IELTS Vocabulary Work/Job - Từ vựng IELTS chủ đề Công việc

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IELTS Vocabulary Work/Job

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Luyện tập 1

Write the correct word in the boxes below the picture.

Luyện tập 2

Listen and fill in the blank (Track 1)

The study that I looked at had investigated the relationship between differences in gender and differences in working hours, and levels of job satisfaction amongst (1) ……………………. For this purpose, employees at a call centre had been asked to complete a questionnaire about their work.

I’ll summarise the findings of that study briefly now. First of all, female full-time workers reported slightly higher levels of job satisfaction than male full-time workers. Secondly, female part-time workers reported slightly higher levels of satisfaction than female full¬time ones did. On the other hand, male part-time workers (2) ………………………. slightly less job satisfaction than male full-time workers. But although these (3) …………………….. seemed interesting, and capable of being explained, perhaps the most important thing to mention here is that in statistical terms they were inconclusive.

Personally, I was surprised that the (4) …………………….. hadn’t been more definite, because I would have expected to find that men and women as well as full and part-time workers would experience different levels of satisfaction. So I then looked more carefully at the methodology employed by the researchers, to see where there may have been (5) ……………………... This is what I found.

Practice exercises

Exercise 1. Crossword

Exercise 2. Read the paragraph and choose True or False

MY WORK EXPERIENCE

My name is Pepe. I was born in Puebla, Mexico in 1990. I had my first job when I was 18 years old. I was a carpenter. The job was interesting, but my salary wasn't good. I had that job for 5 years. I arrived in the United States in 2013. My first job here was a dishwasher in a Chinese restaurant. After a year, I started to work as a busboy. That was a fun job. In 2015, I got another job in an Italian restaurant. I was a server there for two years. But I really like to cook and I asked my boss to give me a job in the kitchen. He did and I quickly learned to make great pizza and delicious pasta. So first I was a cook and now I am the assistant chef. It's really great. I love my job.

 Exercise 3. Choose and fill the words and phrases in their meaning

Exercise 4. A student is writing a thank-you letter for his tutor for helping him prepare for the presentation. Complete the letter by making sentences using the given words and phrases.

1. I’m / just/ write/ say thanks / your help / the presentation last week.

2. Thank you / so much for / step / in to help.

3. I know / you / had to put / extra hours to catch / on your own work.

4. We hope / work / you again / future projects.

5. I’ll be / touch / again soon.

6. I look / forward / work / with you more closely.

Exam focus

Exercise 1.

Listen and fill in the blank with the correct form of the phrasal verb. (Track 2)

Sam is trying to call the café but he can’t (1) …………………………… (be connected on the phone). A few minutes later, the café owner (2) …………………………… (calls him after he called her). If Sam does well during his day’s trial, she will (3) …………………………… (employ him) for the summer. Sam is making food and (4) …………………………… (washing dirty plates etc.) when Jasmine asks him for help because business is (5) …………………………… (increasing, improving). Sam is already stressed and doesn’t think he can (6) …………………………… (continue). He thanks his friends for (7) …………………………… (visiting for a short time) but tells them they are (8) …………………………… (distracting him).

2. Listen again and match A and B to complete the sentences

Exercise 2. Listen and do the following tasks. (Track 3)

1. Decide if each sentence is TRUE or FALSE

3. Fill in the gaps with the correct word from the box

The Pomodoro Technique is designed to help people work effectively and avoid wasting (1) ………………... It helps you to get the maximum (2) ………………... in the time you have. First you have to break down each (3) ………………... into steps. Then you use a (4) ………………... to organise your time into intensive work and (5) ……………….... You write a list of things you need to do, set the timer to twenty-five minutes and start working on the first (6) ………………... on your list. When the timer goes off you stop work for (7) ………………... minutes. Then you repeat these steps four or five times, ticking items off your (8) ………………... as you finish them. After a few short breaks you can take a longer break. 

Exercise 3. Match column A to column B to make full sentences then practice speaking

1…………….. 2. …………….. 3. ……………..

2…………….. 5. ……………..

Exercise 4.  Listen and fill in the blank (Track 4)

Work experience

I wanted to spend a little bit of time today talking about the importance of work experience as you're considering different management programmes. Now this will vary a lot school by school. So some (1) ……….…………. actually will have a minimum number of years of required work (2) ……….…………. so you should enquire with all the schools that you are (3) ……….…………. in, sort of, what their recommendations are.

At Stanford specifically, we don't necessarily look at a certain number of years of (4) ……….…………. experience, but what we’re really looking for are your leadership examples that you’re able to draw from in your life. And as a result, some people actually come to us a little bit earlier on in their (5) ……….………….

So, most years we might even have, you know, one or two students who come directly after university, but they’ve got incredibly strong leadership examples to draw from: maybe it is from being involved in student government, or clubs, or organizations, or starting a non-profit organization, or having been involved (6) ……….…………. a family business growing up. So they’re able to draw and refer to those leadership experiences in the classroom.

Listen again and fill the gaps in the sentences below:

1. Some schools have a ……………………. number of years of required work experience.

2. Stanford applicants should demonstrate examples of ……………………….

3. Some students can ……………..……. from their experiences in student politics, clubs, a non-……………………. organization or a ………….………. business.

Từ vựng Work cho Speaking 

Áp dụng các với từ vựng ở trên chúng ta sẽ đưa vào mẫu câu trả lời IELTS speaking trong part 1, part 2 và part 3 nhé! Bạn hãy lưu ý tới những từ in đậm để hiểu rằng các từ vựng đã được sử dụng như thế nào sao cho hợp lý nhất nhé!

Part 1-style questions

Examiner: What do you do?
Sasha: I do a job-share with a friend in a boutique … I enjoy it … I like working with customers … unfortunately it’s only temporary work but one of the perks of the job is I get a discount on the clothes …

Examiner: Do you have any career plans yet?
Carly: Yes … I’d like to be my own boss one day … I’m interested in programming and I’d like to create apps for myself or for other companies … I know being self employed would be a challenge but the idea of doing a nine-to-five job doesn’t appeal to me at all …

Examiner: What do you see yourself doing in 10 years time?
Marie: I’d hope to be working … not a high-powered job … but I’m quite a creative person so something where I can work with my hands would be nice … as long as I’m not stuck behind a desk doing something boring  in a dead-end job I’ll be happy …

Part 2-style task

Describe your ideal job. You should say:

• what this job is
• whether you would need any qualifications
• whether it would be easy to find work

and say why you would enjoy this job in particular.

Max:  I’ve always loved watching wildlife programmes on TV and often thought how much I’d enjoy working with animals … perhaps in a safari park … something like that … you’d probably need a degree to have any chance of being called for an interview and whether there are manyfull-time jobs I don’t know … I’m sure a lot of parks rely on voluntary work so it might not be easy … and it probably wouldn’t be well-paid either but money isn’t everything … I’d get so muchjob satisfaction … I can’t imagine it being the kind of job where you get stuck in a rut … and I think I’d be good at it as well … I’d love to work with animals I enjoy manual work and I’m a good team player … so even though the working conditions might not be the best I think that would be my ideal job …

Part 3-style questions

Examiner: If there are a limited number of jobs available who should be given priority, young people or older people with more experience?
Anna: Things are so different these days … a few years ago older employees would often take early retirement or go onto part-time contracts and there were always opportunities for younger people but now jobs are so scarce … I think younger people need to be given the chance whenever possible …

Examiner: What are some of the important things a candidate should find out before accepting a job?
Ali: Well  … you’d need to know about your area of responsibility … and your salary of course and then there are things like holiday entitlement … maternity or paternity leave … if you’re thinking of having children … and what the situation is regarding sick leave … that kind of thing …

Examiner: What are the advantages of having your own business rather than working for someone else?
Julie: Well … unfortunately being an employee at the moment is very stressful … people have veryheavy workloads … they’re always under pressure to meet deadlines … running your own business isn’t easy … but I do think it would be far more satisfying …

Nguồn bài mẫu: ieltsspeaking.co.uk

ĐÁP ÁN

Luyện tập 2: 

Do this exercise while you listen. Circle the best answer for these questions. (Track 1)

1. workers

2. experienced

3. results

4. findings

5. problems

Practice exercise

Exercise 1. Crossword

1. employee

2. employer

3. painter

4. waiter

5. baker

6. experience

Exercise 2. Read the paragraph and choose True or False

Exercise 3. Choose and fill the words and phrases in their meaning

 Exercise 4

1. I’m just writing to say thanks for your help with the presentation last week.

2. Thank you so much for stepping in to help.

3. I know you had to put in extra hours to catch up on your own work.

4. We hope to work with you again on future projects.

5. I’ll be in touch again soon.

6. I look forward to working with you more closely.

Exam focus

Exercise 1.

1. Listen and fill in the blank with the correct phrasal verb from the box. (Track 2)

Listen again and match A and B to complete the sentences (Track 2)

1. d

2. a

3. e

4. b

5. c 

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets. (Track 3)

- True or False

 - Fill in the blank

 Exercise 3. Match column A to column B to make full sentences then practice speaking

1. b

2. c

3. a

4. e

5. d 

Exercise 4. Listen and fill in the blank (Track 4)

1. schools

2. experience

3. interested

4. work

5. careers

6. in

Listen again and fill the gaps in the sentences below:

1. minimum

2. leadership

3. draw, profit, family 

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