PRÁTICA ORAL EM LÍNGUA INGLESA II - AULA 03

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PRÁTICA ORAL EM LÍNGUA INGLESA II 
AULA 03 – JOB DESCRIPTION 
 
 1a Questão 
 
 
Whenever talking or writing about work, we had better pay attention to the preposition we are making 
use of. One of the following sentences contains a preposition mistake. Choose the alternative in which 
the preposition has been mistakenly used in the context. 
 
 
I'm in charge of the sales team. 
 I'm working in a project to develop a new software program. 
 
My boss works between 12 and 14 hours a day. 
 
We deliver our products by ship and air freight. 
 
I teach English at my clients' offices. 
 
 2a Questão 
 
 
Dialogue: 
 
Ms. Lovechain: Good evening. I see on your email that you worked 
as a model at Ellite. Could you tell me a little more about your 
experiences there? 
 
Naomi Crawford: Sure, ok. I trevelled all over the world and 
appered on more than 100 magazine covers. 
 
Ms. Lovechain: What was the most difficult part of your job? 
 
Naomi Crawford: To be far from my family. 
 
Ms. Lovechain: That's how we feel here, too. How long did you 
work there? 
 
Naomi Crawford: I was there for 7 1/2 years. I left the Ellite last 
month. 
 
 
Based on the dialogue above, it's correct to say that: 
 
 
 Naomi doesn't miss her family. 
 Naomi missed her family a lot. 
 Her trainee time was wonderful. 
 She enjoyed working as a manager. 
 Her job was very stressfull, she worked at the same 
place for years. 
 
 
 3a Questão 
 
 
What is the right preposition? I. . I meet my clients _______ their offices II. I¿m rarely _______ my desk. 
III. We deliver our products _______ ship and air freight. IV. I am working _______ a project to produce a 
new product for next year. 
 
 
at ¿ on ¿ on ¿ at 
 
in ¿ at ¿ on ¿ on 
 
at ¿ at ¿ on ¿ on 
 at ¿ at ¿ by ¿ on 
 
in ¿ at ¿ in ¿ at 
 
 4a Questão 
 
 
Complete these proverbs related to job/work. 
 a) A woman's work is never __________. (Housework and raising children are jobs that have no end. 
(Typically said by a woman to indicate how busy she is.)) 
b) Business before __________. (You should finish your work before starting to relax and enjoy yourself.) 
c) Many hands make __________ work. (If everyone helps with a large task, it will get done easily and 
quickly.) 
d) Where there's a __________, there's a way. (If you truly want to do something, you will find a way to 
do it, in spite of obstacles.) 
e) Practice makes __________. (Doing something over and over again is the only way to learn to do it 
well.) 
 
 
(d) made - pleasure - light - hope - perfection 
 
(a) made - pleasure - light - will - perfection. 
 
(c) done - pleasure - light - hope - perfection 
 (e) done - pleasure - light - will - perfection 
 
(b) made - entertainment - light - hope - perfect. 
 
 
 5a Questão 
 
 
Work or Job? Fill in the gaps and choose the correct alternative: 1. She's got a new _____. 2. You've never 
done a day's _____ in your life. 3. There will be a lot of ____ losses when the factory closes. 4. It took me 
an hour to get home from ____ yesterday. 5. Let's try to make the best of a bad ____. 
 
 
(e) job - work - work - work - job 
 
(d) job - work - job - work - work 
 
(c) work - work - job - work - work 
 (a) job - work - job - work - job 
 
(b) work - job - job - work - job 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6a Questão 
 
 
 Choose the best response to complete each of the following sentences: 
1. This job is too ______________ (stressed-out/stressful). 
2. There's a lot of work, but I can ______________ (deal/handle) it. 
3. I was ______________ (hired/heard) last month. 
 4. They ______________ (fired/failed) two of my co-workers, and I'm afraid I might be next. 
5. I work ______________ (at/in) sales. 
6. My ______________ (commute/communion) (= the time it takes me to get to work) isn't so bad. 
 7. They provide us with a good benefits ______________ (pack/package). 
 
 
(d) stressed out - handle - hired - fired - at - commute - package 
 
(a) stressed out - deal - hired - fired - at - commute - pack 
 
(e) stressful - handle - hired - fired - at - commute - pack 
 
(b) stressful - deal - hired - fired - at - commute - package 
 (c) stressful - handle - hired - fired - in - commute - package 
 
 7a Questão 
 
 
11. Complete with the proper preposition: 
 a) I work _________ a large, comfortable office. 
 b) Our factory is _________ the suburbs. 
 c) Our HQ is about 25 Km. _________ the airport. 
d) I meet my clients _________their offices 
e) We are the biggest manufacturer of sausages _________ the world. 
 
 
(b) at - in - of - in - of 
 
(c) at - in - from - at - of 
 
(e) in - in - of - in - in 
 (a) in - in - from - at - of 
 
(d) in - in - from - in - in 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8a Questão 
 
 
Choose the best response to complete each of the following sentences: 
1. I get along well with most of my ______________ (colleagues/employees) (= co-workers). 
2. I'm thinking about ______________ (quitting/stopping) my job. 
3. Everyone seems to have gotten a __________ (raise/boost) ( = an increase in salary) except me. 
4. The ______________ (upper/up) management people are not very well liked by the rest of us. 
5. I'm taking a week ______________ (off/of) to go on vacation 
 
 (b) colleagues - quitting - raise - upper - off 
 
(d) colleagues - stopping - boost - upper - off 
 
(e) employees - quitting - raise - upper - off 
 
(a) employees - quitting - raise - upper - of 
 
(c) colleagues - stopping - raise - up - of 
 
 1a Questão 
 
 
Job or work? I. A woman's ________________ is never done. (proverb) II. Choose a ___________ you 
love and you will never have to work a day in your life. (Confucius) III. Henry loves Science Fiction ______, 
his favorite writers are H.G.Wells and George Orwell. IV. It took me an hour to get home from 
______________ yesterday. 
 
 
work ¿ work - jobs - job 
 
job ¿ work ¿ works - job 
 
work ¿ job ¿ job s - work 
 job ¿ job ¿ works - work 
 
job ¿ work ¿ works - mob 
 
 2a Questão 
 
 
Choose the best alternative for this situation: 
When your job is safe and there's no fear of losing it, your situation is ____________________. 
 
 (c) secure 
 
(a) dangerous 
 
(e) downsizing 
 
(b) safe 
 
(d) challenge 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3a Questão 
 
 
Choose the best alternative for this situation: 
When a company reduces its operations and number of employees, it is ____________________. 
 
 
(e) moving on 
 
(a) redundant 
 
(d) pursuing 
 (c) downsizing 
 
(b) turning down 
 
 4a Questão 
 
 
Choose the option which best completes the following sentences: "Please send ___________manual for 
machine we ordered at the end of the month. Production __________ also requires copy of specification 
sheet. 
 
 
designed / repayments 
 instruction / manager 
 
building / designed 
 
salary / manager 
 
instruction / computer 
 
 5a Questão 
 
 
 Choose the best response to complete each of the following sentences: 
1. This job is too ______________ (stressed-out/stressful). 
2. There's a lot of work, but I can ______________ (deal/handle) it. 
3. I was ______________ (hired/heard) last month. 
 4. They ______________ (fired/failed) two of my co-workers, and I'm afraid I might be next. 
5. I work ______________ (at/in) sales. 
6. My ______________ (commute/communion) (= the time it takes me to get to work) isn'tso bad. 
 7. They provide us with a good benefits ______________ (pack/package). 
 
 
(b) stressful - deal - hired - fired - at - commute - package 
 
(a) stressed out - deal - hired - fired - at - commute - pack 
 
(d) stressed out - handle - hired - fired - at - commute - package 
 
(e) stressful - handle - hired - fired - at - commute - pack 
 (c) stressful - handle - hired - fired - in - commute - package 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6a Questão 
 
 
Complete these proverbs related to job/work. 
 a) A woman's work is never __________. (Housework and raising children are jobs that have no end. 
(Typically said by a woman to indicate how busy she is.)) 
b) Business before __________. (You should finish your work before starting to relax and enjoy yourself.) 
c) Many hands make __________ work. (If everyone helps with a large task, it will get done easily and 
quickly.) 
d) Where there's a __________, there's a way. (If you truly want to do something, you will find a way to 
do it, in spite of obstacles.) 
e) Practice makes __________. (Doing something over and over again is the only way to learn to do it 
well.) 
 
 
(b) made - entertainment - light - hope - perfect. 
 
(a) made - pleasure - light - will - perfection. 
 
(d) made - pleasure - light - hope - perfection 
 (e) done - pleasure - light - will - perfection 
 
(c) done - pleasure - light - hope - perfection 
 
 7a Questão 
 
 
Choose the best response to complete each of the following sentences: 
1. I get along well with most of my ______________ (colleagues/employees) (= co-workers). 
2. I'm thinking about ______________ (quitting/stopping) my job. 
3. Everyone seems to have gotten a __________ (raise/boost) ( = an increase in salary) except me. 
4. The ______________ (upper/up) management people are not very well liked by the rest of us. 
5. I'm taking a week ______________ (off/of) to go on vacation 
 
 
(d) colleagues - stopping - boost - upper - off 
 (b) colleagues - quitting - raise - upper - off 
 
(c) colleagues - stopping - raise - up - of 
 
(e) employees - quitting - raise - upper - off 
 
(a) employees - quitting - raise - upper - of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8a Questão 
 
 
Whenever talking or writing about work, we had better pay attention to the preposition we are making 
use of. One of the following sentences contains a preposition mistake. Choose the alternative in which 
the preposition has been mistakenly used in the context. 
 
 
I teach English at my clients' offices. 
 
We deliver our products by ship and air freight. 
 
My boss works between 12 and 14 hours a day. 
 
I'm in charge of the sales team. 
 I'm working in a project to develop a new software program. 
 
 1a Questão 
 
 
Dialogue: 
 
Ms. Lovechain: Good evening. I see on your email that you worked 
as a model at Ellite. Could you tell me a little more about your 
experiences there? 
 
Naomi Crawford: Sure, ok. I trevelled all over the world and 
appered on more than 100 magazine covers. 
 
Ms. Lovechain: What was the most difficult part of your job? 
 
Naomi Crawford: To be far from my family. 
 
Ms. Lovechain: That's how we feel here, too. How long did you 
work there? 
 
Naomi Crawford: I was there for 7 1/2 years. I left the Ellite last 
month. 
 
 
 
Based on the dialogue above, it's correct to say that: 
 
 
 Her job was very stressfull, she worked at the same place for 
years. 
 Naomi doesn't miss her family. 
 She enjoyed working as a manager. 
 Her trainee time was wonderful. 
 Naomi missed her family a lot. 
 
 
 2a Questão 
 
 
Work or Job? Fill in the gaps and choose the correct alternative: 1. She's got a new _____. 2. You've never 
done a day's _____ in your life. 3. There will be a lot of ____ losses when the factory closes. 4. It took me 
an hour to get home from ____ yesterday. 5. Let's try to make the best of a bad ____. 
 
 
(b) work - job - job - work - job 
 
(e) job - work - work - work - job 
 
(c) work - work - job - work - work 
 
(d) job - work - job - work - work 
 (a) job - work - job - work - job 
 
 3a Questão 
 
 
11. Complete with the proper preposition: 
 a) I work _________ a large, comfortable office. 
 b) Our factory is _________ the suburbs. 
 c) Our HQ is about 25 Km. _________ the airport. 
d) I meet my clients _________their offices 
e) We are the biggest manufacturer of sausages _________ the world. 
 
 
(c) at - in - from - at - of 
 
(b) at - in - of - in - of 
 
(e) in - in - of - in - in 
 
(d) in - in - from - in - in 
 (a) in - in - from - at - of 
 
 4a Questão 
 
 
What is the right preposition? I. . I meet my clients _______ their offices II. I¿m rarely _______ my desk. 
III. We deliver our products _______ ship and air freight. IV. I am working _______ a project to produce a 
new product for next year. 
 
 
at ¿ on ¿ on ¿ at 
 
at ¿ at ¿ on ¿ on 
 
in ¿ at ¿ in ¿ at 
 
in ¿ at ¿ on ¿ on 
 at ¿ at ¿ by ¿ on 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5a Questão 
 
 
 Choose the best response to complete each of the following sentences: 
1. This job is too ______________ (stressed-out/stressful). 
2. There's a lot of work, but I can ______________ (deal/handle) it. 
3. I was ______________ (hired/heard) last month. 
 4. They ______________ (fired/failed) two of my co-workers, and I'm afraid I might be next. 
5. I work ______________ (at/in) sales. 
6. My ______________ (commute/communion) (= the time it takes me to get to work) isn't so bad. 
 7. They provide us with a good benefits ______________ (pack/package). 
 
 
(b) stressful - deal - hired - fired - at - commute - package 
 
(e) stressful - handle - hired - fired - at - commute - pack 
 
(d) stressed out - handle - hired - fired - at - commute - package 
 
(a) stressed out - deal - hired - fired - at - commute - pack 
 (c) stressful - handle - hired - fired - in - commute - package 
 
 6a Questão 
 
 
Choose the best response to complete each of the following sentences: 
1. I get along well with most of my ______________ (colleagues/employees) (= co-workers). 
2. I'm thinking about ______________ (quitting/stopping) my job. 
3. Everyone seems to have gotten a __________ (raise/boost) ( = an increase in salary) except me. 
4. The ______________ (upper/up) management people are not very well liked by the rest of us. 
5. I'm taking a week ______________ (off/of) to go on vacation 
 
 
(a) employees - quitting - raise - upper - of 
 (b) colleagues - quitting - raise - upper - off 
 
(e) employees - quitting - raise - upper - off 
 
(c) colleagues - stopping - raise - up - of 
 
(d) colleagues - stopping - boost - upper - off 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7a Questão 
 
 
Whenever talking or writing about work, we had better pay attention to the preposition we are making 
use of. One of the following sentences contains a preposition mistake. Choose the alternative in which 
the preposition has been mistakenly used in the context. 
 
 
My boss works between 12 and 14 hours a day. 
 I'm working in a project to develop a new software program. 
 
I'm in charge of the sales team. 
 
We deliver our products by ship and air freight. 
 
I teach English at my clients' offices. 
 
 8a Questão 
 
 
Choose the option which best completes the following sentences: "Please send ___________manual for 
machine we ordered at the end of the month. Production __________also requires copy of specification 
sheet. 
 
 
instruction / computer 
 instruction / manager 
 
salary / manager 
 
designed / repayments 
 
building / designed 
 
 1a Questão 
 
 
Complete these proverbs related to job/work. 
 a) A woman's work is never __________. (Housework and raising children are jobs that have no end. 
(Typically said by a woman to indicate how busy she is.)) 
b) Business before __________. (You should finish your work before starting to relax and enjoy yourself.) 
c) Many hands make __________ work. (If everyone helps with a large task, it will get done easily and 
quickly.) 
d) Where there's a __________, there's a way. (If you truly want to do something, you will find a way to 
do it, in spite of obstacles.) 
e) Practice makes __________. (Doing something over and over again is the only way to learn to do it 
well.) 
 
 (e) done - pleasure - light - will - perfection 
 
(d) made - pleasure - light - hope - perfection 
 
(b) made - entertainment - light - hope - perfect. 
 
(a) made - pleasure - light - will - perfection. 
 
(c) done - pleasure - light - hope - perfection 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2a Questão 
 
 
Choose the best alternative for this situation: 
When a company reduces its operations and number of employees, it is ____________________. 
 
 
(b) turning down 
 
(d) pursuing 
 (c) downsizing 
 
(a) redundant 
 
(e) moving on 
 
 3a Questão 
 
 
Job or work? I. A woman's ________________ is never done. (proverb) II. Choose a ___________ you 
love and you will never have to work a day in your life. (Confucius) III. Henry loves Science Fiction ______, 
his favorite writers are H.G.Wells and George Orwell. IV. It took me an hour to get home from 
______________ yesterday. 
 
 
work ¿ work - jobs - job 
 
job ¿ work ¿ works - job 
 
job ¿ work ¿ works - mob 
 job ¿ job ¿ works - work 
 
work ¿ job ¿ job s - work 
 
 4a Questão 
 
 
Choose the best alternative for this situation: 
When your job is safe and there's no fear of losing it, your situation is ____________________. 
 
 
(a) dangerous 
 
(d) challenge 
 
(b) safe 
 (c) secure 
 
(e) downsizing 
 
 5a Questão 
 
 
Choose the option which best completes the following sentences: "Please send ___________manual for 
machine we ordered at the end of the month. Production __________ also requires copy of specification 
sheet. 
 
 
instruction / computer 
 
building / designed 
 
designed / repayments 
 instruction / manager 
 
salary / manager 
 
 
 
 
 
 6a Questão 
 
 
 Choose the best response to complete each of the following sentences: 
1. This job is too ______________ (stressed-out/stressful). 
2. There's a lot of work, but I can ______________ (deal/handle) it. 
3. I was ______________ (hired/heard) last month. 
 4. They ______________ (fired/failed) two of my co-workers, and I'm afraid I might be next. 
5. I work ______________ (at/in) sales. 
6. My ______________ (commute/communion) (= the time it takes me to get to work) isn't so bad. 
 7. They provide us with a good benefits ______________ (pack/package). 
 
 
(e) stressful - handle - hired - fired - at - commute - pack 
 
(b) stressful - deal - hired - fired - at - commute - package 
 
(a) stressed out - deal - hired - fired - at - commute - pack 
 (c) stressful - handle - hired - fired - in - commute - package 
 
(d) stressed out - handle - hired - fired - at - commute - package 
 
 7a Questão 
 
 
11. Complete with the proper preposition: 
 a) I work _________ a large, comfortable office. 
 b) Our factory is _________ the suburbs. 
 c) Our HQ is about 25 Km. _________ the airport. 
d) I meet my clients _________their offices 
e) We are the biggest manufacturer of sausages _________ the world. 
 
 (a) in - in - from - at - of 
 
(b) at - in - of - in - of 
 
(e) in - in - of - in - in 
 
(c) at - in - from - at - of 
 
(d) in - in - from - in - in 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8a Questão 
 
 
Choose the best response to complete each of the following sentences: 
1. I get along well with most of my ______________ (colleagues/employees) (= co-workers). 
2. I'm thinking about ______________ (quitting/stopping) my job. 
3. Everyone seems to have gotten a __________ (raise/boost) ( = an increase in salary) except me. 
4. The ______________ (upper/up) management people are not very well liked by the rest of us. 
5. I'm taking a week ______________ (off/of) to go on vacation 
 
 
(e) employees - quitting - raise - upper - off 
 
(d) colleagues - stopping - boost - upper - off 
 
(a) employees - quitting - raise - upper - of 
 
(c) colleagues - stopping - raise - up - of 
 (b) colleagues - quitting - raise - upper - off 
 
 1a Questão 
 
 
Dialogue: 
 
Ms. Lovechain: Good evening. I see on your email that you worked 
as a model at Ellite. Could you tell me a little more about your 
experiences there? 
 
Naomi Crawford: Sure, ok. I trevelled all over the world and 
appered on more than 100 magazine covers. 
 
Ms. Lovechain: What was the most difficult part of your job? 
 
Naomi Crawford: To be far from my family. 
 
Ms. Lovechain: That's how we feel here, too. How long did you 
work there? 
 
Naomi Crawford: I was there for 7 1/2 years. I left the Ellite last 
month. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Based on the dialogue above, it's correct to say that: 
 
 
 Her job was very stressfull, she worked at the same place for 
years. 
 Her trainee time was wonderful. 
 She enjoyed working as a manager. 
 Naomi missed her family a lot. 
 Naomi doesn't miss her family. 
 
 2a Questão 
 
 
Work or Job? Fill in the gaps and choose the correct alternative: 1. She's got a new _____. 2. You've never 
done a day's _____ in your life. 3. There will be a lot of ____ losses when the factory closes. 4. It took me 
an hour to get home from ____ yesterday. 5. Let's try to make the best of a bad ____. 
 
 
(c) work - work - job - work - work 
 (a) job - work - job - work - job 
 
(b) work - job - job - work - job 
 
(d) job - work - job - work - work 
 
(e) job - work - work - work - job 
 
 3a Questão 
 
 
Whenever talking or writing about work, we had better pay attention to the preposition we are making 
use of. One of the following sentences contains a preposition mistake. Choose the alternative in which 
the preposition has been mistakenly used in the context. 
 
 
My boss works between 12 and 14 hours a day. 
 
I teach English at my clients' offices. 
 
We deliver our products by ship and air freight. 
 I'm working in a project to develop a new software program. 
 
I'm in charge of the sales team. 
 
 4a Questão 
 
 
What is the right preposition? I. . I meet my clients _______ their offices II. I¿m rarely _______ my desk. 
III. We deliver our products _______ ship and air freight. IV. I am working _______ a project to produce a 
new product for next year. 
 
 
in ¿ at ¿ in ¿ at 
 
at ¿ on ¿ on ¿ at 
 
at ¿ at ¿ on ¿ on 
 
in ¿ at ¿ on ¿ on 
 at ¿ at ¿ by ¿ on 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5a Questão 
 
 
 Choose the best response to complete each of the following sentences: 
1. This job is too ______________ (stressed-out/stressful). 
2. There's a lot of work, but I can ______________ (deal/handle) it. 
3. I was ______________ (hired/heard) last month. 
 4. They ______________ (fired/failed) two of my co-workers, and I'm afraid I mightbe next. 
5. I work ______________ (at/in) sales. 
6. My ______________ (commute/communion) (= the time it takes me to get to work) isn't so bad. 
 7. They provide us with a good benefits ______________ (pack/package). 
 
 
(d) stressed out - handle - hired - fired - at - commute - package 
 (c) stressful - handle - hired - fired - in - commute - package 
 
(a) stressed out - deal - hired - fired - at - commute - pack 
 
(b) stressful - deal - hired - fired - at - commute - package 
 
(e) stressful - handle - hired - fired - at - commute - pack 
 
 6a Questão 
 
 
11. Complete with the proper preposition: 
 a) I work _________ a large, comfortable office. 
 b) Our factory is _________ the suburbs. 
 c) Our HQ is about 25 Km. _________ the airport. 
d) I meet my clients _________their offices 
e) We are the biggest manufacturer of sausages _________ the world. 
 
 
(e) in - in - of - in - in 
 (a) in - in - from - at - of 
 
(c) at - in - from - at - of 
 
(b) at - in - of - in - of 
 
(d) in - in - from - in - in 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7a Questão 
 
 
Choose the best response to complete each of the following sentences: 
1. I get along well with most of my ______________ (colleagues/employees) (= co-workers). 
2. I'm thinking about ______________ (quitting/stopping) my job. 
3. Everyone seems to have gotten a __________ (raise/boost) ( = an increase in salary) except me. 
4. The ______________ (upper/up) management people are not very well liked by the rest of us. 
5. I'm taking a week ______________ (off/of) to go on vacation 
 
 (b) colleagues - quitting - raise - upper - off 
 
(c) colleagues - stopping - raise - up - of 
 
(a) employees - quitting - raise - upper - of 
 
(d) colleagues - stopping - boost - upper - off 
 
(e) employees - quitting - raise - upper - off 
 
 8a Questão 
 
 
Choose the option which best completes the following sentences: "Please send ___________manual for 
machine we ordered at the end of the month. Production __________ also requires copy of specification 
sheet. 
 
 
building / designed 
 
salary / manager 
 
designed / repayments 
 
instruction / computer 
 instruction / manager