7/30/2019 Exercitii Hella
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Trainer: Oana Stanculescu Ilie
Eucom Trening Company
Vocabulary exercisesChoose:
1. The students were convinced their teacher was
(persecuting/prosecuting) them with way toomuch homework.
2. One of the assignments was to create a
(bibliography/biography) of all the books thestudents had read
during the school year.
3. The teacher's goal was to help the students (adopt/adapt)
good study habits.4. The students, on the other hand, had a
(duel/dual) objective: they wanted less homework andlonger summer
vacations.
5. The teacher promised that the in-class essay she assigned
would have no (affect/effect) onthe students' final grades.
6. In an attempt to convince the teacher to change the
assignment, the students argued that theyhad (all ready/already)
done enough in-class writing for the week.
7. The teacher smiled and told the students to take a deep
(breath/breathe) and begin theirwriting assignment.
8. The students decided to stop resisting the inevitable and
start getting down to work on their(personal/personnel) essays.
9. (Whether/Weather) or not the students' essays were neatly
written and legible, the teacherplanned to read them carefully and
comment on them.10. The (stationary/stationery) desks where the
students sat suddenly fell silent when the essaywriting finally
began.
Match:
1. equal a) salary
2. gross b) insurance
3. minimum c) tax
4. income d) wage
5. pay e) overtime
6. get a f) pension
7. health g) pay
8. state h) bonus
Choose the best half that best completes the following
sentences:
1. Her gross salary is 50 000 but obviously she a) takes home
considerably less than that
2. My gross salary is around 60 000 but the b) I am paid
overtime
3. Although my gross salary seems good, after deductions, c) net
is around 48 000.4. In the UK, income tax is deducted directly from
d) I havent very much left
5. I dont know what the standard rate is e) your salary and paid
to the state.
6. Although I contribute to the state pension fund, f) for this
type of work
7. Everyone here is paid a rate that is better than g) are still
paid less than their male colleagues
8. Equal pay for women is the law but many h) I also pay into a
private one too.
9. When I work on Sundays, i) the minimum wage.10. We usually
get a bonus at Christmas depending on j) how well the company has
done.
Complete: overtime; rates; income tax; state pension; minimum
wage; gross; net; bonus; equal pay;
deductions
1.Companies, by law, must provide equal opportunities as well
as....................for men and women.
2. ......................are paid directly by the employer for
health insurance and pension.
3. He received an enormous...................to encourage him to
renew his contract for another three years.
4. Income tax is based on our......................salary, not
the gross, and your family situation.
5. On your pay statement, you have first,
the.................salary, then all the deductions and the net
which youre paid.
6. The .................is reviewed every year and increased in
line with inflation.
7. To qualify for a ...........you have to contribute for forty
years.8. .................is paid directly by the employer on your
behalf.
9. We pay very good.................better than our competitors
to attract the best workers.
10. When you work more than the hours in your contract you can
take time off in lieu or be paid........
