GAPFILL

Conjunctions, Connectors, Cohesive devices, Linking words.

Choose a word or phrase from the lists below for each space in the sample answer. The
spaces are numbered and you can only use each word one time.

List 1 for numbers 1-6. List 2 for numbers 7-12. List 3 for numbers 13-18

Secondly in particular Finally,

because A further point is while
such as However, unless
For example which In conclusion
Although The first disadvantage is since
Firstly In addition, but

In recent years, the vast expansion of information and communication technology has made
teleworking much more practical. (1) ………………. in many cases office workers could be
made geographically independent by using high-tech equipment (2) ………………. computers,
laptops and cell phones, I believe few companies or employees take full advantage of this
possibility.

There are a number of strong arguments in favour of allowing workers to do their duties at
home. (3) ……………….., costs for employers would be reduced (4) ………………. businesses
would require less office space, which is often situated in the expensive central part of large
cities. (5) ………………, workers lives would be improved in a variety of ways. (6) ……………….,
they would not need to travel to work, (7) ……………….. would save them a lot of travel time.
(8) ………………… they could combine their work with family life which is a major advantage if
they have children or elderly family members to take care of.

(9) ………………. travelling to a centralized workplace also has a number of points in its favour.
(10) ………………. many employees would miss the social aspect of work (11) ………………..
seeing colleagues and meeting customers or clients. (12) ……………….. employers would need
to be able to trust their workers to complete their work at a high standard on time (13)
……………….. supervising working at home is more complicated than monitoring workers in an
office environment. (14) ………………. working from home might inhibit teamwork and limit
creativity so is possibly only suited to people doing routine office work.

(15) ………………, I strongly believe that (16) ………………… many workers welcome the
opportunity to engage in office work, others would find the chance to work from home
convenient. Where possible, I think employees should be offered the choice, (17) …………….
not forced to work from home (18) ………………. they personally choose to.