Modern Jobs
ATTEMPT 1
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.
I'd like to be an accountant, 1. but ✓ I'm not very good at maths!
1. but ✓
Use but to connect contrasting ideas.
Choose the sentences that are correct.
ATTEMPT 1
1. My cousin loves working as a lab technician, although the lab is a long way from her home. ✓
2. Although the lab is a long way from her home.
3. Many people don't really know what lab technicians do, even though the result of their work changes lives. ✓
4. He's studying science at university although he's good at the subject.
5. I'd like to be a lab technician, but I don't really understand what they do! ✓
Use although, even though and but to connect contrasting ideas.
ATTEMPT 1
Choose the correct words from the Word Bank to complete the text.
1. Although ✓ my brother studied to be a paramedic, he works in a clinic now. He really enjoyed working in an ambulance, 2. but ✓ he found that the working hours were too long. Also, he said that some of the emergency situations that he had to deal with were too scary. He said it became too much for him, 3. even though ✓ he knew he was doing a very important job! 4. However ✓, he said that his work in the clinic also gives him the chance to help others.
Although | However | because | and |
with | but | So | even though |
1. Although ✓
2. but ✓
3. even though ✓
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.
I'd like to be an electrician. 1. However ✓, I'm scared of electricity!
1. However ✓
Use however to connect contrasting ideas. At the beginning of a sentence, use it with a capital letter and follow it with a comma.
Choose the correct words to complete the conversation.
Harry: What do you need to be good at to work as a computer programmer?
Will: Well, I think you might need to be good at maths. And you need to be able to think step by step. It's not just about knowing how to use a computer. 1. Although ✓ lots of people play video games, being a computer programmer is a lot more difficult!
Harry: I 2. agree ✓ with you. We all love gaming, don't we? 3. However ✓, not everyone could be a computer programmer. Also, people play games together, 4. but ✓ programmers spend a lot of time working alone!
1. Although ✓
2. agree ✓
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