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Exercise 2. Put T (True) or F (False) next to each of the statements below.
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Exercise 2. Put T (True) or F (False) next to each of the statements below.
1. The estate agency wasn't sympathetic to Rachael's complaints.
2. Nine allegations of bullying were upheld by the tribunal.
3. One incident of bullying is enough for a tribunal to rule that there has been bullying in the workplace.
4. The Fair Work Commission couldn't find any evidence of repeated bullying.
5. Unfriending somebody on Facebook is considered to be workplace bullying.
6. Rachael Roberts' employer will have to pay her a sum of money after the tribunal hearing.
Exercise 3. Find a word or phrase in the article which means:
1. officially decided by a court of law (verb -ed, TITLE)
2. according to what somebody said (adverb, P4)
3. officially asked her to attend a meeting (phrase, P4)
4. given a medical certificate saying that someone is too ill to work (phrase, P5)
5. unfriendly (adjective, P9)
6. give someone an instruction that they must obey (verb, P10) Give your own examples of these words/phrases.
Exercise 4 Answer the questions:
1. Do you think unfriending someone on Facebook is workplace bullying?
2. Do you think Rachael was right to complain?
3. Have you witnessed workplace bullying?
4. Do you think employees might exaggerate the problem? Why?
5. Do you think workplace bullying affects business? How?
6. What measures do you think could prevent bullying in the workplace?
Exercise 5. Complete the definitions below:
| allegation anxiety belittle berate ruling tribunal upheld |
1. If you suffer from …, you are very worried about something.
2. A … is an official court or group of people whose job is to deal with a particular problem or disagreement.
3. A … is an official decision make by a court of law.
4. If a decision is … by a court, the court agrees with it and accepts it as the correct decision.
5. If you make an …, you say that someone has done something wrong or illegal, but there is no proof yet that this is true.
6. If you … somebody, you say they are not very important or good.
7. If you …. somebody, you speak to them in an angry way.
PART 3 PRACTICE YOUR USE OF LANGUAGE SKILLS
VARIANT 1
Exercise 1. Complete the paragraph. Choose the correct verb from the box. There is one verb that you do not need to use.
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When Lee was at college, he got a part-time job in an advertising agency. Lee's employers … fairness in the workplace, but when a negative comment about the agency was posted on the Internet, his boss … Lee of writing it because he was a student and much younger than the other employees. Lee … it, and luckily it turned out that a colleague’s child had posted the comment as a joke. Lee’s boss apologized I and told him that she … what she had said. She told him she would give him a (4) better job, but Lee … the offer. As soon as he … his degree, he left and took a job somewhere else.
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Exercise 2. Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage below.
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In times of high unemployment there are usually very many (a)_____ when a (b)_____is advertised. Sometimes large numbers of people (c)_____, and send off (d)_____ for a single job. it is not unusual, in fact, for hundreds of people to (e)_____to a firm for one post. This number is reduced to a (f)_____of perhaps six or eight, from whom a final choice is made when they all attend an (g)_____. Very possibly the people interviewing will be interested in the (h)_____the candidates gained at school or university and what (i)_____they have had in previous jobs. They will probably ask for (j)_____written by the candidates' teachers and employers.
Exercise 3. Put one of the following words in each space in the sentences below.
| at in for to as off of |
(a) I’m interested_____this job. (b) What did you study_____university? (c) He has applied_____British Airways_____ a job______an office manager. (d) This job advertisement looks interesting. I’ll send_____an application form. (e) Have you filled_____the form yet? (f) You must send_____the form by 20 May. (g) He’s been_____that job for two years. (h) She retired____ the age of 60. (I) A commission means you get a percentage_____what you sell. (j) The use_____a company car is a nice perk to have. (k) The sixty applicants were reduced_____a short-list of four.
Exercise 4. Match the adjectives below with their correct definitions and express how important these characteristics are for your job or the job that you want to apply for:
Personal characteristics
| 1. experienced | a. able to make yourself do something well |
| 2. self-motivated | b. able to talk to people easily and share information |
| 3. communicative | c. continually doing a lot of work |
| 4. enthusiastic | d. energetically interested in something and willing to be involved in it |
| 5. dynamic | e. having lots of ideas and energy |
| 6. hardworking | f. having skill or knowledge because you have done something many times |
Exercise5. Read text below. Fill in the gaps with only one suitable word. The first letter of each missing word is given.
There is a lot of unemployed nowadays so it is getting more and m… (1) difficult to get the kind of job you really w… (2). Then you have to d… (3) what is more important to you – how much you e… (4) or job s… (5)? Do you want to work with your hands (called m… (6) work) or do you prefer to work in office (called clerical work)? Do you p… (7) to work indoors or o… (8)? Whatever you decide, when you are thinking of a career, or applying for a j… (9), you will find the following vocabulary u… (10):
| - apply for a job | - employ someone |
| - to make a lot of money | - to earn a good wage |
| - dismiss someone from a job | - to retire from work |
| - make an application | - to hand in one’s resignation |
| - to have a large income |
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