Active vocabulary
to get angry to get e-mails lots of capital letters a New Zealand boss to see red to use block capitals in e-mails to colleagues accountant to be fired co-worker to complain about her use of caps members of staff to fill mails with sentences in capital letters bold and red text to find the e-mails confrontational to dismiss Ms Walker for causing disharmony in the workplace to take to court to sue for unfair dismissal to win the case to pay in damages to appeal for further compensation to speak out for greater protection to be in disputes with big companies white-collar workers to feel helpless large employers to fire to fight bosses financial and mental stresses to involve to use smbs own experience as an example to be a single woman with a mortgage to re-mortgage to borrow money nearly to ruin smbs life to highlight a widespread uncertainty regarding netiquette and e-mails | , , , ; , - - |
Agree or disagree to the following statements.
1) F; 2) F; 3) T; 4) F; 5) T; 6) T; 7) T; 8) F.
Fill in the gaps using the following words.
Boss, colleagues, fired, use, bold, causing, sued, damages, still, appeal, disputes, helpless, stresses, experience, borrow, highlights.
Match the following synonyms from the text.
1) e; 2) f; 3) i; 4) a; 5) c; 6) h; 7) j; 8) d; 9) g; 10) b.