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[A1-A2]
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Work & BusinessVocabulary
Você sabe dizer qual a diferença entre "work", "job" e "occupation"?
Ou talvez sabe como falar sobre os diferentes tipos trabalho existentes, em inglês?
Hoje vamos aprender exatamente sobre isso, let's go!
💼 Work Synonyms
Do you know the difference between career, profession, job and position? Let’s play the game down below to find out!
Types of Employment 💼
Night shift - Full-time - Part-time - Self-employment - Volunteering - Internship
What type of employment matches the situations below?
- Aline prefers to work at the supermarket during the night because the pay is better.
- Christine only works in the evening, because in the mornings she goes to school.
- John starts work at 9:00 am every day and gets off work at 5:00 pm.
- Hannah helps out the beach by picking up trash. She doesn’t get paid.
- Ian has his own delivery company.
- Fiona works in ANATEL. She doesn't get paid but she will get experience to put on her CV.
Conversation Questions:
- What words are new for you?
- Do you prefer working part-time or full time?
- Do you prefer to work the night shift or the day shift?
- Have you ever done volunteer work?
White x Blue Collar
👨💼White collar
A white-collar job is work that doesn’t require manual labor and usually, it takes place in an office. It involves sitting at a desk or working with a computer.
🧑🔧Blue collar
Blue-collar work involves manual labor. For example manufacturing, construction, and other kinds of physical work.
Classify the following jobs as Blue or White collar:
📝Match the words below to the correct meaning
hired - get promoted - self-employed - laid off - retire - apply
- Stop working.
- Get employed.
- Move to a higher and better position.
- Lose your job.
- Work independently, not for an employer.
- Officially ask for a job.
Put the sentences in the correct order
- After the successful interview at Chemotech Inc., he was hired as a junior engineer.
- After graduating from university Mark decided to apply for a job as an engineer.
- After nearly 20 years of running his own business, Mark decided to retire early.
- Chemotech ran into financial difficulties during the economic crisis, Mark was laid off.
- He decided to become self-employed and start his own business.
- Mark worked hard for seven years and got promoted to a better position.
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It’s rewind time!
- Name two white-collar jobs.
- Name four blue-collar jobs.
- What kind of job does your job fit in?