Work and Careers

Word List

Work and Careers — Practice

Which word is it?

1. A meeting where an employer asks you questions:  
2. Ask formally for a job or a place:  
3. A move to a better job in the same company:  
4. Officially leave your job:  
5. The amount of work you have to do:  
6. Exams and certificates you have passed:  
7. Knowledge you get from doing a job:  
8. The jobs you do during your working life:  
9. Stop working because you are older:  
10. Something you really want to do in the future:  

Complete the sentences

1. I'm nervous about my   at the café tomorrow.
2. She   a summer job at the swimming pool.
3. She got a   after two years.
4. He decided to   and start his own business.
5. My   doubles before the holidays.
6. To be a pilot you need special  .
7. They want someone with   of working with children.
8. She had a long   as a professional footballer.
9. My grandad   at 65 and now he plays golf every day.
10. Her   is to become a vet.

Work and Careers — Answer Key

Which word is it?

1. job interview
2. apply for
3. promotion
4. resign
5. workload
6. qualifications
7. experience
8. career
9. retire
10. ambition

Complete the sentences

1. job interview
2. applied for
3. promotion
4. resign
5. workload
6. qualifications
7. experience
8. career
9. retired
10. ambition