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Практика устной и письменной речи (Mariupol State University)

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Grammar
1 Complete the text with the correct past simple, 3 Complete the text with one word in each gap.
past perfect simple or past perfect continuous
form of the verbs given. I got my first part-time job (1) &&&&&&&&& I was 16 and it
was the most boring job you can imagine. I worked on the
After I (1) &&&&&&&&& (have) breakfast I cycled to checkout at my local supermarket for four hours every
school and I (2) &&&&&&&&& (arrive) about 15 minutes Saturday morning. I (2) &&&&&&&&& to get up at 7.30
early. I definitely hadn9t been looking forward to going to and, after a quick breakfast, my dad (3) &&&&&&&&& give
school that Tuesday because the headteacher me a lift into town. Sometimes it was busy and the time
(3) &&&&&&&&& (ask) me to see him at 9.30. This was passed quickly, but at other times it was so slow! The
unusual. I knew I was late with some homework so I felt manager was (4) &&&&&&&&& coming round to check
quite worried. I (4) &&&&&&&&& (sit) outside his office for that we were being polite to the customers and not taking
ten minutes before I knocked on his door because I knew time off. When I (5) &&&&&&&&& been there for about six
he liked punctuality. Surprisingly, he smiled when I went in. months, I left and got a job in a clothes shop. That was
He obviously knew that I was nervous and that I much more interesting.
(5) &&&&&&&&& (wait) for the right moment. And our
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meeting wasn't about homework but about a competition
I had won!
4 Choose the best answer (A, B or C) to complete
/5 the text.

2 Choose the correct alternatives to complete the After my exams, I decided to take a year off before
email. (1) &&&&& to university. I wanted a break from studying
and I also wanted to travel for a while, but first I had to earn
Hi Craig, some money. I (2) &&&&& a job with a company that
How9s it going? Are you still enjoying work? delivers parcels all over the country. I did shift work
I found uni difficult at first but it9s OK now. At school the because I earned more money that way and sometimes I
teachers (1) were telling/would tell us when to do (3) &&&&& all night. It was manual work too and really
assignments, but now I have to organise my own study tiring. I (4) &&&&& there for nearly six months before I had
time and there are so many things to fit in. Remember enough money to go abroad and I was exhausted! It was
how we (2) used/would to prepare all our assignments worth it though. Since then I (5) &&&&& to lots of different
in class first? Now I have to arrange to see my tutor if I countries and seen so many things and now I feel ready to
need help. And back at school I (3) wouldn9t to do/didn9t start studying again.
use to do much work until just before the exams but
1 A to go B going C went
now, with continuous assessment, I have to stay on top
2 A have taken B was taking C took
of everything. I got good marks for my last assignment
3 A have worked B am working C would work
though, which I9m pleased about because, as you know,
4 A had been B have been C wasn9t
I (4) would be/used to be quite lazy but on this
5 A went B have been C was going
assignment I worked very hard.
I9ll be home soon. I9ve got a holiday job at the same /5
place I (5) was working/had been working last year. It
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will be nice to have some money!
Hope to see you then,
Anna

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Vocabulary
5 Complete the text with these words and phrases. 7 Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to
There are two extra options. complete the text.

conditions " earn " got ahead " long hours Are you interested in music and the arts? Have you got
promotion " qualification " set up (1) &&&&& of working in a team? We are looking for a
number of people to work in various roles at the 8Summer
I was talking to my grandfather last night about how he got in the City9 festival. We need volunteers in the office now to
started in business. He told me that he didn9t like school help promote the festival. Then, in the summer, we need
so he left without taking any exams and went to work in a (2) &&&&& staff to work at the different venues during the
factory. He didn9t (1) &&&&&&&&& much money and he shows. We will give you full (3) &&&&& so you don9t need
had to work very (2) &&&&&&&&& so then he decided to any special skills, but you must be hard-working and
go to college in the evenings until he got a punctual. We also offer excellent working
(3) &&&&&&&&& in accountancy. Then he worked for a (4) &&&&& , including free tickets to many events. Look
large company and after a couple of years he got a on our website for more information about the jobs on offer
(4) &&&&&&&&& . Eventually he became a senior or come in to the festival office to fill (5) &&&&& an
manager. But he still wasn9t satisfied so he left and application form.
(5) &&&&&&&&& his own business. He said he did it the
hard way and he told me to stay at school and get my 1 A experience B qualifications C paperwork D hours

qualifications first. I think that9s good advice. 2 A flexitime B overtime C part-time D well-paid
3 A training B contract C promotion D salary
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4 A salary B candidates C conditions D hours
5 A up B over C at D in

6 Complete the text with the correct form of the /5

words given.
nd
We are holding a careers advice day on Saturday 22 8 Complete the text with these words. There are
March. If you want to find out about work, qualifications, two extra words.
university courses or job training, we can point you in the
apply " earn " given " keep
right direction. There will be talks about different
sign " student " undergraduate
professions, whether to work indoors or outdoors and how
to avoid (1) &&&&&&&&& (stress) working conditions and My sister has always wanted to be a human rights lawyer
bad or even (2) &&&&&&&&& (danger) jobs. If you have and now, after many years of study, she has just been
left school and you are (3) &&&&&&&&& (employ), there (1) &&&&&&&&& a job with a top law firm. When she was
will be special sessions on how to find an opening in an (2) &&&&&&&&& at university, she used to volunteer
today9s job market, including free CV advice and a session with a charity and she also spent some time studying
on the importance of (4) &&&&&&&&& (flexible) when abroad when she did her master9s. All that experience
looking for work. And, if you9re not sure what you want, you definitely helped her when she (3) &&&&&&&&& for this
can sign up for one of our (5) &&&&&&&&& (person) job. It will be difficult. Her normal hours are nine to five but
nd
advice sessions. So come along on 22 March and find they told her that she will often have to work overtime and
the right career for you. she also has to (4) &&&&&&&&& up with changes in the
law. But she is really happy and can9t wait to
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(5) &&&&&&&&& the contract.

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Reading
9 Read four students9 plans for a career in writing. Match the statements (136) with the people (A3D).
You can choose the people more than once.

A Katy
People are always asking me what I9m going to do in the future and until now I haven9t really known how to reply. It9s
difficult to explain that I think my future lies in writing. When I first mentioned it to my parents, they didn9t laugh but
they acted as though it was something I would grow out of and they were confident that I would get a 8proper job9
eventually. But I9ve always been serious about being a writer. I love the English language and I9ve been a keen reader
since the age of five. I9ve done a lot of short stories and some have been printed in magazines. What I9d really like is to
write thrillers. I know that sounds crazy and many people don9t think thrillers are real books at all. But I love a good
puzzle, so that9s what I say now. 8I9m going to be a thriller writer.9 Then I wait to see the expression on people9s faces!

B Giles
My dad and my uncle were both journalists and wrote for Sunday newspapers. We always had people in the house who
were connected with newspapers and news and I grew up with their conversations in the background. It must have
rubbed off on me because I desperately want to follow in Dad9s footsteps and become a journalist, too. I don9t think I9d
like to do exactly the same as he did 3 he was a political journalist 3 because I9m not that serious about politics, but I9d
like to travel and maybe write reports from different places around the world. I can see myself writing about
environmental problems in Australia or North Africa or somewhere like that.

C Terry
When you9re a kid, you have no real idea of what you9re going to do in the future. You might have a dream of being a
famous footballer or actress or even a princess (that was my younger sister9s strong belief!). But most people don9t really
know the sort of person they9re going to be, so deciding on a future career is tricky. It was only last summer that I
suddenly knew what I wanted to do and that was to become a writer. I9ve always done drama in my free time and I
suddenly realised that I was pretty good at writing dialogue. So next term I9m going to start a screen writing course. With
luck, one day I9ll be writing the soaps and dramas you watch on TV!

D Sarah
We had a creative writing course at my secondary school last year and I went on it because I9ve liked writing for a long
time. I always wrote diaries when I was younger and I also used to write short, funny stories for the other kids in my class
to read at primary school. However, it soon became quite clear that I wasn9t going to be the next great English novelist!
I9m just not patient enough and I don9t think I9ve got the skill to write complex books. But I am clever with words, so what
I9d like to do is to go into the advertising world, writing adverts. What you need in that job is to write things that are
catchy but short and funny. I think it9s the right profession for me because there will be lots of variety and I9ll be working
in a busy, fast-moving world. I9m glad I went on the creative writing course though, because I learned that there are all
sorts of jobs which involve writing, which is why I9ve made this decision.

1 believes his/her background predisposed him/her 5 says that family members questioned the seriousness
towards a particular profession? &&&&&&&&& of his/her intentions? &&&&&&&&&
2 has chosen a writing career because of another 6 enjoys writing things that other people find humorous?
pastime? &&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&

3 has already had some success with his/her writing?

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4 wants a job working in a high-pressure environment?

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10 Read the article again and choose the best 11 Find words in the text which mean the same as
answers, A, B, C or D. these phrases.
1 Katy found it difficult to 1 Paragraph A: The look on somebody's face that shows
A decide what she wants to do. what he/she is thinking or feeling. &&&&&&&&&
B justify her career choice. 2 Paragraph B: Extremely or very much. &&&&&&&&&

C take writing seriously. 3 Paragraph C: Difficult to deal with or do. &&&&&&&&&

D become a thriller writer. 4 Paragraph D: Involving a lot of different but
2 She thinks that thrillers are considered connected parts in a way that is difficult to
A crazy. understand. &&&&&&&&&
B too difficult to understand.
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3 Giles
A wants to be just like his father.
B wants to travel before he decides what to do.
C is concerned about political issues.
D wants to work in a different way to his father.
4 Terry believes that young people find it difficult to
choose a career because they
A don9t know anything about different jobs.
B need to go on courses first.
C don9t know themselves very well.
D are too influenced by what they see on television.
5 Sarah
A has always wanted to work in advertising.
B has tried various forms of writing.
C is impatient to become a novelist.
D is going to do an advertising course at school.
6 Writing for advertising
A requires different skills to writing novels.
B is more difficult than writing novels.
C can lead to a career as a novelist.
D is not as good as being a novelist.

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Use of English Listening

12 Complete the text with one word in each gap. 13 Listen to part of a radio programme about a TV
reality show. Are these statements True (T) or
Last summer I (1) &&&&&&&&& for a holiday job in an
False (F), or is the information Not Mentioned
architect9s office because I was thinking of training as an (NM)?
architect. Unfortunately they turned me (2) &&&&&&&&&
1 The presenter mentions two previous TV
because there was a candidate who was already studying
reality shows about business. T/F/NM
architecture and they thought she wouldn9t need as much 2 The current game show is about children
training. However, two weeks later I got a call asking if I in the USA. T/F/NM
was still interested in the job. The person they 3 The children had to do a screen test before
(3) &&&&&&&&& employed had been sacked because being selected for the show. T/F/NM
4 There were three teams in each episode. T/F/NM
she spent most of her time on the phone and never did the
5 The programme is currently inviting young
things she was asked to do! They (4) &&&&&&&&&
people to apply to take part in a second
working on a big project to renovate a museum and they series. T/F/NM
really needed someone to start right away. Of course I said
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yes. My job wasn9t very exciting 3 I was responsible
(5) &&&&&&&&& photocopying documents for all the
meetings and dealing (6) &&&&&&&&& phone calls about
14 Listen again and complete the sentences with
two or three words in each gap.
the project and making lots of coffee 3 but I didn9t mind
because I (7) &&&&&&&&& learning so much. Every 1 The game show Trade Your Way to the USA focuses
morning one of the partners (8) &&&&&&&&& explain &&&&&&&&& .
everything to me in great detail and I learned a lot about 2 Two teams do a &&&&&&&&& in each episode.
the business side of the firm, which was something I had 3 Each team has to take part in &&&&&&&&& to do the
never really considered before. I discovered that I enjoyed tasks.
(9) &&&&&&&&& all the paperwork and by the end of the 4 The teams had to demonstrate that they were
summer I was like her personal assistant. Later, when I &&&&&&&&& and be able to negotiate.
applied to university, she wrote a letter saying that I had 5 The show got its name because the final takes place
(10) &&&&&&&&& working for her firm all summer and &&&&&&&&& .

that I had done a good job. I was able to talk about my /5

experience at the interview and I think it really helped me
to get a place on my course. But I9m not training to be an Total / 10
architect. I9m doing a degree in business administration
and I love it!

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Writing
15 You have been discussing work and careers in your English class and now your teacher has asked you to
write an essay with this title:

It is more important to earn a lot of money than to have a satisfying job.

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Speaking
16 Work with a partner. Discuss which of these jobs you think is the most rewarding and why.

architect " doctor " personal assistant " software engineer " teacher

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