I.

Circle the best answers in these sentences:

1. Most employees have felt the strain of work and have felt their job is just
too stressful. (Synonym):
A. Pressure B. Serious C. Useless

2. They also face pressure to achieve targets from managers. (Synonym):

A. Discouraged B. Goal C. Satisfaction

3. People working in all of these jobs have a range of targets to achieve and
deadlines to meet in order to satisfy their employers. (Antonym):
A. Attain B. Fail C. Succeed

4. Because work takes up such a large proportion of people’s lives, it is

perhaps not surprising that it causes stress. (Antonym):
A. Imbalance B. Quantity C. Ratio

5. Many people want to quit their job to become ……………., but this is
also stressful.
A. Businessman B. Self-employed C. Sales manager

6. ….……….. makes people in these jobs feel under so much pressure?

A. What B. How C. Which

7. Many people feel a need to earn more money to ensure they can buy all
the material goods that they……………..- such as cars, clothes, and houses.
A. Ambition B. Obtain C. Desire

8. When a colleague is off sick or on vacation, the workload needs to be

shared among a limited number of individuals. (Meaning) :
A. The amount of work to be done
B. To be working
C. The regular work that a person does to earn money.

9. A shortage of time seems to cause pressure in a wide range of

professions. (Meaning) :
A. Different options.
B. A set of similar things.
C. Very large.

10. Many people want to quit their job. (Meaning)

A. To stop doing something or leave a job or a place.
B. To continue doing something.
C. To pursue something.

11. One common are that puts people ……….. pressure is work.
A. In B. Under C. On

12. It may be worth dealing with the stress of work, rather than trying to find
a different …………….. job.
A. kind of B. similar C. type

13. Lots of people think self-employment is……………. solution.

A. best B. the best C. the most

14. In many working environments, employees have to…………

increasingly challenging targets.
A. face B. meeting C. meet

15. This perhaps contributes to the other common area, which is low
job…….…..
A. satisfaction B. satisfy C. satisfied

II. Correct the mistakes in the sentences:

1. The strain apparently comes from a variety in factors. (Answer: of).

2. Self-employment is one of the most stressful methods of working - no matter

what is the job ( amswer: the job is).

3. One study found that twenty-five percent have taken time in work because of
stress. (Answer: off).

4. It may be worth dealing with the stress of work, rather than try to find a
different kind of job. ( answer: trying).

5. The impact in an individual’s physical and mental health can be significant. (

answer : on)