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verb+ing: spelling rules examples
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most verbs: add -ing go -+ going e.t@:mft1;9 ----------------
wait-+ waiting

verbs ending in -e: take off -e and live -+ living
add -ing write -+ writing m Employment 3A p22

verbs ending in consonant + vowel + get -+ getting •
a good salary a lot of money for doing your job
consonant: double the last consonant stop -+ stopping
friendly colleagues / koli:gs/ nice people to work with
and add -ing travel -+ travelling
my own office an office only for you
long holidays a lot of days off a year
TIP • We also use the Past Continuous to talk about an activity •
a good boss a good manager
in progress at a point of time in the past: I was working at 9.30.
job security when you know you'll have the job for a long time
a company car a car that is paid for by your company
m Past Continuous: questions 28 : p17 flexible working hours you can choose when you start and
finish work
• We make Past Continuous questions with:
opportunities for travel the chance to travel as part of your job
question word + was or were + subject + verb+ing
opportunities for promotion the chance to get a better job in
the company
question auxiliary subject verb+ing
word holiday pay you get paid when you're on holiday
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sick pay you get paid when you're ill
What were they doing when Ray gave
on-the-job trciining the company you work for teaches you
Claire a present?
how to do the job •
What was Ray doing when Claire arrived lots of responsibility it is your duty to get certain things done
home in Paris?
TIP • We use job (a countable noun) to talk about a particular
1;1fijl®•uJl•t ---------------- work activity: A What's his job? B He's a doctor. We use work

(an uncountable noun) to talk about something you do as part of
m Finding things in common 20 , p21 your job: I've got a lot of work to do today.

To say 'it's the same for me' we use ...
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• So + auxiliary (or be) + I to respond to positive sentences:
A I really love cooking. B So do I.
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• Nor + auxiliary (or be)+ I to respond to negative sentences: a CV /si:vi:/ a document you write that describes your
qualifications and the jobs you have done
A I don't go out much in the week. B Nor do I.
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apply / ;}pla1/ for a job ask a company to give you a job,
To say 'it's different for me' we use ... usually by writing a letter or filling in a form
• a negative auxiliary (or be) to respond to positive sentences: an application form a form from a company that you fill in
when you want to apply for a job
A I'm quite a good tennis player. B Oh, I'm not.
unemployment benefit money you get from the government
• a positive auxiliary (or be) to respond to negative sentences: when you are unemployed
A I didn't do much sport at school. B Oh, I did. earn /3:n/ get money for doing work
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have some experience you have done the same or similar
it's the same it's different work before
for me for me
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I'm a bit nervous. So am I. Oh, I'm not. B
• • •• Word building: noun endings 3C , p26
I'm not hungry. Nor am I. Oh, I am.
• • • • • We can often make nouns from verbs by adding an ending
I love children. So do I. Oh, I don't. (a suffix). Some nouns and verbs have the same form.
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I don't eat meat. Nor do I. Oh, I do.
• • • • verb noun ending
I went to Japan last year. So did I. Oh, I didn't.
• • . ' collect collection -ion
I didn't want to come home. Nor did I. Oh, I did.
act actor -or
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TIPS • We can say Nor or Neither: Neither am /., Neither do/., assist assistant -ant
Neither did I., etc. clean . . -er
cleaner
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• We can say Yes or No before phrases with so or nor: A I really improve improvement -ment
like tennis. B Yes, so do I. A I didn't see that. B No, nor did I.
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• We can also use Me too. to agree with positive sentences and
Me neither. (not Me nor.) to agree with negative sentences: TIP • We use the endings -or, -ant, -er, -ist and -ian for people's
A I like cooking. B Me too. A I don't like fish. B Me neither. jobs: a doctor, an accountant, a waiter, a dentist, a politician, etc.