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Free Exercises: Grammar, Vocabulary & Phrases

Level: Elementary Intermediate Advanced

Exercise: Grammar Vocabulary Phrases

Advanced Phrases: Work and Jobs

For each sentence, choose the best word or phrase to complete the gap from the choices below.

  1. One of my colleagues is a real   -watcher. You can see she spends all day counting the seconds till it's time to go home.
  2. It's very difficult to prove that there is a(n)   network, but if you look at the top managers and politcians, you will find that they all went to the same two or three universities.
  3. After working for twenty years in an insurance company, my frind Tim decided to get out of the   and go and live on a farm in the south of France.
  4. In my opinion, doctors deserve to get paid well. After all, they work their   six or seven days a week for six years just to get qualified.
  5. When you've spent your whole life working your way up the   ladder, it's a hard decision to throw it all away and start again in a different job.
  6. None of the local trains are running today because the National Union of Train Drivers are   strike.
  7. They used to say that a job in local government was a job for   but nowadays with all the cutbacks, loads of civil servants are losing their jobs.
  8. It's actually quite difficult to find a company that lets you   . If you want to stay at home all day, it's better to be self-employed.
  9. Many women complain that there is a   in their company which prevents women from getting promoted above a certain level.
  10. Even if you work in London, only workers in the financial sector can truly say that they work in '   '.
  11. One of my friends recently   the sack for writing disparaging comments about her company in her private 'BLOG'.
  12. When workers take the day off on Mondays or Fridays, managers are often suspicious that they aren't really unwell but are in fact   a sickie.

Your answers

 

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