Complete the sentences with the correct form of words from Exercise A.

1. Due to the amount of work employees have, Recruit Staffing looked into ways to help staff be both productive and ...... during the working day.

2. Employees at Recruit Staffing use coloured signs to ...... when they plan to leave for the day.

3. Because they are out of the office most of the day, the sales team need time in the evening to deal with paperwork and ...... .

4. When plans for setting a time to finish work were first introduced, many people ...... the idea because they didn’t think it would work.

5. The executives of the company would like to see a(n) ...... in the amount of work that many staff members have to do.

6. When people learn how to work efficiently, they can often ...... as much in a shorter time as they did working many more hours.

7. The department ...... at Recruit Staffing held sessions for employees to inform them how to better use their time and these efforts helped to shorten the workday.

 

Exercise A

Verb - administrate Noun (person) - administrator Noun - administration Adjective - administrative

Verb - announce Noun (person) - announcer Noun - announcement

Noun - efficiency Adjective - efficient

Verb - manage Noun (person) - manager Noun - management Adjective - managerial

Verb - produce Noun (person) - producer Noun - produce, production Adjective - productive

Verb - reduce Noun - reduction Adjective - reduced

Verb - resist Noun - resistance Adjective - resistant