Paracompletion Question 2 - CAT 2024
Sentence: This reality is putting stress on employees who have to pay for transport, desk lunches, more childcare, clothing and that after-work socialisation – costs they haven’t incurred for nearly two years.
Paragraph: __(1)__. Prices are rising at their fastest rate in 40 years; consequently, return-to-office-related costs have shot up – think petrol and food, for instance. __(2)__. Yet wages haven’t kept up with inflation – even despite the salary growth many workers have enjoyed during a favourable pandemic labour market. __(3)__. This is especially jarring for workers who were able to save during remote work, when these expenditures weren’t a factor. __(4)__. In April 2022, Umus, a London university lecturer, told BBC Worklife that they were spending nearly a quarter of what they made every day on return-to-work costs.