HOMEWORK FOR GRADE 7-8 Put one suitable word in each space.
The first day in the job I will always remember my first day working at the Excelsior Food Company. First of (1)all. I was given a greasy overall. (2). worn it before had certainly never washed it! When I mentioned this to the foreman he said, 'You're not afraid of a bit of dirt, (3). you?' I wanted to say that I thought (4). was supposed to be a high standard of cleanliness in a food factory, but I managed to control (5) Then I was given my first job, (6) involved sweeping the floor. (7). ...only was my overall filthy, but the whole factory looked as if (8). had ever cleaned it properly. (9) were also (10) I later discovered to be pigs' ears scattered around the place. (11) it was my first day, I didn't say anything about this. (12) ..that I had to put pies into boxes for the rest of the morning. (13). was supposed to put them into the cold-store, but (14)... this person was, they had obviously forgotten about it. As a (15)... there was soon a huge pile of boxes waiting to be moved. Then I discovered that I was supposed to be moving them!​