EFE - Work

Question 1

What job did you think you wanted when you were a child?

Question 2

What benefits do you think come with a good job?

Answer 2

Benefits - extras given to employees in addition to their usual pay

Question 3

What office supplies do you use in your daily life at work? How about at home? Use any or all of the following vocabulary: desk, filing cabinet, copier, scanner, computer, printer, laptop, cell phone, calendar, planner, files, stapler, highlighter, Scotch tape, sticky notes, rubber bands, ruler, scissors

Question 4

Make a sentence using the expression:
to break even

Answer 4

Definition: to earn just enough to cover the costs of producing a product

Question 5

Make a sentence using the expression:
an economic downturn

Answer 5

Definition: a major decline in economic activity

Question 6

Make a sentence using the expression:
the exchange rate

Answer 6

Definition: the amount of one currency that you get when you change it for another

Question 7

Make a sentence using the expression:
to go out of business

Answer 7

Definition: to no longer be able to exist as a business

Question 8

Make a sentence using the expression:
to be fired

Answer 8

Definition: to be forced to leave your job for doing something wrong

Question 9

Make a sentence using the expression:
a career path

Answer 9

Definition: progression within a profession, in a job, or through a series of jobs

Question 10

Make a sentence using the expression:
a dead end job

Answer 10

Definition: a position without many prospects for promotion

Question 11

Make a sentence using the expression:
to go the extra mile

Answer 11

Definition: to do more than you are required to do

Question 12

Make a sentence using the expression:
to tackle something head-on

Answer 12

Definition: to deal with something directly

Question 13

Make a sentence using the expression:
on the agenda

Answer 13

Definition: included in a list of things to discuss

Question 14

Make a sentence using the expression:
a show of hands

Answer 14

Definition: a vote made by raising hands in the air to show agreement

Question 15

Make a sentence using the idiom:
red tape

Answer 15

Definition: administration, paperwork, or rules and regulations

Question 16

Make a sentence using the idiom:
in the red

Answer 16

Definition: owing money or making a loss

Question 17

Make a sentence using the idiom:
to throw money down the drain

Answer 17

Definition: to waste money

Question 18

Make a sentence using the idiom:
on the same page

Answer 18

Definition: in agreement about something

Question 19

Is the process of applying for a job different in your country and the US? How? You may want to use vocabulary such as: application, resume, CV, portfolio, cover letter, to have an interview, etc.