Working from home

1 Read the text and choose the correct answer, a, b, or c.

Working from home

I started working from home about five years ago. At first it wasn’t easy. I was lonely, I missed the office gossip, and I missed being part of a team. I felt very stressed and I worked long hours. Gradually I improved my lifestyle and now I love it. Working from home means I can live in the country and have views of green fields and trees. I don’t have to sit in traffic for hours every day, or wait for late trains.

If you don’t want to work all day and all night, it’s important to have a proper routine when you work from home. I get up early every day and do some exercise. Sometimes I go running, but usually I use my exercise bike. I have a shower and eat breakfast, and I start work at nine. I usually stop for half an hour for lunch. Sometimes I take a sandwich and go for a walk. I stop completely at five or half past five. I like to be with my family, so I hardly ever work at weekends.

When you work from home, it’s important to have your own space. Don’t work in the kitchen – imagine clearing away the breakfast things before you sit down at your computer! Work in the dining room, or the spare room. You can even build an office in the garden. That’s what I did, and it’s lovely.

Finally, if you have children, don’t let them come near your office when you are working. When you’re having an important phone conversation, there’s nothing worse than your children interrupting you!

example

These days there are more and more people …

a leaving work.

b working from home.

c changing jobs.

1 The writer …

a is going to work from home.

b works from home now.

c worked from home five years ago.

2 At first the writer …

a liked being at home.

b didn’t like being at home.

c loved his job.

3 The writer lives …

a in a town.

b near a train station.

c in the country.

4 What does the writer do every day?

a He does some exercise.

b He uses his exercise bike.

c He goes running.

5 The writer works …

a in the morning only.

b from nine to about five.

c in the evening.