What happens when companies work four days a week?

Answer and give a real example for each one.

1. How many hours a week do you usually work or study?
2. What do you do when you finish work for the day?
3. Do you check work messages at the weekend?
4. When did you last take a real holiday?
5. Do you think you have a good work-life balance?
6. Who in your life is a workaholic?

For each word or phrase, say one true sentence about your work and personal life.

Choose the word or phrase that fits.

1. Since I started working from home, my has improved.
2. I had to work every evening before the deadline.
3. He works 70 hours a week and checks emails on holiday. He's a .
4. I'm exhausted. I need to take some .
5. You can't do everything. You need to .
6. Reading in the bath is my .
7. She has a job, three children and an online course. She has to a lot.
8. Sorry, I can't help this week. I've got .

Choose the right answer, then press Check answers.

1. to work hard early and late = to burn the candle at both
   endssidestimes
2. to have a lot to do = to have a lot on your
   platetabledesk
3. to stop and think = to take a step
   backoffdown
4. time just for yourself =
   me timequality timeovertime
5. to do things less intensely = to slow
   downoffup
6. to refuse = to say
   nonotnever

Use each phrase to talk about balancing work and life.

• I find it hard to...Мені важко...I find it hard to switch off after work.
• I make sure I...Я обов'язково...I make sure I have one day a week with no work.
• My advice would be to...Моя порада — ...My advice would be to turn off notifications after 7 p.m.
• Try not to...Намагайся не...Try not to answer emails at weekends.
• It's important to...Важливо...It's important to have hobbies outside work.
• I've learnt to...Я навчився(-лася)...I've learnt to say no without feeling guilty.
• If I could change one thing, I'd...Якби я міг (могла) змінити одну річ, я б...If I could change one thing, I'd work four days a week.
• At the end of the day, ...Зрештою...At the end of the day, no one wishes they had worked more.

Read the article. Hover over the dotted words for help.

1. About 60 UK companies tried a four-day week.
   TrueFalse
2. Workers got 80% of their pay.
   TrueFalse
3. Most companies decided to continue after the trial.
   TrueFalse
4. Revenue fell dramatically at most companies.
   TrueFalse
5. Critics say it's easy for hospitals and schools.
   TrueFalse

1. Would a four-day week work in your job? Why or why not?
2. What would you do with an extra day off every week?
3. Which meetings or tasks at your work could be cut?
4. Is work-life balance a personal choice or a company responsibility?

Building a good piece of advice: advice + reason + example. Try not to answer emails at night, because you'll never really rest. For example, when I stopped doing it, I started sleeping better.

1. Make sureMake sure to you
   you take regular breaks.
2. If I
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   you, I'd take a holiday.
3. Try
   not toto not to
   work at weekends.
4. If you don't rest, you
   getwill getting
   ill more easily.
5. I
   should have takenshould took
   a break last month.
6. I finally
   managed tocould to
   finish work at 5 p.m. yesterday!
7. It was the
   busiestmost busy
   week of my life.
8. You
   'd better'd better to
   slow down before you burn out.

Each sentence has one mistake. Type the correct words.

1. Try to not check emails at night. →
2. You should to rest more. →
3. I should have took a day off. →
4. Make sure you will sleep enough. →
5. It was the most busy month. →
6. If you work too much, you will to get tired. →

Answer in detail. Use advice structures and Block 7 grammar.

1. Give advice to someone who works 60 hours a week.
2. What should you have done differently when you last felt overworked?
3. What did you manage to change to improve your balance?
4. What is the most stressful period of your year? How do you cope?
5. What happens to you when you don't take time off? (Zero Conditional)
6. What is the best piece of work-life advice you've ever received?

Rate how happy you are with each area of your life right now. Then talk about your two highest and two lowest areas: why are they high or low, and what could you do to improve the lowest one?

Move the sliders: 1 = very unhappy, 10 = perfect.

This is the final speaking task of Block 7. Your teacher will time you.

1. Plan for one minute, then speak for two minutes without stopping.
2. Part 1: one health myth you used to believe, and what you know now (Zero Conditional).
3. Part 2: your sleep, sport and food habits: what you've managed to do and what you should have done differently.
4. Part 3: your best advice for a healthy work-life balance.

1. How many hours a week would you ideally like to work?
2. What do you do in your "me time"?
3. When do you spend quality time with people you love?
4. Have you ever burnt the candle at both ends? What happened?
5. Is it easy for you to say no at work?
6. What do you do to switch off at weekends?
7. What would you do with an extra day off every week?
8. Who has the best work-life balance in your life? How do they do it?

1. Should employers be allowed to contact staff after work hours?
2. Do people in Ukraine work more than in other European countries?
3. Is it harder for parents to find balance?
4. Should companies offer unlimited holidays?
5. Do young people care more about balance than older generations?
6. Is working from home good or bad for work-life balance?

1. Should the four-day week become law?
2. Is being a workaholic always bad?
3. Can you love your job too much?
4. Is work-life balance a privilege?
5. Will AI give people more free time or more work?
6. What does a balanced life really mean?

"The four-day week should become the law."

Round 1: give your real opinion for 1–2 minutes. Round 2: defend the opposite side for 1 minute. Use: If people work less, they... · Companies should have... · Make sure... · At the end of the day...