Information Sheet – notes

You would probably centre the title on an information sheet, and you would check the spacing of the text on the page so it looks attractive.

You heard the following formatting terms:
to put something in capitals and in bold – you did not hear ‘in smallcase‘ or ‘in italics‘.
‘this part only in double-line spacing
back in single-line spacing = return to single-line spacing
underline

Vocabulary
to launch sth – to announce / create for the first time
a trainee – a person undergoing training for a particular job or profession
shortlisted – selected from a large number of applications eg for a university place or a job, and then put on a shortlist from which the final choices are made
to draw up a shortlist – to make a list of the people to be considered for a place or interview
a placement – the temporary posting of someone on a course or in a workplace, especially to gain knowledge, skills and / or work experience
a one-year placement – note the hyphenated one-year in this adjectival use – eg a three-day break
a cordon bleu cheffrom French, adj and noun – describing cookery of the highest class
a pâtissierFrench – a cook or chef who specialises in baking pastry and cakes. You could have been asked to write ‘pastry chef’ – it would mean the same thing. The shop is a pâtisserie
adhere toverb, formal – respect, follow, observe
in due course – formal at a suitable time in the future
to issue sth is to produce or provide something official eg a visa, arrest warrant, a permit etc
Food will not be charged forformal for ‘you will not have to pay for food’

Spelling
Accommodation is often misspelt

Names
Penrith
, Cumbria – this is a town in the Lake District, in NW England. Did you notice the stress on the 2nd syllable of Penrith?

 

Listening

Grammar bank

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