1. Fill in: career, full-time, uniform, discovered, Physics, round, overtime, wage, job, shift. 1) He always gets good marks in…………... He likes Science a lot! 2) The pizza delivery boy thought his ……………was rather low for a full day’s work. 3) Jane works Monday to Saturday, 8 to 6. It’s a………… job. 4) Celia finally got a ………….as a waitress. 5) Columbus ……………America in 1492. 6) My sister doesn’t have to wear a ……………at work. 7) Now that Laura works the night…………... It’s tiring but she doesn’t mind. 8) The idea has been going round and………… in her head all day. 9) Cathy is hoping for a………… in journalism. 10) My mother often has to work……………... 2. Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect or the past perfect continuous. 1) Jenny was exhausted yesterday, because she…………(study) for a history exam all day. 2) Tomas …..(eat) by the time we got home. 3) She wanted to come with us but she…….(not/ finish) her project. 4) Sue …….(wait) for two hours before you called. 5) Trasy was so happy to see her uncle. She …….(not / see) him for eight months. 3. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple, past continuous, past perfect or past perfect continuous. 1) ……..(you / manage) to catch the 6 o’clock train last night? 2) Before she ….(come) to find us, she …..(get) in a fight with her brother. 3) While I ……(do) my homework , the lights went out. 4) The two friends …..(plan) the sailing trip for some months. 4. Fill in the gaps with the correct preposition. 1) The smell of flowers always brings …. wonderful memories of holidays in France 2) The concert brought…900$ for charity 3) She has just brought … a new detective 4) She was unconscious and it took them some minutes to bring her ……. 5) He was brought ….by her aunt 6) What brought …. the change in education? 5. Choose the correct preposition. 1) There are very few people who can work well …….pressure. 2)The teacher left Elliot …..charge of the class while she was in the headmaster’s office. 3) Rulph reads the newspaper ……the beginning of the day. 4) She started her career ….. teaching when she was twenty-three years old. 5) He left school …..age of sixteen. 6) Everyone congratulated her ……end of her lecture. 6. Match the questions with their responses. 1) How long has she been working for this company? 2) Do you have a part-time job? 3) What exactly does her work as an operator involve? 4) Does Tom work in an office? 5) Did you hear that Mike lost his job? 6) How are things at work? 7) What does Jack do for a living? 8) Did your dad get a promotion? 9) How does she like her job as a nurse? a) Really? What happened? b) She hates working the night shift. c) He’s a graphic designer. d) I’m afraid he didn’t. e) For two years. f) She connects telephone calls at a telephone exchange. g) The same as ever. h) No, I work 9-5 Monday to Friday. i) No. He works as a freelancer from home.

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