IELTS 5A Speaking Unit 3

a period of absence from work granted to a mother before and after the birth of her child.

• mother leave

• paternity leave

• mathernity leave

• maternity leave

work involving the hands (two words)

(of a form of work) needing a large workforce or a large amount of work in relation to output.

• manual work

• labor-intensive

• apprenticeship

• nine-to-five

the position of a student or trainee who works in an organization, sometimes without pay, in order to gain work experience or satisfy requirements for a qualification

occupying or using the whole of the usual working day or week. (two words)

relating to manual work or workers, particularly in industry.

• Office work
• Remote tasks
• Automated processes
• blue collar

does not work 40 hours a week. Only some few hours per week.

• full time

• white collar

• part time

• blue collar

time in addition to what is normal, as time worked beyond one's scheduled working hours (one word)

(of money) paid in excess of what is due.

advance or raise (someone) to a higher position or rank.

• promote

• intern

• apprentice

• mentor