work | Verb + work Use the correct form of these verbs: check complete do face make ‘give up find involve Ltd --work if | could afford to. 2. Pm still looking for a job. It's so difficult to ..... work in the present economic climate. 3. There's plenty of work to be. garden at this time of year. work yesterday, so | in the 4, I just couldn't . took the day off. 5. Payment will be withheld until the work is «++. to my satisfaction. 6. Asa salesman my work ..........a lot of driving. 7. Make sure you .... your work before handing it in. Silly mistakes can lose marks. 8. These new regulations have extra work for me. Now use these phrasal verbs in the sentences: alot of put..into get on with get off get down 0 into 0 out 9. Stop talking and ...............your work. | want this finished by the end of the lesson. 10. After the baby’s born, | won't have to . to work any more — at least not for a few years. 1. Can you try to s+ work early tomorrow so that we can visit Sue in hospital? 12. He’ a lot of work improving his maths. He studies for hours most nights. 13. A tremendous amount of work has . the preparations for the wedding. 14, I've been avoiding ..... 0 work all day. I just fee! so tired and lifeless at the moment. 2 Common adjective collocations Use these adjectives in the sentence: back-breaking extra hard ‘monotonous hard day's skiled I. There is no doubt that teaching is ........work, but it can be very fulfilling. 2. Washing dishes all day is pretty 3. I'm afraid we can't take on any ....... work. ce work at the moment. We're already working to capacity 4, Furniture-making is very work and involves years and years of training. 5. Digging the garden is work. It’s so physically demanding. > Then, why not get your son to do it for you! 6 After a..esesses and put your feet up. 3 Noun + of + work Use these nouns to complete the sentences: work, it’s nice to get home backlog of rewards of piles of pressure of search of | standard of 1. Many young people travel to the large cities in work. 2. Sorry,| can't come to the meeting this evening. We got ---work to do for tomorrow. 3. It was good to see her reaping the all her hard work. 4, The is written work is extremely high. His speaking is less good. 5. The only way to clear this huge ......... work is to take on more part-time staf 6. The. ‘work is beginning to get to him. Unless he cuts down the time he's at the office, his health will suffer. Notes | Neier clonte epoca | His work is satisfactory I up to standard | up to scratch. | His work is unsatisfactory! of a poor stendard | shoddy | sloppy. 2. Ifyou are out of work, you are unemployed. Ifyou are in work, you have a job. ‘My brother’ been out of work far 5 years. There are a lot more people in work than there were 10 years ago. 3. We talk about part-time / full-time / casual / freelance / voluntary work. 4. Ifyou have too much work, you are up to your ears in work. 5. Note the proverb: Many hands make light work! 6. If you have a particularly dificult task to do, you ‘have your work cut out!” 150 Key Words for Fluency ~ Upper intermediate