READING ACTIVITIES

• MILLENNIALS ON THE WORKPLACE

 

EX 1 ( total score: 100%)

 

a. the percentage of employees leaving the company → turnover rate

b. a company’s ability to keep its staff from leaving → employee retention

c. extensive; involving large numbers or a large area → large-scale

d. to try hard to → to strive to

e. something that can cause damage or danger → a threat

f. more than necessary or normal → excessive

g. something of value that you give up so that you can have something else → a sacrifice

h. moral principles defining what’s good for society and its individuals → ethics

i. to watch and observe over a period of time → to monitor

j. to stop having something you want → to give up

 

 

 

EX 2 ( total score: 50% )

 

1.a

2.d

3.b

4.d

5.a

6.b

 

EX 3 ( total score: 100%)

 

1.false

2.true

3.false

4.false

5.true

6.false

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• STAR WARS AND THE HERO MYTH

 

EX 1 (total score: 100%)

 

1.d

2.b

3.a

4.f

5.c

6.e

 

 

EX 2 ( total score: 100%)

 

1.false

2.false

3.true

4.false

5.false

6.true

 

 

EX 3 ( total score: 75%)

 

1.unoriginal

2.predictable

3.editions

4.directors

5.directly

6.death

7.strength

8.successful

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• THE BUY NOTHING MOVEMENT

 

EX 1 (total score: 100%)

 

1. g

2. b

3. e

4. a

5. d

6. c

7. f

8. h

 

 

EX 2 (total score: 63%)

 

1. true

2. true

3. true

4. false

5. false

6. false

7. true

8. true

 

 

EX 3 (total score: 100%)

 

1. fashion

2. away

3. spending

4. shops

5. hand

6. sites