Practicing Vocabulary

1 Translate the following sentences into Russian paying attention

to the underlined phrases and make up 6 sentences of your own

with any of these phrases.

1) I’m up to my eyes in work. 2) He does not want to fall behind in his work. 3) Are you paid by the day or week? 4) What do you earn a month on the average? 5) Are you able to manage with your salary? 6) Hands are always wanted in factories. 7) Let me look into the newspaper. Perhaps, there is a suitable post offered in the ‘appointments vacant’ section. 8) He will be pensioned off in a three-month time. 9) In a few years I hope to be able to run my father’s business. 10) She wants to take up law as a career. 11) Professional men are often called ‘brain workers’. 12) What about this news ad? ‘Secretary, required to assist in Research Dept., must be under 30, 5-day week, good holidays, pension scheme. Minimum commencing salary ₤ 580 p.a., on progressive scale’.

2 Match each job in list A with a place in list B, e.g.: cashier/bank.

More than one answer may be possible.

A cashier farmer mechanic photographer secretary

hairdresser miner pilot vicar dentist librarian

musician porter waiter cook

B bank garage studio kitchen coal-mine cockpit hotel

office surgery salon field concert hall restaurant

church library

3 Match each job from the list with the sentence which best refers

to the job.

accountant chef estate agent plumber architect

refuse collector firefighter postman/woman vet

carpenter optician electrician

a) Yesterday I had to give an injection to an injured bull. vet…

b) I get rather tired of picking up rubbish all day.

c) I can help you sell your house.

d) I can make new doors for the wardrobe if you like.

e) Make sure that the fish is fresh by looking at the eyes.

f) I’ll come round and replace all the pipes in the kitchen.

g) Unless you keep the receipts you’ll pay more tax.

h) The cause was either an electrical fault or a cigarette.

i) Always turn the power off at the mains before you start.

j) You can see the balcony on the plan for the second floor.

k) It’s a registered parcel. Can you sign here?

1) This pair also protects your eyes from the sun.

4 Which person from exercises 2 and 3 would you need in each

situation?

a) One of the radiators has burst and flooded your bedroom.

b) You are very short-sighted and get headaches when you read.

c) You have to carry a lot of heavy bags at the airport.

d) You think you need three fillings.

e) Your fringe is too long and you want a perm.

f) The floorboards in the living room need replacing.

g) Your pet goat has started sneezing.

h) You have read the menu twice and you are feeling hungry.

i) When you turn on your cooker, the fridge turns off.

j) Your car makes a funny whistling noise.

5 Complete each sentence with a word from the list. The words

can be used more than once.

business job living work

a) Jack makes his ....................................... working as a journalist.

b) She has just left to go to ............................................, I’m afraid.

c) They worked very hard and now have their own ....................... .

d) There are still nearly two million people without ...................... .

e) The cost of ........................... has risen greatly over recent years.

f) Stop interfering! This is none of your ........................................ .

g) Lucy has a very good .................... in an international company.

h) I can’t come out tonight. I’ve got too much ...................... to do.

i) Some .................... men came and dug a hole in the road outside.

j) An early .............................. by Picasso was sold for £2,000,000.

6 Use the words in bold on the right to form a word that fits in the

space in the same line. Give your summary of the text.