Nizomiy nomidagi toshkent davlat pedagogika universiteti "tasdiqlandi "

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if 1-8 below are true (T) or false (F).

1. 
   The boss of Twitter said he would work at home forever. T / F
   
2. 
   Twitter said its workers must return to work after the pandemic ends. T / F
   
3. 
   Twitter was the very first company to let workers work from home. T / F
   
4. 
   Twitter said it would open office by office. T / F
   
5. 
   Bosses and employees only use mail and phones to contact each other. T / F
   
6. 
   Twitter said it was in a unique position to let staff work at home.  T / F
   
7. 
   Twitter has proven working at home works. T / F
   
8. 
   Twitter said if employees want to work at home forever, they can. T / F
   

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

boss allowed ends come back gradual position respond emphasis workforce forever

importance return permitted react for good head step-by-step employees is over situation

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

they can work from home forever they will be Opening offices will be our it would not be one office Twitter said it was in employees and bosses can contact We were uniquely positioned capable of working from they want to continue to do

by office of the first so forever each other decision if they want to anywhere a good position allowed to work from home to respond quickly

B Work in pairs. Discuss. Which of the jobs do you think is the best paid, most

interesting or most dangerous? Why?
GRAMMAR
PRESENT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS
3 A Read sentences a) and b). Answer the questions.
a) This is the clothes shop.
b) I'm having a break.
1 Which sentence describes something that is
always true?
2 Which sentence describes a temporary situation?
3 Which sentence uses the present simple?
A Which sentence uses the present continuous?
B Read sentences a)-d). Answer the questions.
a) I'm choosing my free CD for the week.
b) I'm checking my emails.
c) I'm studying history.
d) Six of us are doing online courses.
1 Which two sentences refer to this exact moment?
2 Which two sentences refer to the general present,
but not to this moment?
4 A Make two sentences or questions with the prompts. Use the present simple and present continuous.
1 y o u /w o rk on a special task at the moment?
on Saturdays?
Are you working on a special task at the moment?
Do you work on Saturdays?
2 I /lo o k for a job at the moment
at my emails when I get to work
3 I / n o t / u s e English for my job
the photocopier at the moment
A you / watch the news on TV every day?
TV right now?
5 I / n o t / r e a d any good books at the moment
a newspaper every morning
6 y o u / h a v e a good time at this party?
a company car?
7 I / s e ll my house
IT products to companies in Asia

5. A Make you questions with the prompts. Use the present simple or present continuous.

1 t h in k / y o u r salary /good ?
Do you think your salary is good?
2 s p e a k / a n y other languages?
3 why / learn English?
A study f o r / a n e xa m / n o w ?
5 work on / a special project / at the moment?
6 h a v e / y o u r own / office?
7 lik e / y o u r / b o s s?

B Work in pairs. Choose four or five questions to

ask your partner. Find similarities and differences
between you and your partner.

LISTENING
6. A Listen to three employees describing what they are doing. Tick the activities they mention.

watching a film choosing a CD fishing studying w aiting for a customer making coffee having a massage checking emails

B Listen again. Answer the questions.
1 What is the 'agreement' between the two shops?
2 What does the company pay for?
3 Why can the woman sta rt work at 1p.m.?
C Listen and fill in the gaps
The boss of Twitter has told many of (1) ___________________ they can work from home forever if they want to. CEO Jack Dorsey told many workers on Tuesday that they will (2) ___________________ work from home even after the coronavirus pandemic ends. A Twitter spokesperson said: "Opening offices will (3) ___________________. When and if our employees come back, will be their [decision]." Twitter was one of the first companies to (4) ___________________ work from home after the COVID-19 pandemic started. The spokesperson said it would not be, "one of the (5) ___________________ to offices". Twitter said most of its offices would not open before September. It added when they do open, it would be "careful, intentional, office by (6) ___________________ ".
Twitter said it was in (7) ___________________ to have many of its workers working from their home. It is an online company so many employees and bosses (8) ___________________ other on video conferencing platforms like Zoom. The company said: "We were (9) ___________________ respond quickly and allow folks to work from home, given our emphasis on decentralization and supporting a distributed (10) ___________________ working from anywhere." It added: "The past few months have (11) ___________________ make [working from home] work. If our employees are in a role and situation that enables them to work from home and they want to continue to (12) ___________________, we will make that happen."

SPEAKING
7.A Work in groups. You are making a TV programme about dangerous jobs. Discuss the questions and choose three jobs for your programme.

1 Which jobs are dangerous? Why? How often are
the people in dangerous situations?
2 Which jobs are the most interesting for your TV
audience?
3 Who will you interview for the programme? What
questions w ill you ask them?
B Work with another group and compare your ideas.
8 A AT HOME: What are the good and bad things about working at home? How could you overcome problems? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.