Lesson 4 Job Trends

Objectives Students will be able to ★ complete the exercises related to collocations (verb + noun, verb + adverb, verb + adjective). ★ classify the words from the text that often go together. ★ make up some sentences after learning the phrases in the context.

★ Use the table below to classify these words from the text that often go together. decrease rapidly, become international, start one’s own business, feel comfortable, find (something) difficult, have an advantage, have free time, pay attention, respond quickly, take a deep breath

verb+ noun verb+ adverb verb+ adjective have an advantage decrease rapidly become international start one’s own business; have free time; pay attention; take a deep breath respond quickly feel comfortable; find (something) difficult

★ Complete the sentences below with the correct form of expressions from Exercise I never really _______________ speaking in a foreign language. 2. If you look at unemployment, it ________________ in the past few months. feel comfortable decrease rapidly

3. We get so much homework that I don’t ____________ to relax. 4. I’d like to ____________________ one day and not work for a boss. 5. Drivers have to _______________ to avoid accidents. 6. I _________________ in maths. I even ________arithmetic ________. have free time start my own business respond quickly have an advantage finddifficult

★ Complete the vocabulary networks with words from this list: bored, my own business, an accident, a job, an exam, an excuse, somebody a favor, a good time, home, your homework, married, a mistake, money, a bonus, a suggestion, your best

an exam somebody a favor your homework your best an excuse a mistake money a suggestion do make

my own business an accident a job a good time bored home married a bonus have get

Exercises: Complete the sentences with words given: money, a favour, your best, suggestion, excause, promotion, career 1.Being an astronaut is exciting and Tina_______ a lot of ______ too. 2.I know the exam is difficult but just _________. 3.Jo ____a long _______as a journalise but now she’s retired. 4.Bill hadn’t done the homework and he ______a silly ______about losing his book. makes money do your best hadcareer made excuse

5 I’d like to _____ a _________.I think you should watch less television and work more. 6 Bill was doing OK before but now he’s_____________. make suggestion got a promotion

Complete the text with the adverbs below heavily, late, happily, frequently, daily, finally, carefully, gracefully, often, strongly, early It was raining ______so I finished my work ______because the buses all come ______ when it rains. I feel_______ that public transport should be as good as possible so that we don’t use our cars so ______, but the buses in our village don’t run very _______. But when a bus ________ came I got on it and started to read my newspaper. I have the local paper delivered_______. I looked through the paper________. heavily earlylate strongly often frequently finally daily carefully

I was looking for a report about a dance competition. My sister was in it. She dances very ________. After a few minutes I found it. There was some good news for me. She and her partner had won the competition________. I Smiled _______ but then stopped smiling. I had passed my stop and I was still on the bus. gracefully easily happily

Fill in the gaps with the adjective below: beautiful, asleep, delicious, famous, cold, married, afraid, calm 1.The weather’s really turned _____since November. 2.Prague looks _______ from the Charles Bridge. 3.they’re getting______ next week. 4.There’s a fire but please stay_____ and leave the room. 5.I’ve always been_____ of exams. cold beautiful married calm afraid

6.Don’t fall______ when Dad’s friends visit. 7.The actress Kate Winslett became______ after Titanic. 8.Your sausages tasted_______ at the party. asleep famous delicious

Match the words given:

have start have pay take decrease respond become feel find attention rapidly international an advantage free time quickly a deep breath (something) difficult comfortable one’s own business

give set get keep get achieved inspect feel do success curious an example help you advice some bending dark calm an illegal business

Speaking In pairs, take turns to say sentences about yourself. Use the verb collocations from the table above. Example I’d like to have my own insurance business one day.