4th Level Unit 5

word formation: nouns and adjectives vocabulary: the world of work page 60

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·1 a 1 be out of a job 2

1 verb

nonn

4 go for an interview for

look for a job 3

a job

apply for a job

5 get a job

ignore signify

ignorance significance

adjective ignorant significant

appear

appearance

apparent

please

pleasure

pleasant

confide

confidence

confident

differ

difference

different

1 made redundant 2

obey depend

obedience dependence

obedient dependent*

resigned

b

3 sacked

note: dependant is a noun; your dependants are the people you support financially, usually your children.

'·:.a.study a career is not possible b earn a competition is not possible

2 opposite adjectives intolerant impatient insignificant

disobedient

unpleasant

independent

3 you could ask the group as a whole if anyone knows the differences in meaning or yo u, could give

.jndifferent can also be formed, but this is not the opposite of different. adverbs are formed by adding -ly to the adjective, eg

to work shifts - work for a set period (eg 12am to

impatiently, obediently.

3am) before workers replace you for the next set period (eg 8am to 4pm)

use of englis!!l) word formation

to work long hours - work for many hours each day

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1 pleasantly (adv) 2 significantly (adv) 3 disobedient (adj) 4 pleasure (n) 5 importance (n)

6 appearance (n) 7

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-'confidence (n) 8 resistance (n)

to work overtime - work supplementary hours for which you are paid extra

to work flexitime - work with a flexible timetable:

9 apparently (adv)

within limits you decide when you start and when you

10 independence (n)

finish as long as you work the required total number of hours each month

to work full-time - when you are contracted to work the entire time appropriate to that job, eg 35 hours per week (a full-time job)

.. ..;,.

to work part-time - when you are contracted to work fewer hours than the entire time appropriate eg 21 hours per week (a part-time job)