Intermediate B1 / Lesson 1

Drag & drop: Fill in the missing expression. Use the following words and phrases:

• temporary
• white-collar
• contract
• contractor
• volunteer
• nine-to-five
• permanent
• part-time
• blue-collar
• full-time

1. The position of President of the United States is a job – at most you can hold it for two four-year terms.
   
2. I just signed a new at work – it gives me a ten percent raise in salary and a promotion!
   
3. My sister does work at the homeless shelter downtown several times a month.
   
4. jobs are ones like office manager, surgeon, paralegal, etc...
   
5. During college, I worked as a bartender, just a few hours every night, to make a little extra spending money.
   
6. I have a typical job – I wake up and get home at exactly the same time every day.
   
7. When my firm needed an audit for business purposes last year, we used an independent instead of our in-house accounting staff.
   
8. You can't qualify for all the employee benefits unless you work , and that means at least forty hours a week, and not more than two weeks of holiday a year.
   
9. The position of U.S. Supreme Court Justice is a one – members hold their jobs for life.
   
10. My dad has a typical job – he works as a line operator at an auto factory in Detroit.