World English 2 - Workbook Unit 11
World English 2 - Workbook Unit 11
World English 2 - Workbook Unit 11
Lesson A
A. Complete the sentences with words from the box.
employee assistant boss qualifications
volunteer training experience owner
1. I am the _______________ to the sales manager. I help him do his work.
2. Angela is a _________________ at her sons school. She helps the children with their classes,
but she doesnt get any money for it.
3. Brad has good _________________ for any job in an office. He has excellent computer skills,
and he has worked for two large companies.
4. Ms. Baker has 10 years of _________________ as a sales representative.
5. My brother is the __________________ of an Italian restaurant.
6. This summer I am going to take a ________________ program so I can get a job in a hospital.
7. I asked my _________________ for a day off from work next Monday.
8. Shawn is a new _________________ of the company. He started working here two weeks ago.
C. Your friend is looking for her first job. Give her advice, using modals.
1. should__I _______________________________________________
think you should get a nicer haircut.
2. shouldnt _ _____________________________________________
3. ought to _______________________________________________
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Lesson B
A. Mike is talking to a career advisor about jobs. Unscramble the questions about jobs
and write them on the lines.
1. other people/with/do/you/to/work/like
Advisor: _ ___________________________________________________ ?
Mike: Yes, I do. I get bored if I work alone.
2. you/salary/is/your/important/to
Advisor: _ ___________________________________________________ ?
Mike: I need a good salary because I have to help my parents.
3. a/want/you/lot of/do/vacation time
Advisor: _ ___________________________________________________ ?
Mike: I dont need much vacation time if I enjoy my work.
4. need to/you/near/work/your home/do
Advisor: _ ___________________________________________________ ?
Mike: Not really. I have a car, so I can drive to work.
B. Choose the best job for Mike and explain your answer.
C. Lingua School is looking for an English teacher for children. Write three questions
that the school might ask job applicants.
1. ____________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________
In yes/no questions, the speakers voice rises on the last content word. In wh- word
questions, we use a rising then falling intonation over the last content word.
D. Circle the last content word in each question. Then read the sentences out loud.
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Lesson C
A. Two kindergarten teachers are talking. Complete their conversation with -ing and -ed
adjectives made from words in the box. Use each word once.
B. Complete the sentences with indefinite pronouns (no one, everybody, something, anyone, etc.).
1. ______________ knows what time the party is, because Peter forgot to tell us.
2. Im sorry, I cant help you with your homework. I dont know ______________ about
science.
3. ______________ called while you were at the library, but he didnt tell me his name.
4. I didnt have time to put away the groceries, so I left ______________ on the kitchen
table.
5. My eye really hurts. I think theres ______________ in it.
6. ______________ really enjoyed the movie. They all said it was very, very funny.
7. The box was empty. There was ______________ in it.
Your friend: That sounds great! I need to start thinking about my future too.
You: You really should ____________________________________________
.
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Dream Jobs:
Mona Davis
M ona Davis is sitting in a dark theater, eating a chocolate bar and laughing very
loudly at the movie. After a few minutes, she takes out a notebook and writes a few
words in the dark. For her, its just a normal day at work.
Mona is the movie critic for Tonight Magazine. Every during the evening, she says. She makes notes about
week, she writes about all the new movies and gives each movie immediately after she sees it. Then, the next
them ratings from **** (excellent) to * (awful). She sees day, she writes her reviews in the afternoonbefore
at least two movies every day, even though she doesnt going to see more movies!
write about everything she sees. I only write reviews of
the most important moviesgood or bad! The job does have a negative side, too. She often gets
emails from people if they dont agree with her opinions.
Its a dream job, but Mona needed special qualifications Last week, she says, a woman sent me a very angry
to get it. She studied filmmaking in college and made 10-page letter because I said her favorite actors new
short movies for her classes. Ive always loved watching movie was awful.
movies, she says. And its fun to see a new movie, before
anyone has seen it. But Mona really enjoys her job. She says, Im happy
when I can get more attention for movies made by
Mona works hard. Some days, she sees three or even young actors and filmmakers. Sometimes I can really
four movies in a rowstarting in the afternoon and help their careers. And its great that so many people
finishing at midnight. Its not always easy to stay awake read my reviews every week in Tonight. Im not famous,
for the last movie. Sometimes I need a big cup of coffee but millions of people enjoy my work!
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A. Complete the chart about this dream job. Use your own words.
Name
Job
Qualications
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
C. Write about someone who has a great job. It can be someone you know or a famous person. Why is it a great job? What
are this persons job duties? How did this person become qualified for the job?
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
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Review
Complete the crossword puzzle with
vocabulary and grammar from this unit.
2 3 4 5
10 11 12
13 14 15
16
Across Down
2. the qualities and skills that you need to do a job 1. a person who works taking care of his or her house
7. someone with a business that belongs to him or her 3. someone who helps another person do work
8. Do you know ___ about ethnobotany? 4. feeling strong fear
9. someone who works for no money because he or 5. something that meets your wants or needs
she wants to 6. someone who works for a company or a person
10. knowledge that you have from doing something 11. the person in charge of others
13. feeling not interested 12. Theres ___ in the refrigerator. Its empty.
15. I called, but ___ answered the phone. 14. ___ in my class likes our teacher because shes
16. education to do something so nice.
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