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Date: 2015-10-07; view: 644.
A Synonyms
Vocabulary tasks
1. The word “selection” is combined with a number of other words, all with similar meanings (e.g. approaches to selection). Find four other combinations starting with “selection”.
2. The word “skill” is often used in connection with job performance. It can be defined as “the ability to do something well, especially because you have learned and practised it”. In the text, several other words are used with a similar meaning. What are they?
3. The acronym SWANs stands for “people who are Smart, Willing, Abie and Nice”. Depending on the context, these words can have different meanings. Match each word with one of the SWAN words.
| a. charming nice b. helpful c. clever d. friendly e. sociable f. competent g. enthusiastic h. enjoyable | i. well-dressed j. pleasant k. eager l. intelligent m. beautiful n. neat o. kind p. skilful |
4. Which words from the list have exactly the same meaning as the SWAN words in the text?
Use an appropriate word or phrase from the box to complete each sentence.
| for example | though | whereas | in addition | similarly |
1. The Internet is changing the way that companies work; …for example…, some use their website to advertise job vacancies.
2. Some companies use newspaper advertisements in the recruitment process, ………………… others prefer to use consultants.
3. With the boom in hi-tech industries, well-qualified software specialists are difficult to find; …………………, in the automotive industry, there is a shortage of engineering graduates.
4. To get good management jobs, an MBA is now often a requirement; ………………… knowledge of two foreign languages including English is increasingly demanded.
5. The Internet is being used more and more as a recruitment tool, ………………… there are few statistics available yet about how successful it is.
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