There was a time when the only temporary office staff were (1) (TYPING) and (2) (TELEPHONING). Now, the boss may also be among the temps.
The interim (3) (EMPLOYMENT) agency GMS estimates that around 10,000 senior (4) (EXECUTIVES) are working on short-term contracts in the UK. The market is believed to be worth some 400 million pounds, up from 100 million pounds at the start of the 1990s. The phenomenon, which (5) (ORIGINATED) in the Netherlands, is also growing (6) (RAPIDLY) in Australia, Germany and Italy.
The great appeal is that it allows me to apply my (7) (MANAGEMENT) skills across a wide (8) (VARIETY) of businesses, 48-year-old manager David McNeil told the Financial Times. McNeil hAs 25 years of experience in food and drink (9) (MARKETING) and has recently taken on a number of short-term (10) (APPOINTMENTS), including a six-month contract with the supermarket Sainsbury.
2) Cairo is the capital of Egypt .
3) Would you like a banana or strawberries?
4) Ukraine and Turkey are separated by the Black sea.
5) The fly is on the ceiling in the kitchen.
6) My mother is an accountant and my father is a lawyer. They work in the same company in the centre of our town .
7) How much are her Italian lessons? - Ten dollars an hour .
8) It was so picturesque in the Crimea last summer.
9) Where are the dogs? - They are in the garden .
10) My favourite subjects are Chemistry and Biology.
11) London stands on the Thames.
12) My granny lives in a small village in the country.
13) The Volga is the longest river in Russia.
14) Your baby shouldn`t sit in the sun on a hot day.
15) Do you like vegetables?
16) Mother has got a terrible headache today.
17) She is a very nice woman but her sons are bad boys.
18) My friend usually goes to the Alps in spring by plane .
19) Look at the woman . She is the neighbour l told you about.
20) I had my holiday in the northern Italy last year but I`m going to cross the Atlantic ocean and visit the USA next year.