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Literacy Link Eastern Ontario English for Work Learner Workbook

Description:

Literacy Link Eastern Ontario English for Work Learner Workbook presents a downloadable workbook on the English used in Canadian workplaces, published by Literacy Link Eastern Ontario, a literacy network serving eastern Ontario. Ten lessons and three review sections cover work vocabulary, greetings, speaking with a manager, cashier and retail work, food service, warehouse terms and protective equipment.

100% Free (unlimited): The workbook opens as a PDF directly from its web address, with no account, no email address and no payment. All ten lessons and the three review sections are in the one file, which may be saved or printed in full for personal study or for a class.

Access: 100% Free Level: Elementary (A1-A2) Format: Downloadable Template/Guide / Lesson/Tutorial / Quiz/Test Written for: Business English (ESL) / General English (ESL) English Variant: CAN

How It Helps Your Business English

What this resource offers:

Ten lessons make up the workbook: common work words such as shift, break, overtime and deadline; greetings and goodbyes; speaking with a manager about time off and safety; cashier terms and the names of Canadian coins; prepositions of place; restaurant words and reading a bill; protective equipment; retail words; fast food; and warehouse terms. Review sections follow lessons three, six and ten.

How to use this resource:

You take one lesson at a time, starting from its word list and the pronunciation and spelling practice. The definitions and the gap-fill and multiple-choice questions let you check each word before you use it. The role-play scripts give you sentences for a shift, a break or a safety question, and the three review sections let you test what has stayed with you.

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Last verified — Oct. 26, 2026