Unit 28 B2

Question 1

employer (n)

Answer 1

a person or organisation that pays workers to work for them *The factory is the largest single employer in the area.

Question 2

employee (n)

Answer 2

someone who is paid regularly to work for a person or organisation *There are six part-time employees working here.

Question 3

staff (n)

Answer 3

the people who work for a particular company, organisation or institution *The embassy employs around 50 people on its full-time staff.

Question 4

job (n)

Answer 4

work that you do regularly to earn money *Andy got a holiday job at a factory in Bristol.

Question 5

work (n)

Answer 5

a job that you are paid to do *It’s not easy to find work.

Question 6

career (n)

Answer 6

a job or profession that you work at for some time *Rosen had decided on an academic career.

Question 7

earn (v)

Answer 7

to receive money for work that you do *Most people here earn about £30,000 a year.

Question 8

win (v)

Answer 8

to get something as a prize for defeating other people or because you are lucky *He won £4000 in the lottery.

Question 9

gain (v)

Answer 9

to get more of something, usually as a result of a gradual process *I’ve gained a lot of weight this winter.

Question 10

raise (n)

Answer 10

an increase in the amount that you are paid for your work *Why don’t you ask for a raise?

Question 11

rise (n)

Answer 11

an increase in size, amount, quality or strength *The proposed tax rise was not unexpected.

Question 12

wage(s) (n)

Answer 12

a regular amount of money that you earn for working *I’ve usually spent all my wages by Tuesday.

Question 13

salary (n)

Answer 13

a fixed amount of money that you earn each month or year from your job *I get an annual salary of £25,000.

Question 14

pay (n)

Answer 14

money that you receive for doing your job *They were demanding higher pay.

Question 15

commute (v)

Answer 15

to travel regularly to and from work *My father commutes to work every day.

Question 16

deliver (v)

Answer 16

to take something such as goods or letters to a place and give them to someone *I can deliver the letter this afternoon.

Question 17

retire (v)

Answer 17

to stop working permanently, especially when you are old *He retired from the army last month.

Question 18

resign (v)

Answer 18

to state formally that you are leaving your job *He made it clear that he was not resigning from active politics.

Question 19

fire (v)

Answer 19

to make someone leave their job as a punishment *She was fired for refusing to include the information in her report.

Question 20

sack (v)

Answer 20

to force someone to leave their job *Hundreds of workers are to be sacked at the factory.

Question 21

make redundant (phr v)

Answer 21

if someone is made redundant, they have been told that they must leave their job because they are no longer needed *When the company closed, my dad was made redundant.

Question 22

overtime (n)

Answer 22

extra hours that someone works at their job, or money that is paid for working extra hours *Do you get paid extra for doing overtime?

Question 23

promotion (n)

Answer 23

a move to a job at a higher level *His main objective is to get a promotion.

Question 24

pension (n)

Answer 24

an amount of money that someone receives regularly when they no longer work because of their age or a special reason *My grandmother gets a small pension from the state.

Question 25

company (n)

Answer 25

an organisation that sells services or goods *Max works for a large oil company.

Question 26

firm (n)

Answer 26

a business, or a company *Josh works for a law firm in Chicago.

Question 27

business (n)

Answer 27

an organisation that buys or sells products or services *She’s parents run a small clothing business.

Question 28

union (n)

Answer 28

an organisation that represents the workers in a particular industry *We encourage all employees to join a union.

Question 29

charity (n)

Answer 29

an organisation that gives money and help to people who need it *The charity helps fund projects in developing countries.