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B Complete the sentences. Use a word in blue from A.
1 Don't keep this a secret! Tell everyone the news----------
2 I quit my job because I want to try a new ______ _
3 I have to get a job this summer.
4 I really playing soccer with my friends on the
weekend.

A Read the email message below. Underline the words that mean work. Vocabulary SkiH
Synonyms for Work

In the passage One
Hi Eva, Man, 52 Jobs, you
saw the words job and
I was so happy to get your email. I'm thinking about changing my line occupation. In English,
of work. My current career in computers isn't making me happy, and I there are many words
don't want to do it forever. I just want to enjoy my livelihood. that mean the same as
work.
I have good computer skills, and I like working with people. I would
prefer an office job; I don't have the skills to do a trade. It would be
great to have some freedom at my job. I have always wondered what it
would be like to have different assignments, like a journalist.

Could you suggest some professions that might interest me?
- ) ""'
Write back soon,
Ben

B Complete each sentence with an underlined word from A. You might
have to change the form of the word.

1 My first _______ for the newspaper was a story about the
mayor!
2 Being a doctor or a teacher is a(n) -------, being a
carpenter or a mechanic is a(n) -------
3 In the past, most people had one job their whole life. But today, many
people change their------- often.
4 In my as a baker, I must start work early in the
morning.

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