Fill in the gaps using the word-combinations from the text.
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Match the words from the left column with their definitions from the right.
| 1. time management | A. activity performed at fixed or regular intervals |
| 2. degree | B. occurring in or relating to a relatively short period of future time |
| 3. prioritise | C. relating to one thing and not others |
| 4. short-term | D. an item or implement used for a specific purpose |
| 5. perfectionist | E. working or operating quickly and effectively in an organized way |
| 6. specific | F. to keep delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring |
| 7. routine | G. systematic, priority-based structuring of time allocation and distribution among competing demands. Since time cannot be stored, and its availability can neither be increased beyond nor decreased from the 24 hours, the term 'time budgeting' is said to be the more appropriate one |
| 8. tool | H. to decide which of a group of things are the most important so that you can deal with them first |
| 9. procrastinate | I. an academic award conferred by a university or college on successful completion of a course |
| 10. efficiently | J. a person who wants everything to be done in the best possible way and demands the highest standards possible |
(routine,procrastinate,tools,short-term goals, diary,prioritise, unmanageable, time management,overwhelm, tackle)
a) If the aim of managing your time was to spend time achieving your goals, you would (….) the things you do.
b) If you were able to (….) this problem, our company wouldn`t lost the money.
c) If John planned the amount of time he spended on work, he wouldn`t regard the task as (….) one.
d) If I didn`t postpone the meeting, we could (….) our investors unpleasantly. because we weren` ready with the presentation.
e) Most of the goals in our office can be redefined as (…).
f) If you started to keep a (…) you wouldn`t forget anything at the conference.
g) If she didn`t put it off, the assignment woildn`t seem such a (….).
h) Start your (….) process by buying an organiser and use it.
i) If Jack defined what is important to him he wouldn`t have to buy special (….) for achieving his goals.
j) Our firm wouldn`t go bust if our accountant didn`t (….) her assignments.
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