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Employment vocabulary (class 1G, Unit 4)

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A person who works for another person or for a company for wages or a salary.

a)

Employee

b)

Employer

c)

Employe

d)

Employeer

2.

A person, company, or organization that pays people to work for them.

a)

Employee

b)

Salary

c)

Apprentice

d)

Employer

3.

Working fewer hours than is considered normal or standard.

a)

Unemployed

b)

Part-time job

c)

Full-time job

d)

Less-time job

4.

Time worked in addition to your usual job hours.

a)

Part-time

b)

Flexitime

c)

Overtime

d)

Full-time

5.

Any type of work that needs special training or a particular skill, often one that is respected because it involves a high level of education.

a)

Profesion

b)

Occupation

c)

Ocupation

d)

Profession

6.

To receive an increase in the amount of your pay.

a)

To get a job

b)

To get a raise.

c)

To get a pay

d)

To get a raice

7.

The act of moving someone to a higher position.

a)

Resign

b)

Devotion

c)

Promotion

d)

Employment

8.

Not going to work for a period of time since you have just given birth.

a)

Maternity leave

b)

Paternity leave

c)

To be on the dole

d)

To be unemployed

9.

To dismiss someone from a job. (Select all the correct answers).

a)

To fire somebody

b)

To sack somebody

c)

To make somebody redundant

d)

To resign

10.

To give up a job or position in a formal or official way.

a)

To sack

b)

To fire

c)

To quit

d)

To resign

11.

Money that is paid by a government when someone becomes sick, stops working.

a)

Unemployment benefit

b)

Salary

c)

Promotion

d)

Employment benefit

12.

A person who is being trained for a job.

a)

Worker

b)

Trainer

c)

Trainee

d)

Employee

13.

A student, or someone who has recently finished their studies, who works for a company or organization for a short time, sometimes without being paid, in order to get experience of a particular type of work.

a)

Employer

b)

Trainee

c)

Intern

d)

Worker

14.

Working the full number of hours considered normal or standard. Normally 8.

a)

Part-time job

b)

Overtime

c)

Flexitime

d)

Full-time job

15.

The scheduled period of time during which a person works.

a)

Flexitime

b)

Overtime

c)

Breaks

d)

Shifts

16.

A system of working in which people work a set number of hours within a fixed period of time, but can change the time they start or finish work.

a)

Full-time

b)

Part-time

c)

Flexitime

d)

Overtime

17.

A fixed amount of money agreed every year as pay for an employee, usually paid directly into his or her bank account every month.

a)

Salary

b)

Earning

c)

Wage

d)

Payment

18.

To be without a job (Select all the correct answers).

a)

To be fired

b)

To be unemployed

c)

To be out of work

d)

To be on the dole