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While the tax authorities have their beady eye on payment in kind, there may be another distinction, between regular work on the one hand, and occasional, irregular favours on the other. Even so, it would seem that moonlighting, the second job, the odd extra evening work, is what makes up most of the shadow economy. A more useful distinction lies between the trivial and the substantial. There is a lot of difference between giving someone a regular lift to the station in the mornings, perhaps in exchange for some help with the petrol bill, and loaning him a company car which is not declared on his tax returns. |
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Vocabulary |
You master all the simple words to understand a note, e-mail or simple text. |
You master the most necessary words to understand a note, e-mail or simple text. |
You do not master enough words to understand a note, e-mail or simple text. |
Sentence structure and grammar |
I can recognize and understand verb tenses and sentences well. |
I can recognize enough sentences and verb forms. I understand some sentences and verb forms. |
I cannot properly recognize and understand verb tenses and sentence structure. |
Text insight |
You can clearly see the structure and outline. You can also easily deduce the meaning of unknown words from the context. |
You can see the structure and outline of a text fairly well, but you can rarely infer the meaning of unfamiliar words from the context. |
I do not fully see the structure and outline of the text and cannot deduce the meaning of unknown words from the context. |
Pace of reading |
You can read quickly and easily. You understand everything it says. You can read the entire text in all details. |
You often have enough reading pace to understand quite a bit of what you are reading. |
You need too much time to read everything completely. You do not fully understand what you read. |
Reading strategy |
You can look at the main outline of a text and then at the details. |
Using the layout, pictures and prior knowledge (what you already know about the subject) you can hardly see the big picture in the text. |
You don't really understand how to handle the text and you start reading word for word. You make too little use of prior knowledge (what you already know about the subject). |