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    The document provides an extract from the London Evening Standard discussing how Londoners are working less than 40 hours per week through flexible arrangements. [1] It discusses how time is becoming more important than money for some, as founder Karen Mattison of Timewise explains why Londoners increasingly request flexible working arrangements. [2] It gives five tips for working less than 40 hours a week, which include taking midweek breaks and having overseas chief operating officers. [3] Employers are trying to adapt to employees' needs for a better work-life balance through flexible scheduling.

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    The document provides an extract from the London Evening Standard discussing how Londoners are working less than 40 hours per week through flexible arrangements. [1] It discusses how time is becoming more important than money for some, as founder Karen Mattison of Timewise explains why Londoners increasingly request flexible working arrangements. [2] It gives five tips for working less than 40 hours a week, which include taking midweek breaks and having overseas chief operating officers. [3] Employers are trying to adapt to employees' needs for a better work-life balance through flexible scheduling.

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    M1 Further Practice 3

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    The document provides an extract from the London Evening Standard discussing how Londoners are working less than 40 hours per week through flexible arrangements. [1] It discusses how time is becoming more important than money for some, as founder Karen Mattison of Timewise explains why Londoners increasingly request flexible working arrangements. [2] It gives five tips for working less than 40 hours a week, which include taking midweek breaks and having overseas chief operating officers. [3] Employers are trying to adapt to employees' needs for a better work-life balance through flexible scheduling.

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    Further Practice 3

    Task
    Extract taken from the London Evening Standard: Monday 11 July 2016

    5 clever tips for working less than 40 hours a week

    The five-day week is over — from the overseas COO to the midweek hiatus, Londoners are making
    clever calculations about clocking in. Rosamund Urwin on the new work/life blending hack.

    "Time isn’t just money anymore,” says Karen Mattison, founder of Timewise. “It can be even more
    important than that.” Mattison is explaining why Londoners are increasingly requesting flexible
    working, and why the best employers are trying to adapt to their needs.

    1. Comment on the form of underlined verbs and why they are being used.

    2. Comment on the features of connected speech in the following extract from the text

    It can be even more important than that.

    When you have finished, scroll down for the Answers on the next page.
    Answers
    Question 1
    1. working
    Form: base form + suffix -ing
    Used because: gerund after preposition ‘for’

    2. making
    Form: base form of ‘make’ + suffix -ing
    Final ‘e’ omitted
    Used because: present participle after auxiliary verb ‘ to be’ to form present progressive/continuous
    tense ‘are making’

    3. clocking
    Form: base form of verb ‘clock’ plus suffix –ing
    Used because: gerund after preposition ‘about’

    4. blending
    Form: base form of verb ‘blend’ plus suffix –ing
    Used because: part of compound adjective ‘life-blending’ - present participle ‘blending’ functions
    adjectivally/as adjective to modify noun ‘hacks’

    5. explaining
    Form: base form of verb ‘explain’ plus suffix ‘ing
    Used because: present participle after auxiliary verb ‘to be’ to form present progressive/continuous
    tense ‘is explaining’

    6. requesting
    Form: base form of verb ‘request’ + suffix ing
    Used because: present participle after auxiliary verb ‘to be’ to form present progressive/continuous
    tense ‘are requesting’

    7. working
    Form: base form of verb ‘work’ + suffix ing
    Use: gerund - acts as a noun, here the object of verb ‘are requesting’

    8. trying
    Form: base form of verb ‘try’ + suffix ing
    Used because: present participle after auxiliary verb ‘to be’ to form present progressive/continuous
    tense ‘are trying’.

    Question 2
    ● Weak forms: schwa in ‘can’ - /kən/ and in ‘than’ - /ðən/·
    ● Intrusive /j/ between ‘be’ and ‘even’ - /biːjiːvən/·
    ● Possible elision or glottalisation of final /t/ of ‘it’ - /ɪkən/ or /i?kən/ and in ‘important’ -
    /ɪmpɔːtənðən/ or /ɪmpɔːtən?ðən/
    ● Assimilation of final /n/ in ‘can’ to /m/ because of following bilabial plosive /b/ - /kəmbiː/·
    ● Possible elision of final /n/ of ‘even’ or assimilation to /m/ - /iːvəmɔː/·
    ● Linking/intrusive /r/ in ‘more important’ - /mɔːrɪmpɔːtən/·
    ● Possible stresses on ‘even’/’more’/ ‘important’/’that’

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