Rawdon Wyatt Check Your English Vocabulary for Living in the UK 2006

Rawdon Wyatt Check Your English Vocabulary for Living in the UK  2006

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When a company has a (1) vacancy / vacant for a job, and it needs to (2) hire / recruit a

new member of (3) crew / staff, it usually (4) publicises / advertises the (5) post /

position. It does this (6) internally / internationally (for example, in the company

magazine or on a company notice board, so that the job is only open to people already

working for the company), or (7) extensively / externally in the 'situations vacant'

section of a newspaper. It might also use a recruitment (8) agency / agenda, which helps

people to find (9) job / work, or in a Jobcentre (which can be found in most large towns).

Companies that have their own website will also list available jobs on that website.

A job advertisement has to give an accurate (10) describing / description of the job and

what the company needs and expects from the (11) applicant / application (the person

who is (12) applying / appalling for the job). These (13) requirements / requisitions

might include (14) qualifications / qualifiers (academic, vocational or professional),

(15) experience / experiences in similar lines of work, and personal (16) qualifications /

qualities (for example, it might say that you need to be (17) practicing / practical,

(18) professional / professorial and have a sense of humour).

Most advertisements specify the (19) rewards / remuneration that the company can offer

in return for your work (including the basic annual (20) wage / salary, any commission you

could receive, regular pay (21) rises / increments, and so on). Some advertisements will

also tell you about other (22) benefits / beneficiaries (including paid annual (23) leave /

holidays, free medical care, a company car, free meals in the cafeteria, etc) that you might

receive. If the (24) packet / package they are offering is very generous and attractive, and

is (25) commensurate/ commendable with the work that is necessary, the company can

expect a lot of people to apply for the job.

Note that a company cannot (26) disseminate / discriminate against someone because

of their sex, nationality, race, colour, ethnic group, religion, sexuality or age, or because

they have a (27) disablement / disability. Any company that rejects someone on these

grounds (either in their job advertisement, during the application process, when they meet

the person concerned, or when that person is already working for them) is breaking the

law.

Check Your English Vocabulary for Phrasal Verbs and Idioms Check Your English Vocabulary

Check Your English Vocabulary for Phrasal Verbs and Idioms Check Your English Vocabulary



If you want to practise and develop your knowledge of phrasal verbs and idioms, you will find this book very
useful. The various exercises contain many of the most common phrasal verbs and idioms, together with
some useful spoken expressions that you might expect to hear or use in an English-speaking environment.
You should not go through this book mechanically from beginning to end. It is better to choose one
particular verb or topic, do the exercise(s), make a record of any new words and expressions that you learn,
then practise using these in sentences or situations of your own. When you feel you have a good command
of these, move to another verb or topic and do the same. You should also review the things you have learned
on a regular basis, so that they remain 'fresh' in your mind and become part of your 'active' vocabulary.
The meanings of most of the phrasal verbs and idioms are explained in the book, either in the exercises
themselves, or in the answer key at the back. This key also provides you with lots of similar or alternative
expressions, together with examples of how they are used. However, we recommend that you keep a good
dictionary with you, and refer to it when necessary. In particular, we recommend the A & C Black Easier
English Intermediate Dictionary (ISBN 0-7475-6989-4) or the Macmillan English Dictionary (ISBN 0-333-
96482-9), from which many of the definitions and sample sentences in this book have been taken.
No vocabulary book can possibly contain all of the thousands of English phrasal verbs and idioms that you are
likely to come across or need, so it is important to acquire new ones from other sources. If you have access
to English-language newspapers, popular magazines, television and radio programmes, films and albums of
popular music, you will find that these are excellent resources.
We hope that you enjoy doing the exercises in this book. Before you begin, we suggest that you read this
important information about phrasal verbs and idioms.

What is a phrasal verb?
A phrasal verb is a verb formed from two (or sometimes three) parts: a verb and an adverb or preposition.
These adverbs and prepositions are often called particles when they are used in a phrasal verb.
Most phrasal verbs are formed from a small number of verbs (for example, get, go, come, put and set) and a
small number of particles (for example, away, out, off, up and in).
Phrasal verbs sometimes have meanings that you can easily guess (for example, sit down or look for).
However, in most cases their meanings are quite different from the meanings of the verb they are formed
from. For example, hold up can mean 'to cause a delay' or 'to try to rob someone'. The original meaning of
hold (for example, to hold something in your hands) no longer applies.
There are five main types of phrasal verb. These are:
1. Intransitive phrasal verbs (= phrasal verbs which do not need an object).
For example: You're driving too fast. You ought to slow down.
2. Transitive phrasal verbs (= phrasal verbs which must have an object) where the object can come in
one of two positions:
(1) Between the verb and the particle(s).
For example: I think I'll put my jacket on.
or
(2) After the particle.
For example: I think I'll put on my jacket.

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