4. A) Study typical stages of team life.

forming: the group is anxious and feels dependent on a leader; the group tries to discover how it is going to operate and what the ‘normal’ ways of working will be

storming: the atmosphere may be one of conflict between members, who may resist control from any one person; there may be the feeling that the task cannot be achieved

norming: at this stage, members of the group feel closer together and the conflicts are forgotten; members of the group will start support each other; there is increasingly the feeling that it possible to achieve the task

performing: the group is carrying out the task for which it was formed; members feel safe enough to express differences of opinion in relation to others

mourning: the group’s work is finished, and its members begin to have pleasant memories of their activities and achievements

b) Read what members of a team working on a design project say and think at what stage of their work it could happen.

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2 7

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Vocabulary

1. Match the prefixes of the words 1-10 to their meanings.

Prefix	Meaning of prefix
1 mismanage	a) not	b) not badly	c) former
2 pro-European	a) opposite	b) in favour of	c) before
3 predict	a) not enough	b) against	c) before
4 post-merger	a) after	b) too much	c) not enough
5 dishonest	a) very	b) former	c) not
6 ex-boss	a) opposite	b) former	c) after
7 bilateral	a) against	b) after	c) two
8 reconsider	a) again	b) former	c) after
9 irresponsible	a) again	b) not	c) against
10 hypercritical	a) not enough	b) very	c) opposite