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English Collocations Exercise

The document contains several phrases describing different jobs and employment situations. The phrases are incomplete and need to be filled in with the missing words provided. The missing words describe aspects such as: responsibilities of being a manager in charge of sales and dealing with clients; benefits of being part of a team and having opportunities for promotion; reasons to seek a pay raise or different job due to temporary contracts; consequences of being made redundant or fired from a previous role; and coping with periods of unemployment through voluntary or temporary work to gain experience.

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English Collocations Exercise

The document contains several phrases describing different jobs and employment situations. The phrases are incomplete and need to be filled in with the missing words provided. The missing words describe aspects such as: responsibilities of being a manager in charge of sales and dealing with clients; benefits of being part of a team and having opportunities for promotion; reasons to seek a pay raise or different job due to temporary contracts; consequences of being made redundant or fired from a previous role; and coping with periods of unemployment through voluntary or temporary work to gain experience.

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COLLOCATIONS

Complete the phrases with the missing words.

1.

3.

Im a manager. Im in
ch__________ of the sales
department. I have to
d__________ with some
very difficult clients. Im also
res__________ for
publicity. Im o__________
work at the moment. Im on
maternity leave.

2.

Im part of a t__________ .
I always work with other
people. I have the
opp__________ to travel,
which is something I
appreciate. I have good
pr__________ in this job. I
think I can go far. Im hoping
to get pr___________ to
head of department next
year.

4.

Im hoping to get a
r__________ . I think my
salary is very low. Its a
tem__________ job Im
only on a shortt_________ contract, so I
have no job
sec__________.
I was sa__________ /
fired from my last job. My
boss didnt like the way I
worked. Now Im selfemployed. I r__________
my own business and Im
much happier. I only work
p__________, from 10.00
to 14.00, and in the
afternoon Im doing an Open
University course.

5. I was made
re__________. there were
too many workers and the
company was losing money.
Ive been o__________ of
work for three months now,
but I hope to find a job soon.
Ive been doing some
vo__________ work at the
local community centre. Its
un__________ , but at least
Im getting some more work
ex___________ .

COLLOCATIONS
Complete the phrases with the missing words.

5.

7.

Im a manager. Im in
ch__________ of the sales
department. I have to
d__________ with some
very difficult clients. Im also
res__________ for
publicity. Im o__________
work at the moment. Im on
maternity leave.

6.

Im part of a t__________ .
I always work with other
people. I have the
opp__________ to travel,
which is something I
appreciate. I have good
pr__________ in this job. I
think I can go far. Im hoping
to get pr___________ to
head of department next
year.

8.

Im hoping to get a
r__________ . I think my
salary is very low. Its a
tem__________ job Im
only on a shortt_________ contract, so I
have no job
sec__________.
I was sa__________ /
fired from my last job. My
boss didnt like the way I
worked. Now Im selfemployed. I r__________
my own business and Im
much happier. I only work
p__________, from 10.00
to 14.00, and in the
afternoon Im doing an Open
University course.

5. I was made
re__________. there were
too many workers and the
company was losing money.
Ive been o__________ of
work for three months now,
but I hope to find a job soon.
Ive been doing some
vo__________ work at the
local community centre. Its
un__________ , but at least
Im getting some more work
ex___________ .

COLLOCATIONS
Complete the phrases with the missing words.

9.

Im a manager. Im in
ch__________ of the sales
department. I have to
d__________ with some
very difficult clients. Im also
res__________ for
publicity. Im o__________
work at the moment. Im on
maternity leave.

11. Im part of a t__________ .


I always work with other
people. I have the
opp__________ to travel,
which is something I
appreciate. I have good
pr__________ in this job. I

10.Im hoping to get a


r__________ . I think my
salary is very low. Its a
tem__________ job Im
only on a shortt_________ contract, so I
have no job
sec__________.

12.I was sa__________ /

fired from my last job. My


boss didnt like the way I
worked. Now Im selfemployed. I r__________
my own business and Im
much happier. I only work

5. I was made
re__________. there were
too many workers and the
company was losing money.
Ive been o__________ of
work for three months now,
but I hope to find a job soon.
Ive been doing some
vo__________ work at the
local community centre. Its
un__________ , but at least
Im getting some more work
ex___________ .

think I can go far. Im hoping


to get pr___________ to
head of department next
year.

p__________, from 10.00


to 14.00, and in the
afternoon Im doing an Open
University course.

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