Unit 7 – Work | Exercises and Flashcards

Unit 7 – Work, Speakout Pre-Intermediate 3rd Exercises and Flashcards

Wordlist for Unit 7 – Work, Speakout Pre-Intermediate 3rd

Word	Example
be good with animals/numbers/languages	He is good with languages. He speaks Italian, French and Ukrainian.
be relaxed in front of people	She talks well at business meetings. She is relaxed in front of people.
call	I will call the restaurant and book a table.
phone back	I'll phone back later.
clean up	Please clean up the kitchen.
delete a message	I deleted the message by mistake.
design furniture	He designs furniture including tables, chairs and beds.
draw a plan	She drew a plan of the house, showing the position of the rooms and furniture.
drive a lorry	She drove the lorry from Glasgow to London.
fix a computer	Jessi fixed my computer for me.
give up	Flo gave up her job as a nurse and trained as a teacher.
hang on a minute / moment / second	Hang on a minute! I'll write it down.
landline	I'll be at home, so you can call me on the landline.
leave a message	Please leave a message after the beep.
look after	Don't worry, I can look after the children tomorrow.
look up	I'll just look up the train times.
make clothes	Juliana makes all her own clothes.
mobile	Have you got my mobile number?
pick up	He picked up the letter and read it.
play a musical instrument	Roz plays the piano really well.
read music	Xenia is learning to read music.
remember people's names	I find it difficult to remember people's names.
sell things	Judy works in the market. She is good at selling things.
send a message	Please send me a text message with your address.
smartphone	He took a picture with his smartphone.
teach children to read	Pat tought both of his children to read.
translate	Translate the text from Italian into English
turn off	Please turn off the light.
type	How fast can you type?
work alone	I work alone in a small office at home.
work long hours	The junior doctors work long hours.
work outside	I work outside as a gardener.
work well with people	She works well with people and she is a popular teacher.
work with your hands	I like making things. I want to work with my hands.
write a report	He wrote a long report.