Hours and work (English exercise n°15388 - Please quote this number when contacting us)Other English exercises on the same topicHours and workWorking hours To work overtime = To do more than the usual hours required by the contract.We aren't paid when we work overtime, we can take time off in lieu. To work shifts = To work in teams at different times of the day and night. In today's twenty-four hour society, more and more people work shifts. Shift work = When groups of workers work at different times of the day and night. Production keeps going non-stop so we have a lot of people who do shift work. To be on the night shift = To work with a group during the night. Some people prefer to be on the night shift because they are at home when the children come back from school. Flexitime = A system where people can vary the start and end times. As we work flexitime, I take the children to school and arrive at nine thirty. A roster = A list of who's working when and where. The weekly roster is put up on the board so that you can see who is working. To have time off = To take vacation or leave I'd like to have some time off next month, I need a break. To take a day off = To have an authorised absence from work for a day I'd like a day off next week to deal with some family matters. Friday if that is convenient Full-time = Work a whole working week. After the birth on my son, I didn't want to go back full-time . Exercise : match the sentences.English exercise "" created by anonyme (23-01-2007) with The test builderClick here to see the current stats of this English test1. We aren't paid when we work overtime , I can't sleep very well during the day I have a lot of work to catch up on. I need a break. but I would like to work full-time. more and more people work shifts. so that you can see who is working. to school and arrive at nine thirty. to see what job you are doing. very hard on family life. we can take time off in lieu. 2. In today's twenty-four hour society I can't sleep very well during the day I have a lot of work to catch up on. I need a break. but I would like to work full-time. more and more people work shifts. so that you can see who is working. to school and arrive at nine thirty. to see what job you are doing. very hard on family life. we can take time off in lieu. 3. The irregular hours of shift work can be I can't sleep very well during the day I have a lot of work to catch up on. I need a break. but I would like to work full-time. more and more people work shifts. so that you can see who is working. to school and arrive at nine thirty. to see what job you are doing. very hard on family life. we can take time off in lieu. 4. It's very hard on the night shift because I can't sleep very well during the day I have a lot of work to catch up on. I need a break. but I would like to work full-time. more and more people work shifts. so that you can see who is working. to school and arrive at nine thirty. to see what job you are doing. very hard on family life. we can take time off in lieu. 5. As we work flexitime, I take the children I can't sleep very well during the day I have a lot of work to catch up on. I need a break. but I would like to work full-time. more and more people work shifts. so that you can see who is working. to school and arrive at nine thirty. to see what job you are doing. very hard on family life. we can take time off in lieu. 6. The weekly roster is on the board I can't sleep very well during the day I have a lot of work to catch up on. I need a break. but I would like to work full-time. more and more people work shifts. so that you can see who is working. to school and arrive at nine thirty. to see what job you are doing. very hard on family life. we can take time off in lieu. 7. I'd like to have some time off soon I can't sleep very well during the day I have a lot of work to catch up on. I need a break. but I would like to work full-time. more and more people work shifts. so that you can see who is working. to school and arrive at nine thirty. to see what job you are doing. very hard on family life. we can take time off in lieu. 8. I had two days off last week so I can't sleep very well during the day I have a lot of work to catch up on. I need a break. but I would like to work full-time. more and more people work shifts. so that you can see who is working. to school and arrive at nine thirty. to see what job you are doing. very hard on family life. we can take time off in lieu. 9. I only work two days a week I can't sleep very well during the day I have a lot of work to catch up on. I need a break. but I would like to work full-time. more and more people work shifts. so that you can see who is working. to school and arrive at nine thirty. to see what job you are doing. very hard on family life. we can take time off in lieu. 10. Look on the roster I can't sleep very well during the day I have a lot of work to catch up on. I need a break. but I would like to work full-time. more and more people work shifts. so that you can see who is working. to school and arrive at nine thirty. to see what job you are doing. very hard on family life. we can take time off in lieu. End of the learn English: Hours and work (21.06.2008 22:12)A free English exercise to learn English.
Working hours
To work overtime = To do more than the usual hours required by the contract.
To work shifts = To work in teams at different times of the day and night.
In today's twenty-four hour society, more and more people work shifts.
Shift work = When groups of workers work at different times of the day and night.
Production keeps going non-stop so we have a lot of people who do shift work.
To be on the night shift = To work with a group during the night.
Some people prefer to be on the night shift because they are at home when the children come back from school.
Flexitime = A system where people can vary the start and end times.
As we work flexitime, I take the children to school and arrive at nine thirty.
A roster = A list of who's working when and where.
The weekly roster is put up on the board so that you can see who is working.
To have time off = To take vacation or leave
I'd like to have some time off next month, I need a break.
To take a day off = To have an authorised absence from work for a day
I'd like a day off next week to deal with some family matters. Friday if that is convenient
Full-time = Work a whole working week.
After the birth on my son, I didn't want to go back full-time .
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