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12 Questions For Your Working From Home Survey Written by Joshua Nicholas Working from home surveys can help ensure a smooth transition from office working to remote working. For many organisations, the drastic need to implement remote working following the Covid-19 pandemic has been challenging. It’s also an entirely new experience for most employees around the world. Here’s 12 questions for your working from home survey. 1. How do you feel about working from home? This will set the tone for the rest of the questionnaire 2. Have you worked from home before? If it’s a new experience for an employee then they’ll need extra support to ensure they can adjust to this new way of working. 3. Have you established a good work routine? Working alternative hours may be necessary due to child care, but if someone is logging in periodically over the course of a day and night, this may not be a healthy situation. 4. Are you taking regular breaks? From walking to the printer to making a cup of coffe...

Past simple – regular verbs Rule 1: If the verb base ends in a voiceless sound, then the –ed ending sounds like “t”. The “t” is blended together with the previous consonant and NOT PRONOUNCED as an extra syllable. A voiceless sound is like a whisper. Your vocal cords DON'T VIBRATE . Voiceless consonant sounds:  p, f, k, s, sh, ch, th 👉 Examples of past tense verbs where the  –ed   ending sounds like  “t” wor k ed -  drop p ed -  fini sh ed -  divor c ed -  stop p ed -  lau gh ed -  cou gh ed -  wat ch ed Rule 2 :   If the verb base ends in a  voiced sound ,  then the –ed ending sounds like  “d”.    The  “d”  is blended together with the previous consonant and  not   pronounced as an  extra syllable.         Rule 3:   If the verb base ends in a “t” or “d” sound already, then the –ed ending sounds ...

What are quantifiers? A quantifier is a word or phrase which is used before a noun to indicate the amount or quantity: 'Some', 'many', 'a lot of' and 'a few' are examples of quantifiers.   Quantifiers can be used with both  countable and uncountable nouns .   Examples:   §    There are some drinks in the fridge. §    He's got only a few euros. §    How much furniture is there in your living room? §    There is a large quantity of food in this kitchen. §    He's got more time than we thought. Examples of quantifiers   Ø   With Uncountable Nouns §   much §   a little/little/very little * §   a bit (of) §   a great deal of §   a large amount of §   a large quantity of   Ø   With Both §   all §   enough §   more/most §   less/least §   no/none §   not any §   some §   any §   a...