Great Thinkers B2 Unit 2 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Put the word in the correct form: Unfortunately, there were no opportunities for ____ at the company. (promote)

promotion

Anvitha Vijay (developed/was developing) an education app when she was nine years old.

developed

Most employers should offer their employees _____ to help them with their job. (experience, qualifications, training)

training

Rewrite the sentence using would or used to. Richard went to work every day except Sundays.

Richard used to go to work every day except Sundays.

It can be really hard to ___ ___ with all the changes in technology in jobs.

keep up

Put the word in the correct form: The job was so ______ paid, it was less than the mininum wage! (bad)

bady-paid

Rewrite the sentence using would or used to. Richard had a part-time job in the post office.

Richard used to have a part-time job in the post office.

Jacob wants a career/manual job where he works outside.

manual

Please read the contract carefully before you apply for/sign it.

sign

I knew that Jessica wouldn´t like the movie, so I tried to ____ her ____ the idea of watching it.

put her off

It´s quite common for a big company to want to ___ ___ a smaller one.

take over

Rick was late for work for the third time in a week, so he was (fired, retired, unemployed).

fired

Put the word in the correct form: When she lost her job, she spent hours job _______ on the Internet. (hunt)

hunting

When Lisa was at university, she had a _____ job to earn a bit of money. (overtime, part-time, skilled)

part-time

Yesterday, my aunt was ______ a new job. She´s so happy. (applied, offered, responsible for)

offered

Most people want a job where they can earn/make a good salary.

earn

Put the word in the correct form: They get double pay when they work ________. (time)

overtime

In 2016, Anvitha (met/was meeting) Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, while she (attended/was attending) a conference.

met/was attending

Reggie Brown and Evan Spiegel asked Bobby Murphy to ____ ____ Snapchat with them.

work on

Put the word in the correct form: We help _____ people find jobs. (employ)

unemployed

Today, a lot of people are _____ and don´t work for someone else. (redundant, self-employed, unemployed)

self-employed

He (saw/was seeing) an advert for a software developer and (decided/was deciding) to apply.

saw/decided

Learning to play the violin is difficult, but if you _____ ______ it, you´ll improve!

keep at

What (did you do/were you doing) when you (had/were having) the idea?

were you doing/had

Katy´s novel was ___ ___ by five publishers.

turned down

In many countries, people resign/retire at 65.

retire

If you want to ____ ____ in the world of work, you can´t procrastinate.

get ahead

Rewrite the sentence using would or used to. He started work at nine in the morning.

He used to start work at nine in the morning.

Put the word in the correct form: To become a teacher, you need to have special _________. (qualify)

qualifications

Apple (invited/were inviting) almost 350 high school and college students to attend the conference.

invited

My mother´s got her own company. Three employees/employers work for her.

employees

Mark Zuckerberg was 19 when he ___ ___ Facebook.

set up

She (spent/was spending) time on the Internet when she (found/was finding) an interesting article.

was spending/found

Rewrite the sentence using would or used to. Sally worked full time at the health centre.

Sally used to work full time at the health centre.

It isn´t a good idea to ___ things ___ until the last minute.

put off

Rewrite the sentence using would or used to. They didn´t like their jobs, so they decided to leave.

The didn´t use to like their jobs, so they decided to leave.

Rewrite the sentence using would or used to. Sally and Richard lived in a small town.

Sally and Richard used to live in a small town.

She didn´t enjoy her job, so she decided to be sacked/resign.

resign