Practical Grammar and Vocabulary in the Workplace. Пособие по бизнес-английскому

Do you…

a) blame the team?

b) blade outside circumstances which are beyond your control?

c) take the blame yourself?

d) tell her it’s her fault for not giving you the necessary resources?

10.One of your staff tells you he doesn’t find his job sufficiently challenging. Do you…

a) offer him more responsibility and empowerment inВ his currentВ job?

b) promote him toВ aВ position ofВ greater responsibility?

c) tell him it’s time he was moving on?

d) tell him he should be happy he’s got a job at all?

As soon as you have finished doing the test, you can check the answers with explanations inВ theВ keys

Vocabulary exercises

1.

Put aВ missing word inВ aВ gap

1. Behave like a mature man and don’t… outside circumstances

2. I can’t stand visiting such offices because of their… tape

3. Guess what! He …me with a dismissal!

4. We need to consolidate our efforts in this cut-throat ….

5. We regret to tell you that your work is not… to scratch

6.

I suggested sharing responsibilities on this project to …. deadlines

7. If I were you I wouldn’t… all the kudos for this teamwork

8. No sooner had they received a meagre pay rise than their… was increased drastically

9. He is said to have been …. redundant during the lockdown

10. let’s admit that you are a weak… in our team

11. Were I you, I would never turn a… eye to such rude manners.

12.

During that endless lockdown quite a few workers were laid….

13. You are always wandering off the… whenever I want to talk to you about our budget.

14. The regime became too… and was overthrown by a military coup.

15. You should …. tasks among members of the group.

2. Choose the correct option

1. She persuaded us to ….. things by the book

a) make b) get c) do d) perform

2. I refused to participate in this cut-….competition

a) neck b) throat c) stomach d) tongue

3.

Do you have any right to threaten us… dismissal?

a) byВ b) ofВ c) for d)В with

4. Only with your help have I been able to do it …. to scratch

a) up toВ b) up c) till d)В with

5. I can’t stand my boss …. outside circumstances

a) accusing b) reprimanding c) blaming d) killing

6. You can be… if you fail to match the requirements

a) made redundant b) fired c) promoted d) motivated

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