Question

Complete the text about a management training scheme with verbs from the box in the present simple or present continuous. get; learn; offer; spend; work; not; have; not; earn. Ines Garcia is a Spanish graduate in business administration and she wants to have a career in business management. At present, she (1)_______ for a large telecommunications company in Madrid. It is a one-year graduate trainee programme and she 3______ any guarantee of a job at the end of the year. The company usually 4______ jobs to only a few of the best trainees – Ines hopes to be one of these. Trainees on the programme 5______ up to six weeks working in different departments. This is usually helpful because the trainees 6______ useful work experience. A disadvantage is that trainees 7______ very much money. Ines says “It’s a hard life just now, but it’s good experience and I 8______ a lot of new things.

Answer 1

works

has

Offer

Spend

earn

gets

Learned

Answer 2

Ines Garcia is a Spanish graduate in business administration and she wants to have a career in business management. At present, she (1) works for a large telecommunications company in Madrid. It is a one-year graduate trainee programme and she (3) does not have any guarantee of a job at the end of the year. The company usually (4) offers jobs to only a few of the best trainees – Ines hopes to be one of these. Trainees on the programme (5) spend up to six weeks working in different departments. This is usually helpful because the trainees (6) learn useful work experience. A disadvantage is that trainees (7) do not earn very much money. Ines says, “It’s a hard life just now, but it’s good experience, and I (8) am learning a lot of new things."