

200

A payment for labor or services on an hourly, daily, weekly, or piecework basis

WAGES

200

Abuse or mistreatment by using the position of power to hurt or threaten someone

BULLYING

300

A job that finishes after a fixed period.

a TEMPORARY job

300

A plastic card with a magnetic strip

SWIPE CARD

300

How would you describe a person who is good with computers?

COMPUTER-LITERATE

300

What do employees call the percentage they get on everything they sell?

COMMISSION

300

A intangible barrier within a company's hierarchy that prevents women or minorities from obtaining upper-level positions

GLASS CEILING

400

Give synonym:

to have a job

TO BE IN WORK

400

Give synonym:

to work extra hours

to WORK OVERTIME

400

How would you describe a person who is good with numbers?

NUMERATE

400

What do we call money that customers leave in addition to the bill?

TIP(S)

400

What is the American synonym for "equal opportunities"?

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

500

What type of job is being advertised:

Teacher of English needed for the first semester, 1 Septeer to 31 December, 8 am to 5 pm.

FULL-TIME and TEMPORARY

500

What is the American synonym for "FLEXITIME"?

FLEXTIME

500

Fill in the gaps with prepositions:

to graduate ... the university ... a degree ... Foreign Philology

to graduate FROM the university WITH a degree IN Foreign Philology

500

What do they call executives with very high salary and benefits?

FAT CATS

500

What does the abbreviation RSI stand for?

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