What does unrealistic mean?

[Mirko]

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #132 "Conversations and Comprehension (3)", question 5

Woman: I've had it with my boss! He's completely unrealistic about our goals and wants me to work overtime again tonight!
Man: Do you get overtime pay?
Woman: Are you kidding? I have a salary position.
Narrator: What does the woman mean? .........

(a) She doesn't like her boss because he is angry all the time.
(b) She doesn't get paid by the hour and she doesn't get paid for any overtime worked.
(c) She gets paid for overtime work but her boss wants her to do too much.

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #132 "Conversations and Comprehension (3)", answer 5

Woman: I've had it with my boss! He's completely unrealistic about our goals and wants me to work overtime again tonight!
Man: Do you get overtime pay?
Woman: Are you kidding? I have a salary position.
Narrator: What does the woman mean? She doesn't get paid by the hour and she doesn't get paid for any overtime worked.

Correct answer: (b) She doesn't get paid by the hour and she doesn't get paid for any overtime worked.
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what's unrealistic means

Mirko

[Gzornenplat]

'Unrealistic' means it is unlikely to happen in the real world. Expecting my sister to arrive at the time we agreed is unrealistic. She is always late. Ten minutes late is just possible. Half an hour late is more realistic.

[Aliraf62]

Hi Teachers
What do we call a job position inclusive of overtime compensation:
salary position vs. overtime position?
Thanks
Ali

[Bhikkhu1991a]

Hello,

Could you please explain why “worked” is used in the correct answer “for any overtime worked” of this test?

Since “for” is a preposition, a word or group of words that is used before a noun, a noun phrase or a pronoun, the correct noun is “work” rather than “worked”, isn’t it? Alternatively, shouldn’t it be “for any overtime” or “for any overtime work” because “overtime” is an uncountable noun and can modify "worK" too?

1. http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/preposition
2. http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/+overtime

Thank you.

Best wishes,
Bhikkhu1991a.

[Gzornenplat]

'She doesn't get paid for any overtime work' is a less common construction, but still correct. 'She doesn't get paid for any overtime worked' could be considered a contraction of 'She doesn't get paid for any overtime that she has worked'

All the following can be used interchangeably in the original example (and probably others as well).

'She doesn't get paid overtime' (in the sense that they don't pay her for any overtime she does)
'She doesn't get paid overtime' (in the sense that 'paid overtime' is something that isn't in her contract of work, it's 'unpaid overtime')
'She doesn't get paid for overtime'
'She doesn't get any paid overtime'
'She doesn't get paid for any overtime'
'She doesn't get paid for any overtime work'
'She doesn't get paid for any overtime worked'
'She doesn't get paid for any overtime that she works'
'She doesn't get paid for any overtime that she has worked'
'She doesn't get paid for any overtime that she might work'
'She doesn't get paid for any overtime that she might have worked'