Lesson 4

Job Trends

ObjectivesStudents will be able to

★ complete the exercises related to collocations (verb + noun, verb + adverb, verb + adjective).

★ classify the words from the text that often go together.

★ make up some sentences after learning the phrases in the context.

★ Use the table below to classify these words from the text that often go together.

decrease rapidly, become international,

start one’s own business, feel

comfortable, find (something) difficult,

have an advantage, have free time, pay

attention, respond quickly, take a deep

breath

verb+ noun

verb+ adverb

verb+ adjective

have an advantage

decrease rapidly

become international

start one’s own business;have free time;pay attention;take a deep breath

respond quickly

feel comfortable; find (something) difficult

★ Complete the sentences below with the correct form of expressions from Exercise 6.

1. I never really _______________

speaking in a foreign language.

2. If you look at unemployment, it

________________ in the past

few months.

feel comfortable

decrease rapidly

3. We get so much homework that I do

n’t ____________ to relax.

4. I’d like to ____________________ on

e day and not work for a boss.

5. Drivers have to _______________ to

avoid accidents.

6. I _________________ in maths. I eve

n ________arithmetic ________.

have free time

start my own business

respond quickly

have an advantage

find difficult

★ Complete the vocabulary networks with words from this list:

bored, my own business, an accident, a job, an exam, an excuse, somebody a favor, a good time, home, your homework, married, a mistake, money, a bonus, a suggestion, your best

an exam

somebody a favor

your homework

your best

an excuse

a mistake

money

a suggestion

do

5.

6.

7.

8.

make

1.

2.

3.

4.

my own business

an accident

a job

a good time

bored

home

married

a bonus

9.

10

.

11

.

12

.

have

13

.

14

.

15

.

16

.

get

Exercises:• Complete the sentences with words given:

money, a favour, your best, suggestion, excause, promotion, career

1.Being an astronaut is exciting and Tina_______ a lot of ______ too.

2.I know the exam is difficult but just _________.

3.Jo ____a long _______as a journalise but now she’s retired.

4.Bill hadn’t done the homework and he ______a silly ______about losing his book.

makes

money

do your best

had career

madeexcuse

• 5 I’d like to _____ a _________.I think you should watch less television and work more.

• 6 Bill was doing OK before but now he’s_____________.

make suggestion

got a promotion

Complete the text with the adverbs below

heavily, late, happily, frequently, daily, finally, carefully, gracefully, often, strongly, early

It was raining ______so I finished my work ______because the buses all come ______ when it rains. I feel_______ that public transport should be as good as possible so that we don’t use our cars so ______, but the buses in our village don’t run very _______. But when a bus ________ came I got on it and started to read my newspaper. I have the local paper delivered_______. I looked through the paper________.

heavily

early late

strongly

oftenfrequently

finally

daily

carefully

I was looking for a report about a dance competition. My sister was in it. She dances very ________. After a few minutes I found it. There was some good news for me. She and her partner had won the competition________. I Smiled _______ but then stopped smiling. I had passed my stop and I was still on the bus.

gracefully

easily

happily

Fill in the gaps with the adjective below:

beautiful, asleep, delicious, famous, cold, married, afraid, calm

1.The weather’s really turned _____since November.

2.Prague looks _______ from the Charles Bridge.

3.they’re getting______ next week.

4.There’s a fire but please stay_____ and leave the room.

5.I’ve always been_____ of exams.

cold

beautiful

married

calm

afraid

6.Don’t fall______ when Dad’s friends visit.

7.The actress Kate Winslett became______ after Titanic.

8.Your sausages tasted_______ at the party.

asleep

famous

delicious

Match the words given:

have start have pay take decrease respond become feel find

attention rapidly international an advantage free time quickly a deep breath (something) difficult comfortable one’s own business

give

set

get

keep

get

achieved

inspect

feel

do

success

curious

an example

help

you advice

some bending

dark

calm

an illegal business

SpeakingIn pairs, take turns to say sentences about yourself. Use the verb collocations from the table above.

Example I’d like to have my own ins

urance business one day.