12. Money and work CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR BANKING AND FINANCE

CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR BANKING AND FINANCE

12. Money and work

A. Put words into the spaces. a year by good money hourly for makes on the staff package payroll on salary staff member wage well paid well Set 1: 1 She's ________________ 40k a year. She's on forty thousand ________________. Her monthly ________________ is about £3,300. She ________________ forty thousand pounds a year. Parker Publishing offer an excellent remuneration ________________ to executives. 2 3 4 5 Set 2: 6 He works ________________ Parker Publishing. He's employed ________________ Parker Publishing. He's ________________ of Parker Publishing. He's on the ________________ of Parker Publishing. He's a Parker Publishing ________________. 7 8 9 10 Set 3: 11 Parker Publishing pay their delivery drivers a good ________________ rate. Parker Publishing pay their delivery drivers ________________. Parker Publishing delivery drivers are on ________________. Parker Publishing delivery drivers are ________________. Parker Publishing delivery drivers get a good weekly ________________. 12 13 14 15 B. Choose the best words to go into the spaces. 1 Tony doesn't pay tax. He gets paid ________________. A cash in pocket B cash in hand C cash in fingers 2 Anna is a ________________ illustrator. She works for many different ________________. A freelance/customers B free/clients C freelance/clients 3 Anna is ________________. A self-employed B self-working C self-paid 4 Steve works for BurgerPlanet. He only earns about £6 ________________. A for an hour B an hour C the hour 5 Working in a fast-food restaurants is usually a __________ occupation. A bad-pay B short-pay C low-pay 6 Many company executives receive a performance-related __________. A bonus B gift C extra 7 Extra benefits from employers such as free health insurance, free cars and free mobile phones are called __________. A presents B extras C perks 8 Factory workers who get paid for each item they make are ___________. A in pieces B on piecework C on pieces C. Which two of these sentences are not possible? 1 I think you should ask for a pay rise. I think you should ask for a pay increase. I think you should ask for more pay. I think you should ask for higher money. I think you should ask for a salary increase. I think you should ask for bigger money. 2 3 4 5 6 D. Put the words / phrases into the correct boxes. attractive salary boss committed dynamic highly motivated huge salary line manager loads of money member of a team remuneration package they pay peanuts worked off your feet JOB ADVERTISEMENT INFORMAL CONVERSATION

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