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    The document provides information about describing jobs, including rewriting job advertisements using specific adjectives and completing sentences using work-related expressions. It also prompts the reader to describe an interesting or unusual job they've had or heard about and write a job advertisement for that job.

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    Jobs: Upper Intermediate

    Describing a job

    1 Look at the jobs below. Read the job advertisements. Which job is being
    described in each advertisement?

    A teacher a referee a salesman

    We offer a position which is This is a new position in a The FA are seeking fit under-
    difficult, requiring lots of skill modern institution. We seek 35s interested in an exciting
    and hard work, but which is applicants who are quick at new career. It is a job that
    never boring or repetitive. You making their mind up, who can offers problems that really test
    will be expected to travel and be relied on to perform their your ability. At times it can put
    meet clients, and represent duties reliably and who have a you under a lot of pressure
    our company and its products. first degree from university. and you need to be able to
    We are looking for people who You will be working with young ignore personal criticism.
    have lots of energy and an people in a job which is very However, it is a great
    ability to work towards goals, satisfying, giving you a real opportunity to be involved with
    people who are happy to work sense of achievement. the nation’s most popular
    long hours and put in a lot of pastime.
    effort, people who never give
    up even when things are
    difficult. If you have the
    relevant experience, please
    reply to the address below.

    2 Use the adjectives below to rewrite the phrases in italics in the job
    advertisements in 1. You may need to use the verb to be in the correct form.

    For example: We offer a position which is demanding…

    Describing a job:

    rewarding challenging mundane demanding stressful

    Personal qualities:

    responsible drive hard-working determined decisive thick-skinned


    well-qualified

    onestopenglish.com 2001 This page may be photocopied.


    3 Look at these expressions which all use the word work. Use some of the
    expressions to complete the sentences below.

    work long hours work shifts work overtime work flexitime


    in work out of work at work get
    down to work

    1 Nurses have to _________________. Sometimes they are


    _______________ during the day, and sometimes through the night.
    2 In my company we _________________. We can start at any time
    between 8 and 10 in the morning.
    3 Salesmen often ____________________, starting early in the morning
    and finishing late at night.
    4 I usually finish work at 5, but if I have to __________________, finishing
    at 7 or 8, I don’t mind, because I get paid more money.
    5 Before getting this job I was ___________________ for six months. It was
    boring and I had very little money. I’m glad that I am
    ____________________ now.
    4 I’m finding it very difficult to ____________________ at the moment. I
    keep looking out of the window and day dreaming.

    4 What’s the most interesting or unusual job you have ever had or heard about?
    It could be your job now, of course. Prepare to describe it to your partner. Think
    about the questions below.

    1 What job is it, and what were responsibilities come with the job?
    2 How would you describe the job? Was it demanding or rewarding, for
    example? In what ways?
    3 What was interesting or unusual about it?

    5 Write a job advertisement for the job you described in 4.

    onestopenglish.com 2001 This page may be photocopied.

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