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Vocabulary

Fill in the blank with the correct answer.

1. _____ jobs have lower salary.
A. Blue collar B. Red collar C. White collar

2. People who usually work in offices are called _____ workers.
A. blue collar B. red collar C. white collar

3. The _____ of the company made him lose his job.
A. upsizing B. downsizing C. right sizing

4. The _____ man gets home late and tired.
A. chocoholic B. workaholic C. shopaholic

5. He is a _____ suitor, so he got the girl’s heart.
A. persistent B. lazy C. yielding

Grammar

Tell which part of speech is the underlined word.

1. Landing a good job isn’t a walk in the park.
A. noun C. adjective
B. verb D. adverb

2. It’s an intense struggle for survival.
A. adjective C. adverb
B. noun D. preposition

3. More and more people desire white-collar jobs.
A. noun C. adjective
B. verb D. adverb

4. Several factors converged to decrease the deployment rate.
A. adverb C. conjunction
B. preposition D. verb

5. How can I increase my chance of getting a job?
A. noun C. adjective
B. pronoun D. adverb

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