Gateway B2 Unit 2

I. Choose the correct option.1. Peter applied for the job, but he _ it. not get didn’t get don’t get 2. We _ out last night to celebrate Sally’s promotion. go was going went 3. The miners _ in very dangerous conditions before the accident. working wasn’t working were working 4. Steve _ for an office job, but then he got an interview at a café. looked was looking were looking 5. Grace _ all the necessary qualifications for the position. had not wasn’t having didn’t have II. Use the words to write questions for the answers. 1 you shift work night ?Were you doing shift work last night? No, I wasn’t.2 where lunchtime did you go at lunchtime? To the café.3 Angela fired was Angela fired?Because she deleted some important files.4 James ?Was James working outdoors yesterday? Yes, he was.5 you the job ?When did you apply for the job? Yesterday. III. Choose the correct alternative.1. We _ busy all day long, but there aren’t so many customers these days thanks to the new supermarket across the road. used to be would be 2. When they were young, they _ all day playing outside. would spend spent 3. People _ take gap years when I was younger, but now it’s quite common in the UK. didn’t use to used to 4. My father _ for a bank, but he’s retired now. used to work usually worked 5. I remember my grandfather _ lunch at exactly 1 o’clock on Sundays. would always have always had IV. Complete the text with the words given. I studied (study) hard in my final year at school, so I decided to take a gap year. I had been diving (dive) since I was ten years old so I got a job as a scuba diving instructor in Thailand. I had been teaching (teach) there for three months when my friend Joe arrived. He hadn’t dived (not dive) before. He had just finished (just finish) his advanced diving course when I was offered a job in Indonesia. We travelled there together. He hadn’t got (get) any work organised, but he found a job as a tour guide. After six months, we came back to the UK to start university. It was a fantastic experience. V. Find and correct the mistakes. 1 They were very unhappy because they had be made redundant.2 The volunteers had been searched in very difficult conditions for hours.3 I had be working overtime every day for two weeks and I was exhausted.4 Jack has turned down the job offer before I had time to discuss it with him.5 The man had be in a hurry which was why he was driving too fast. VI. Complete the text with the correct form of these verbs.establish • find • know • love • make • never hear • surf • work Sweet workWhile I (1) was surfing the Internet the other day I (2) found an article about a chocolate consultant. I (3) had never heard of this job before so I investigated further. (4) Did you know that there really are professional chocolate consultants? Jennifer Earle is one woman with this job description. She says she (5) loves chocolate. She described how when she was young she used to steal chocolate snacks from her mother’s kitchen. Her mother (6) used to make her hot chocolate for breakfast every day, too. Now, she enjoys advising companies about chocolate products. Dom Ramsey is another chocolate expert. He (7) had been working as a web developer when he decided to follow his love of chocolate and he set up Chocablog in 2006. He then (8) established the BeanBar database and is now working on Damson Chocolate products. Could this be the job for you?