Unit 4
Ex 4 (page 13)
2 core hours
3 overtime
4 home-working
5 annual leave
6 additional leave
7 statutory pay
8 unpaid leave
9 paternity leave
10 full pay
Ex 8
Q1
Speaker 1: we have time off in lieu
Speaker 2: Flexible hours, home-working once a week
Q2
Speaker 1: no paid overtime
Speaker 2: one problem with flexitime is that she often works through lunch time and doesn
´t have breaks.
Also, so many people work from home on different days, that makes it difficult to organize
project meetings, as there is always someone who is not in the office.
Q3
Speaker 1: they should pay for working late or give is extra time off
Speaker 2: They should implement core days in the week, when everybody is in the office for
meetings.
Reading File 1
Ex 2
1) They both changed jobs because they were not motivated at work.
Veronica needed something more challenging and better paid and Edwin wanted to
do a job that would make a difference to other people´s lives.
Ex 3
1) F . We don´t know how long Edwin was in his job for.
2) T
3) F. Veronica went to College to study project management but Edwin didn´t need any
training.
4) F Neither of them work at desk bound.
5) T Veronica helps her clients fulfil their event demands, and Edwin helps people in need
of charity.
6) T
Ex 4
1) come up with: to think of an idea
2) decide to: make your mind up to do something
3) find out: discover
4) focus on: to concentrate your efforts on something
5) get out: leave and do things outside of the home or office
6) look for: search for
7) stay in: remain inside something
8) think about: consider
Homework:
Write a sentence using each of the phrasal verbs above
PRESENT SIMPLE : facts and routines
Auxiliaries for negative: Don´t/Doesn´t
Auxiliaries for questions: Do/Does
I live in Porto./I don´t live in Porto
I have two children./I don´t have any children.
She loves sushi./ She doesn´t love sushi.
I rarely go jogging./I never go jogging.
I often eat vegetables.
It usually rains a lot in April./ it doesn´t rain a lot in April.
I work for DHL.
I work with DHL.
Do you like sushi?
Yes, I do. I love sushi.
Does your son like sushi?
Yes, he does./No, he doesn´t.
Does your company employ many people?
Yes, it does. It employs around a hundred people.
It= refer to `company`
I work in Oporto.
I´m working in Coimbra this week.
I work for DHL.
I´m working for DHL.
Does your company have operations in Asia?
Yes, it has. It has operations in China, Japan, etc.
I usually go to work.
I never think negatively.
I often drink a lot of water.
I seldom/rarely go shopping.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
- for ongoing actions/happening now
- for trends and changing situations
- temporary situations
I´m currently raising money for a campaign of charity.
I´m working in Aveiro this week.
The price of oil is increasing.
These days, more and more people are using social media.
PAST SIMPLE – actions that happened in a precise time of the past (usually we know when)
and does not have any connection to the present
Auxiliary for negative: Didn´t
Auxiliary for questions: Did
What did you do?
On Saturday I was in Casablanca, I came to Porto at night.
On Sunday I rested.
Where did you grow up?
I grew up in Almeirim.
I didn´t like tea when I was young.
I went to the beach.
I didn´t went
I didn´t go to work.
Speak
Yesterday I spoke to him.
Eat
Last evening I ate a steak with French fries.
Ride
I rode my first bike when I was 5.
Write
I wrote a letter to my boyfriend last night.
Think
They thought it was Saturday.
PRESENT PERFECT
Auxiliary: HAVE
I´ve been married for 20 years.
Be-was-been
I´ve worked for DHL for 6 years.
I´ve already eaten two slices of bread!
Eat-ate-eaten
I´ve already finished/done all my work.