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Many people work in their private capacity, such as writer, architect,

advocate, doctor, photographer, journalist, businessmen, industrialists etc.
We call them self-employed .

All these people make our life easy. They provide us goods or services.
They are our helpers. We must pay them due respect.

Facts

• The work a person does for a living is called his occupation.
• There are a large variety of occupations in the world.

• Farming and cottage industries are main occupations in villages.

• Fishing, lumbering and mining are important occupations in our country.
• The people who work in government departments are called government employees.

• Many people work in private organisations, construction sites and computer-related
fields.

• The people who work in private capacity are called self-employed.

XERCISE

A. Tick (3) the right option :

1. ____________ is the main occupation in villages.
(a) farming (b) fishing (c) entertainment

2. Cottage industries are ____________ factories.
(a) big (b) small (c) very big

3. ____________ is not an occupation.
(a) lumbering (b) mining (c) phishing

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