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Who question – title, department related vocabs

As business-related information is frequently presented on the TOEIC test,


memorizing various positions and department names in the workplace
helps solve part 2 ‘who’ questions.
 
president vice president

board members management

head of department supervisor

accounting department finance department

human resources marketing team

customer service team maintenance

When Questions – specific time representation & time/sequence


relationship representation
The vocabularies that often appear in relation to the ‘when’ questions can
be divided into specific time expressions and time/sequence relationships.
 
<Specific Time Representation>
at noon an hour ago

last year early next week

by the end of the month no later than May 1

 
<Time/Post Relationship Representation>
recently soon

after/before sometime next week

as soon as possible  

Where Questions – place, location related vocabs


‘Where’ questions can be answered with expressions related to places and
locations.
over there around here

on one’s desk across the street

on the opposite side of  

 
Why Question – reason, purpose related vocabs
‘Why’ questions can be answered with reason, purpose, etc. The following
are related vocabularies.
to discuss to meet with

for advice because of a traffic jam

due to heavy rain  

 
How Questions – method, frequency, period related vocabs
‘How’ questions can be divided largely into questions that ask how, how
often, and for how long.
<Method>
by e-mail in person

by cash/credit card  

 
<Frequency>
every morning once a month

biannually/annually  

 
<Duration>
for about an hour over weeks

 
Offer – offer acceptance expressions vs offer rejection expressions
Proposals such as “Why don’t we buy tickets in advance?” may have an
answer that accepts or rejects them. If you know what expressions accept
and reject an offer, you can predict the answer by listening to the problem.
<Acceptances>
Sure. That sounds good.

If it’s not too ~.  

 
<Rejections>
No, thanks. I’m sorry, but
I’m afraid I can’t.  

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