The Rise of the Four-Day Week
Grammar: Present Perfect Continuous
A Level 4 English lesson exploring work.
What's in this lesson
A Level 4 (upper intermediate) ESL lesson on work, practising present perfect continuous. The worksheet has a reading, target vocabulary, a grammar reference with practice and discussion questions.
From the reading: The Rise of the Four-Day Week
For most of the twentieth century, the five-day working week felt like a fact of nature — fixed, permanent, and beyond question. Employees clocked in on Monday, clocked out on Friday, and repeated the cycle for forty years. But that assumption has been quietly crumbling. Since 2019, thousands of companies across Europe, Asia, and Latin America have been experimenting with a four-day week, and the results have surprised even the sceptics.
Vocabulary
- have been experimenting
- had moved
- have been piloting
Grammar: Present Perfect Continuous
- Form
- Companies have been piloting four-day weeks since 2019. — have/has + been + verb-ing
- Use — ongoing action
- She has been working on the report all morning. — started in past, still continuing now
Discussion questions
- How many hours a week do you think is ideal for work?
- Has work ever affected your health or personal life?
- Should companies decide working hours, or should employees?
The Rise of the Four-Day Week
Grammar: Present Perfect Continuous
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