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Exercise 1

Drag and drop elements to match them with the appropriate word.

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premiums Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. working for oneself and being hired to do some work; not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term, 2. legislation specifying responsibilities and rights in employment, 3. the money that you have to pay to your insurer to cover the risk, 4. having been given too much work or responsibilities, 5. to have to explain your decisions or choices to someone, e.g. in a company to your boss, 6. working for oneself, 7. time off work which you take every year, 8. requiring immediate action labour laws Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. working for oneself and being hired to do some work; not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term, 2. legislation specifying responsibilities and rights in employment, 3. the money that you have to pay to your insurer to cover the risk, 4. having been given too much work or responsibilities, 5. to have to explain your decisions or choices to someone, e.g. in a company to your boss, 6. working for oneself, 7. time off work which you take every year, 8. requiring immediate action annual leave Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. working for oneself and being hired to do some work; not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term, 2. legislation specifying responsibilities and rights in employment, 3. the money that you have to pay to your insurer to cover the risk, 4. having been given too much work or responsibilities, 5. to have to explain your decisions or choices to someone, e.g. in a company to your boss, 6. working for oneself, 7. time off work which you take every year, 8. requiring immediate action freelance Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. working for oneself and being hired to do some work; not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term, 2. legislation specifying responsibilities and rights in employment, 3. the money that you have to pay to your insurer to cover the risk, 4. having been given too much work or responsibilities, 5. to have to explain your decisions or choices to someone, e.g. in a company to your boss, 6. working for oneself, 7. time off work which you take every year, 8. requiring immediate action answer to someone Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. working for oneself and being hired to do some work; not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term, 2. legislation specifying responsibilities and rights in employment, 3. the money that you have to pay to your insurer to cover the risk, 4. having been given too much work or responsibilities, 5. to have to explain your decisions or choices to someone, e.g. in a company to your boss, 6. working for oneself, 7. time off work which you take every year, 8. requiring immediate action urgent Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. working for oneself and being hired to do some work; not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term, 2. legislation specifying responsibilities and rights in employment, 3. the money that you have to pay to your insurer to cover the risk, 4. having been given too much work or responsibilities, 5. to have to explain your decisions or choices to someone, e.g. in a company to your boss, 6. working for oneself, 7. time off work which you take every year, 8. requiring immediate action self-employed Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. working for oneself and being hired to do some work; not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term, 2. legislation specifying responsibilities and rights in employment, 3. the money that you have to pay to your insurer to cover the risk, 4. having been given too much work or responsibilities, 5. to have to explain your decisions or choices to someone, e.g. in a company to your boss, 6. working for oneself, 7. time off work which you take every year, 8. requiring immediate action overloaded Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. working for oneself and being hired to do some work; not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term, 2. legislation specifying responsibilities and rights in employment, 3. the money that you have to pay to your insurer to cover the risk, 4. having been given too much work or responsibilities, 5. to have to explain your decisions or choices to someone, e.g. in a company to your boss, 6. working for oneself, 7. time off work which you take every year, 8. requiring immediate action
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Exercise 1
Drag and drop elements to match them with the appropriate recordings. Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. working for oneself, 2. legislation specifying responsibilities and rights in employment, 3. working for oneself and being hired to do some work; not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term, 4. to have to explain your decisions or choices to someone, e.g. in a company to your boss, 5. the money that you have to pay to your insurer to cover the risk, 6. time off work which you take every year, 7. requiring immediate action, 8. having been given too much work or responsibilities
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Exercise 2
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Drag and drop the words or phrases into the gaps.
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Exercise 3
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Decide if the following sentences relating to work are true or false.
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Exercise 4
Drag and drop elements to create a dialogue about a difficult work assignment. Elementy do uszeregowania: 1. Does it include night work as well?, 2. OK, good luck with your work then. And try to get some rest afterwards!, 3. You look tired. What's wrong?, 4. Thanks. I can’t wait to work normal hours again!, 5. Well, I’ve been working really hard on a new order lately., 6. You mean that urgent one you mentioned when we met three days ago?, 7. Yes, such situations are regulated in my work contract, so no worries., 8. Yes, I’m afraid so. I hate working at that time; I feel more fatigued than during the day., 9. Yes, that one. The client wants to have a delivery within a week only, so we are working shifts and putting in overtime now to make it on time., 10. No wonder you look exhausted then! But you will get some compensation time for it, won’t you?
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Exercise 5
Read the sentences below and choose the correct answer.
  1. You should read everything in your flexible schedulework contractlabour laws before signing it.

  2. After a month of putting in overtime, he felt self-employedurgentworn out.

  3. It is possible nowadays to work overtimework remotelywork freelance when your company’s offices are in a different city.

  4. Working on a freelance flexitimeshifts basis lets me do projects with different companies.

  5. The total number of normal hourslabour lawspaid hours for full-time employees is calculated with this equation.

  6. He didn’t expect that the annual leavemental impactnight work of stress at work would be so huge.

  7. Professional truck drivers must have a mandatory 11-hour compensation timeflexitimerest period between shifts.
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Exercise 6
Have a look at all the vocabulary used in this material above. Next, read the questions in the points below and choose the correct answers. There may be more than one correct answer in each point.
  1. When you are tired, in other words you feel
    a) overworked.
    b) exhausted.
    c) fatigued.
    d) worn out.

  2. Working freelance is connected to
    a) working remotely.
    b) working independently.
    c) working shifts.
    d) working for a chosen employer.

  3. Which thing(s) is/are NOT typical for a 9 to 5 job?
    a) night work
    b) work contract
    c) normal hours
    d) shifts

  4. Labour laws regulate issues connected to
    a) your personal life.
    b) your colleagues.
    c) your work
    d) your health.

  5. Which word(s) mean(s) “time off work”?
    a) annual leave
    b) flexitime
    c) compensatory time
    d) rest period

  6. Which word(s) mean(s) “having too much work”?
    a) overtime
    b) overloaded
    c) overburdened
    d) overworked

  7. Which word(s) might be regarded as the mental impact of overworking?
    a) depression
    b) stroke
    c) muscle aches
    d) nervousness
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Exercise 7

Write 3–4 sentences as a short piece of advice in a magazine given to students overwhelmed with the amount of homework they have to do. Give them ideas on how to improve their situation.

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Exercise 8

In his/her recent letter, your friend from Great Britain, who you regularly write with, complained about feeling overworked. Replying to his/her letter, write an email, in which you:

  • Apologise for delay in replying and give a reason for it;

  • Refer to the problem your friend mentioned;

  • Compare his situation with your own;

  • Suggest a solution to this situation.

Write your answer in 100–150 words.

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