Intermediate B1 / Lesson 1

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

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

1. I just signed a new at work – it gives me a ten percent raise in salary and a promotion!
   
2. I have a typical job – I wake up and get home at exactly the same time every day.
   
3. My dad has a typical job – he works as a line operator at an auto factory in Detroit.
   
4. The position of U.S. Supreme Court Justice is a one – members hold their jobs for life.
   
5. 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.
   
6. The position of President of the United States is a job – at most you can hold it for two four-year terms.
   
7. jobs are ones like office manager, surgeon, paralegal, etc...
   
8. When my firm needed an audit for business purposes last year, we used an independent instead of our in-house accounting staff.
   
9. During college, I worked as a bartender, just a few hours every night, to make a little extra spending money.
   
10. My sister does work at the homeless shelter downtown several times a month.