GROUP 2 (Class B)/Economic Education

1. Andi Fitri (1905066040)

2. Gina Novia(1905066069)
3. Windi Andiyanur (1905066063)

4.1 Correct these sentences about Ravi, using words from A opposite. One word is
wrong in each item.

1 At 18, Ravi decided to stay in full-time education and went to Mumbai University.
2 Ravi graduated three years later with a degree in philosophy and politics.
3 He taught for a while, but didn't like it. He decided to train as an accountant at evening
classes.
4 He qualified as an accountant and joined a big accountancy firm in its Mumbai office.
5 When he started, he needed to develop other skills, which would come through experience
6 He received management training to help him develop these skills.

4.2 Are these jobs generally considered to be highly skilled, skilled, semi-skilled, or
unskilled? Each expression is used twice.

1. Teacher  Skilled
2. Brain Surgeon  Highly-Skilled
3. Car worker on a production line  Semi-Skilled
4. Airline pilot Highly-Skilled
5. Official Cleaner  Unskilled
6. Labourer (someone doing basic work on a building site)  Unskilled
7. Bus driver  Semi-Skilled
8. Office manager  Skilled

4.3 Complete these extracts from job advertisements using words from C opposite.

1. You’ll need to be numerate , as you’ll be working on financial budgets.

2. As part of our sales team you’ll be working independently, so you have to be self
motivated and self driven.

3. We're looking for someone who can work on ten projects at once. You must be organized,
methodical, and systematic.

4. We need talented journalists who are very good at their job and extremely motivated to
find out as much as they can.

5. You'll be researching developments on the Internet, so you have to be computer-literate

You must be proactive, able to work on your own initiative, and a self-starter But as part of a
team. You must of researchers, you need to be a good team-player
6.1 Look at A, B and C opposite to find the answers to the crossword.

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3 4 5
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S59 All the people working for a company. (5)
I U O R (7) K
7 ............ workers use their hands.10 (6)
T O E M P L O 2 Everyone,
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F except top managers.
8 When people stop working to protest. (6) (9)
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10 One of the people working for an F L O11 U T S12
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Porganization.
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P11 Occasions when workers stop working O to C C
4 and 17 across Manual workers may wear O
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16
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G13 Another name
C 17for the human resources
O L L A R 5 TheI place in a factory where the production
department. (9) linesOare. (4,5)
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14 Workers seen as a group. (6) 9 When people stop work to complain aboutL
I18 N D U S T R I A
1 8 and 15 down Various forms of protest at something. (8)
work. (10,6) 16 and 12 When workers intentionally produce
less. (2,4)

6.2 Manuel Ortiz is the founder of a Spanish computer sales company. Use the words in
B and D opposite to complete what he says about it.

I founded Computadoras Creativas 20 years ago. We started with a small (1) office in
Madrid. Our (2) head office, our (3) headquarters is still here, but now we have sites all over
Spain, with about 500 employees. Many of the offices are (4) open-plan : everyone works
together, from managers to (5) administrative staff, as well as people selling over the phone,
and people in technical (6) support giving help to customers over the phone. Recruitment is
taken care of in Madrid, by the (7) Human Resources Departement or (8) HRD

7.1 Complete the tables with forms of words from A, B and C opposite. You may wish to
refer to a dictionary.

Noun Verb Noun Adjective

Retirement Retire Seniority Senior
Demotion Demote Freelance, freelancer Freelance
Lay-off Lay-off Redundancy Redundant
Dismissal Dismiss Insecurity Insecure
Termination Terminate Flexibility Flexible
7.2 Match the sentence beginnings (1-5) to the correct endings (a-e). The sentences all
contain words from A and B opposite.

1 Career paths aren't what they used to be (b.) companies won't take care of us for life, any
more.

2 He worked his way up from (d) factory worker to factory manager.

3 The new management have delayered the company (e) reducing five management levels to
three.

4 We used to do printing in-house, (c) but now we outsource it.

5 Workers are afraid their organizations will be downsized (a) and they will be replaced by
temporary workers.

7.3 Carla used to work for an Italian magazine publishing company. She talks about
how she lost her job. Choose the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the
text.

Edizione Fenice is a big magazine publishing company, and a very nice company to work
for. I was director of a magazine called Casa e Giardino.

Then, Fenice was bought by an international publishing group. We had to have regular
performance (1) reviews (review/reviews/reviewer) with one of the new managers. After a
few months they started laying staff (2) off (off/on/out). Our own journalists were put on
temporary (3) contracts (contracts/contractual/contracting) or replaced by (4) freelancers
(freelancer/freelancers/freelanced). Then they started (5) laying (laid/lying/laying) off more
senior people like me.The new , owners said they wanted to make the company (6) flatter
(flat/flatter/flatten) and (7) leaner (Iean/leant/leaner). So I was made (8) redundant
(redundant/redundancies/redundancy).They offered to help me to find another job with (9)
outplacement (outplacement/outplaced/outplacing) advice, but I refused.