noun / verb · neutral
shift
/ʃɪft/SHIFT
Band 4-5speakingtask2
a period of work (e.g. a night shift); (v) to move or change position
Examples
“I usually work the night shift at the hospital.”
“They shifted the meeting to Friday.”
“We had to shift the boxes to the other room.”
Band 8 sentence
“Working rotating shifts significantly disrupts circadian rhythms and increases the risk of fatigue-related errors.”
Collocations
- night shift
- work a shift
- shift work
Word family
shift nshift vshifted v (past)shifting v / adj
Common mistakes
I work in night shift.→I work the night shift.
I did two shift yesterday.→I did two shifts yesterday.
Say it for a higher band
5turn→6change→7+shift
Synonyms
turn
change
Easily confused
change
“We had to change the schedule because of a staff shortage.”
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