Unit 6

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Vocabulary

1. Office equipment
2. Jobs 1 (easier)
3. Jobs 2 (easier)
4. Word list (no exercises)
   • Word list: occupations
   • Word list: ambition and achievement

Grammar

1. Past perfect
2. Present perfect
3. Present perfect simple and continuous
   • More exercises
4. Present perfect: ‘just’, ‘yet’, ‘still’ and ‘already’

Listening 🎧

1. Work–life balance
2. Work

Reading 📙

1. A conference programme
2. An email request for help
3. Innovation in business
4. A Timely Promotion
5. Job adverts
6. Skills for the 21st-century workplace

Writing 🖊

1. A job with a newspaper
2. Advice for a summer job
3. Your workplace
4. Office vs home working

Pronunciation 👄

1. Come or calm?

Speaking 🗨

Feel free to use the following conversation questions to get you started:

• What was your first job, and what did you learn from it?
• How do you usually find out about job opportunities?
• Do you think it’s important to enjoy your work? Why or why not?
• What kind of skills do you think are essential for a good employee?
• Have you ever worked in a team? What was your role, and how did you feel about it?
• What are some advantages of working from home compared to working in an office?
• How do you manage your time when you have a lot of tasks to complete at work or school?
• What is the most challenging part of your current or past job?
• Would you prefer to have a job with regular hours or a job with flexible hours? Why?
• Do you think technology has made work easier or more difficult? Can you give an example?