Answer all thirty questions

PI P53

Answer all thirty questions. There is one mark per question.
Language review: Past simple and present perfect
Complete the conversation using the correct form (past simple or present perfect) of the verbs in brackets.
A Where do you work?
B I work for HSBC in Paris.
A How long (1)__________________ (you work) there?
B I (2)__________________ (start) working for HSBC seven years ago. My first job with the company (3)__________________ (be) in Shanghai. After two years there, I (4)__________________ (take) the job in Paris.
A That means you (5)__________________ (live) in Paris for five years, right?
B Yes, that’s right.
A How’s your French?
B Well, I (6)__________________ (study) French for five years when I was at school and I (7)__________________ (have) a French lesson every week since I moved to France. My French isn’t perfect, but I speak it every day at work. I (8)__________________ (learn) a lot of French from my colleagues.
A That’s good. I (9)__________________ (never study) French, but I (10)__________________ (speak) Spanish every day when I lived in Barcelona.

Vocabulary: Stress in the workplace
A Complete the sentences with words from the box.
deadline environment life lifestyle workaholic
11 Working freelance is challenging, but I love the __________________ – being able to choose when and where I work.
12 Trevor loves his job, but he says that the working __________________ isn’t very nice. The office is in an old building and it’s cold and dark.
13 Hugo is a __________________ . He’s always the first to arrive at the office and the last to leave. I don’t think he has a life outside of work.
14 If I had a choice, I’d want a better quality of __________________ rather than more money.
15 Beatrice has a big __________________ next Monday so she’s working all weekend.

B Match the sentence beginnings (16–20) with the endings (a–e).
16 An international airline pilot travels a lot and works for long periods of time,
17 Accountants work regular hours at a desk,
18 Hairdressers’ workload changes through the day
19 Most of the time, a firefighter’s job isn’t very stressful,
20 It isn’t easy for a sales assistant to become a workaholic
a) because sometimes a lot of customers come into the shop at once and, at other times, no one comes in.
b) so work–life balance can be difficult.
c) because they spend a lot of time just waiting for an emergency.
d) because they can only be at work during the hours that the shop is open.
e) so flexitime is a good option.

Skills: Participating in discussions
A Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
21 not I’m sure good that’s idea a .
22 agree I with think you I .
question I’m the afraid of out that’s .
training up It some might good be set a to idea .
staff encourage to don’t relax Why we ?

B Complete the conversation with the sentences (a–e).
a) I can’t agree with you there.
b) We’ve got to do something about it.
c) How about giving them the best parking space for a week?
d) Excellent idea.
e) Yeah, you’re right.
A Stress levels are really high at the moment. I think the workforce is generally unhappy.
B (26)_____
C It might be a good idea to set up an ‘employee of the month’ scheme.
B (27)_____
That would be very popular.
A We could offer a cash award.
C (28)_____
It would be too expensive.
B (29)_____
We don’t have any extra money at the moment.
A (30)_____
That wouldn’t cost us anything.

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homework

Language review: Past simple and past continuous
Complete the text using the correct form (past simple or past continuous) of the verbs in brackets.
Last week when Abbas (1)__________________ (work) late at the office one evening, his mobile phone (2)__________________ (ring). It (3)__________________ (be) his friend Lucien. Lucien (4)__________________ (walk) to a restaurant near Abbas’s office and he (5)__________________ (want) Abbas to join him for dinner. Abbas (6)__________________ (say) yes to the dinner invitation. As Abbas (7)__________________ (leave) the office, he (8)__________________ (meet) Andreas. Abbas (9)__________________ (invite) Andreas to dinner, too. But Andreas (10)__________________ (go) to meet a client so he couldn’t go to dinner with Abbas and Lucien.