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Bahasa Inggeris questions, unit 8
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A Hard Day's Work

40 marks. Use Practice to check each answer as you go, or Exam to answer everything first. Section A is multiple choice. Section B covers job vocabulary, the conditionals, reading and a letter of application; ask a parent or teacher to help mark the written answers.

Section A: multiple choice

12 marks
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D.
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Question 1

A job where you use your hands and physical strength is a ______ job.
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A
A manual job uses hands and strength. Dead-end means no chance to progress; part-time means only part of the day or week; well-paid is about money.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 8.1 Job words
Textbook p. 98
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Question 2

If someone quits a job, they
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D
Quit means to leave a job yourself. Being sent away is fired, stopping because of age is retire, and being given a job is hired.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 8.1 Job verbs
Textbook p. 98
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Question 3

If you ______ water to 100 °C, it boils.
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B
This is a general truth, so it is the zero conditional: present simple in both clauses.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 8.3 Zero conditional
Textbook p. 99
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Question 4

If they hire you, you ______ a great salary.
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C
The condition is possible in the future: if + present simple, will + base verb.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 8.3 First conditional
Textbook p. 99
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Question 5

If I ______ you, I would not hire Mr Jones.
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D
Advice uses the second conditional with 'If I were you'. Were is used for all persons.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 8.3 Second conditional
Textbook p. 99
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Question 6

If I ______ about the job, I could have told you about it.
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A
The past that did not happen needs the past perfect in the if clause: had known.
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard 8.3 Third conditional
Textbook p. 99
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Question 7

If Nia hadn't gossiped about her colleagues, they ______ her now.
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C
A past condition (hadn't gossiped) with a present result (now) takes would + base verb.
For the teacher: Applying, high difficulty, standard 8.4 Mixed conditional
Textbook p. 101
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Question 8

Unless you impress the interviewer, you won't get the job. This means the same as
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B
Unless means if ... not.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 8.3 First conditional with unless
Textbook p. 99
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Question 9

The minimum ______ is the smallest amount an employer can legally pay an employee.
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D
A wage is pay by the hour or week, and the minimum wage is set by law.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 8.5 Confused words
Textbook p. 100
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Question 10

Let me give you some ______, Joan.
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A
Advice is the noun after 'some'. Advise is the verb.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 8.5 Advice and advise
Textbook p. 100
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Question 11

I am writing to apply for the position of Lifestyle Product Development Manager ... I am enclosing a completed job application, my CV and three references. ... Yours sincerely, Richard Dunk
This text is most likely a
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B
It says 'I am writing to apply for' and lists enclosures, and the closing is formal, so it is a formal letter of application.
For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, standard 8.2 Reading connected texts
Textbook p. 96
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Question 12

A letter begins "Dear Sir/Madam". Which closing is correct?
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C
With Dear Sir/Madam (name not known) the correct closing is Yours faithfully. Yours sincerely goes with a name such as Dear Mr Smith.
For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, standard 8.7 Formal letter
Textbook p. 105

Section B: structured questions

28 marks
Write your answers on the lines.
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Question 13

Which word from the unit matches each meaning?
[1 mark] (a)a person who looks after the books in a library
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[1 mark] (b)a person who keeps and checks money records
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[1 mark] (c)a job with little or no chance to progress
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[1 mark] (d)a job that leaves you very tired
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[1 mark] (e)to stop working because of age
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[1 mark] (f)a job where you work only part of each day or week
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For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 8.1 Jobs and working life
Textbook p. 98
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Question 14

Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
[1 mark] (a)If you ______ (not / like) working here, quit.
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[1 mark] (b)If I ______ (win) a lot of money, I would retire from my job.
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[1 mark] (c)I wouldn't have lost my job if I ______ (not / be) late every morning.
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[1 mark] (d)When you go to an interview, they ______ (ask) you questions.
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[1 mark] (e)If she ______ (apply) for the job, she would have got it.
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For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 8.3 The four conditionals
Textbook p. 99
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Question 15

Rewrite each fact as a mixed conditional sentence.
[1 mark] (a)The candidate wore dirty jeans to his interview, so he doesn't work here now.
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[1 mark] (b)We didn't go to the meeting, so we don't know about the new pension plan.
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[1 mark] (c)I was late for work again, so Mr Banes is angry with me.
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For the teacher: Applying, high difficulty, standard 8.4 Mixed conditionals
Textbook p. 101
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Question 16

Choose the correct word to complete each sentence: pension, benefits, perk, career, qualifications, qualities.
[1 mark] (a)My grandparents are retired and find it hard to live on their monthly ______.
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[1 mark] (b)Free theatre tickets are a ______ of this job.
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[1 mark] (c)Peter has great ______: a degree and five years' work experience.
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[1 mark] (d)Choosing a ______ in business was one of the best decisions I have made.
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For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 8.5 Confused words
Textbook p. 100
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Question 17

Richard Dunk tests waterslides for Best Choice, a company with holiday resorts in four corners of the world. He checks the height of the slides, the speed and the water in them. 'If one isn't exciting, nobody will want to stay at the resorts. But more importantly, they must be safe,' he said. He was recruited six months ago to make improvements to the slides.
Answer the questions.
[2 marks] (a)What does Richard check on the slides? Give two points.
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[1 mark] (b)What does Richard say is even more important than the slides being exciting?
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[1 mark] (c)How long has Richard had this job?
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For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, standard 8.2 Reading connected texts
Textbook p. 96
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Question 18

You have seen this advertisement:
Summer shop assistants needed for our new arts and crafts shop. You need to be good at working with people and able to work in July and August.
Write the opening paragraph of your letter of application.
[6 marks] (a)Write the greeting (to Mr Robert Brown), then Paragraph 1 and your closing line.
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Dear Mr Brown, I am writing to apply for the position of summer shop assistant which I saw advertised in the local newspaper. I am a 16-year-old student at SMK Seri Indah and I enjoy working with people. I look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely, Siti Aminah
Tick each point you got.
For the teacher: Creating, medium difficulty, standard 8.7 Formal letter of application
Textbook p. 104