Answer Key

Vocabulary test

Drag & drop: Fill in the missing expression. Use the following words and phrases:
  • salary
  • to fire
  • temporary
  • to lay off
  • resign
  • a contractor
  • promotion
  • background
  • founder
  • boss
  1. You have two choices, Smithers, you can  [resign] today, or I can fire you tomorrow.
  2. Please understand that this position is only  [temporary] , and that you will have to find something else in six months.
  3. I don't know anything about this candidate's  [background] – for example, where did he go to school? What was his first job?
  4. Is Jack Daniels really the  [founder] of that company, or is he just a fictional character?
  5. The starting  [salary] is only five thousand a month, but that will increase to seven thousand after you have completed your trial period.
  6. Sometimes, all I do is make coffee and run errands for my  [boss] . I thought I was supposed to be an "executive secretary", not a waitress!
  7. We try to do most of our accounting in-house, but occasionally we use  [a contractor] when we have too much of our own work to do.
  8. If the government closes down that chemical plant, they will have  [to lay off] over two thousand employees. That won't be popular with the press.
  9. I've never had  [to fire] anyone in my life, but you will be the first if you don't start working harder.
  10. In most companies, it is standard to receive a raise or a  [promotion] , or both, every twelve to eighteen months.