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Working it out

Tune in to Vocabulary and

Grammar (page 48)

Tune in to Reading (page 49)

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1

This exercise reviews the Vocabulary box on

page 66 of the Students Book.

ANSWER KEY
O V E
MY T
AWP
K C E
HWR
I S K
R U S
E GU
D B O
F P R

R T I M
B R Z X
I S T B
X H J J
D I R T
H F E J
D T NN
Q S L F
NU S I
OMO T

EWT
L F R
F QA
I S I
R Z N
E O I
DGN
T V G
Y S L
I ON

Place of work: in an office; in a TV studio

Types of interpreting: person to person (as with
political leaders on TV); over headphones (as at
UN sessions)
Difficulties of the job: speed / concentration;
working with technical vocabulary; no time to
use a dictionary
Job satisfaction: pay, travel, helping people
communicate

ANSWER KEY

Engineering
Law
Medicine
Science
Social Sciences

photographer
illustrator
mechanic
electrician
solicitor
lawyer
nurse
surgeon
chemist
biologist
sociologist
market researcher

This exercise reviews the Grammar box on page

67 of the Students Book.

ANSWER KEY
1
2
3
4
5
6

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you wouldnt have been hired

If you left now
We would all choose different working hours
you will work your way up
if you go on the training course
If the job had had more perks

This exercise reviews the Grammar box on page

67 of the Students Book.

ANSWER KEY
1b
2a

3b
4a

Pre-reading tasks are a good way for the teacher

to gain an idea of how much students know
about a topic before looking at it in more detail.
It helps the teacher decide how much basic
information might be needed in order to
complete the exercise successfully. For the
students, it is usually quite motivating to test
their existing knowledge against what they can
learn from the text. It also gives them a further
reason to read the text.

POSSIBLE ANSWERS

This exercise reviews the Vocabulary box on

page 69 of the Students Book.

Art

KEY

5c
6a

Taking notes is often not as easy as it sounds.

Students need to be aware of how a text is
structured and how the key ideas are related.
Students match the paragraph descriptions with
their contents.

ANSWER KEY
1d
2c

3b
4a

Virtually any text students have to read will

require guessing the meaning of new words.
Remind them that the context of the sentence
containing the words will usually give them a
good idea of the meaning. You might like to
point out that the first four answers are twoword expressions, which are very common in
English.

ANSWER KEY
1
2
3
4
5
6

trade fair
money-laundering
sound system
subject matter
practically
in the meantime

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Tune in to Writing (page 50)

This reviews the Writing section on pages 70-71 of the Students Book. It further develops the skill of
writing a covering letter. Note that writing a CV is also further developed in the Tune in to Culture page
for this unit (page 51).

Students look at the advertisement and brainstorm some qualities and skills needed to work at a childrens
camp. This will help students write their own letters later on.

POSSIBLE ANSWERS
Qualities: Applicants would need to be patient, hardworking, energetic, organised, outgoing and reliable.
Skills: Applicants should have some skills such as being able to play a musical instrument, being good
at art, having camping/survival skills, knowing the rules of sports and games.

Students reorder the words to make useful

fixed phrases for writing covering letters.

ANSWER KEY

Students use the phrases from 2 to complete

the letter.

ANSWER KEY

1
2
3
4

My interests include
I look forward to hearing from you
I am available for interview at any time
I feel I have the necessary skills and
experience
5 as advertised on myjobsearch.com
6 I am writing to apply for

a6

b5

c4

d1

e3

f2

Students choose the correct form of the verbs

in italics.

ANSWER KEY
1 working
2 to help
3 playing

4 hiking
5 camping
6 to share

Students write their own covering letter.

Tune in to Culture (page 51)

This Tune in to Culture page, A CV, expands on the Writing section on pages 70-71 of the Students Book.

Students add the vowels to complete the CV

headings.

ANSWER KEY
1 REFERENCES
2 WORK
EXPERIENCE
3 SKILLS

ANSWER KEY
4 DATE OF BIRTH
5 INTERESTS
6 EDUCATION

1 Can you tell me something about yourself?

2 What skills can you bring to this job?
3 Do you have any experience of working with
children?
4 What are your strong points?
5 What are your weak points?
6 Why are you interested in this job?

Students match the headings from 1 to the

correct sections of the CVs. Note that the
headings go in the same gaps in both CVs.

ANSWER KEY
a DATE OF BIRTH
b EDUCATION
c WORK
EXPERIENCE

Students reorder the words to make standard

interview questions.

d SKILLS
e INTERESTS
f REFERENCES

Students work in pairs interviewing each other

for the Camp USA job.

Students change roles and repeat the role-play

from 4.

Students choose their favourite applicant, then

discuss with the class.

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