MEETING 13

Exercise 13. Vocabalary. Part I

Look at the sentences, and :hen choose the best option to complete the sentences by crossing
the letter next to your answer choice.
Questions 1-15.
1. The department in charge of the staff at a company is called –
a. impersonal b. personnel c. personality d. pensions
2. Something which should be kept private is –
a. duplicitous b. devious c. confident d. Confidential
3. When you check your work again, this is called –
a. hindsighb. post-vision c. re-sighting d. reviewing
4. Studying something to see how good it is is to.... it.
a. examineb. observe c. speculate d. overview
5. The things and people around you make up your –
a. atmosphere b. ambience c. society d. environment
6. What something is capable of doing is its –
a. pastime b. latency c. potentiald. inability
7. How easy you find it to do something depends on your –
a. aptitudeb. setting c. innovation d. feasibility
8. If you arrive on time, you are –
a. punctual b. punctured c. punctilious d. Perfunctory
9. The way you feel or act toward something depends on your –
a. altitude b. attributes c. attitude d. aliments
10. Whether you feel something is right or wrong depends on your.... sense.
a. mortal b. instinct c. inner d. moral
11. Things the company does for itself are done –
a. in-houseb. exterrallyc. officiallyd. logistically
12. If something has started, it is
a. off way b. under way c. in the way d. all away
13. Something that goes with something else .. it
a. compounds b. complements c. contains d. contrasts
14. A machine for pinning papers together is called a –
a. stapler b. pinball c. clipboard for d. pinwheel
15. Pay for working extra hours is called payfor –
a. in time b. up-time c. overtime d. Timeplus

Exercise 13. Part II

Confusing words.
Look at the text below. You will see some underlined words which are often confused (even
by native English speakers!).
Personnel/Personal Department
Confidential: Report on employe ref, no #3017- Jaskie Wallace.
Jackie has been employed by the company for the last six months. The purpose of this
revision/review is to examine how well she has fitted in to the office/official
environment at Cotto Bros. With the present economic/economical
conditions, it is imporiant that all our staff are working to their full potential.
In terms of character, Jackie has shown keenness, and aptitude/attitudefor her work. She has
always been punctual, and has not yet taken any sick leave. She has a cheerful
attitude/aptitude that has helped to keep up staff moral/morale.
Her work is good, though in accordance with company policy/politics it is important that she
continues with her on-the-job training. Most of this can be done in-house, and her computer
course is already under way.
At her six-monthly interview, I think we should complement/compliment her on her
progress so far. The only area where she needs to improve is in paying attention to what is
happening around her. There was a security/safety scare last week when the firealarms went
off. and she didn't notice!
Exercise 13. Part III
What’s the world in the green boxes? Do this crossword and find out!
Clues
Fill in the crossword clues, and see if you can find the word that is spelled out vertically in
the green boxes.

1.It's easy to put papers together with this, but harder to separate them again!
2.Most office workers do their work at one of these.
3.This person is one of the people who run the company.
4.The department that is responsible for the people in the company.
5.If you need to know when everything happens you need to know this!
6.You buy tea, stamps, and make other small payments from the .. cash.
7.What workers in the company are paid at the end of the month.
8. You get extra money if you work this.
9. What you do on a keyboard.