Team building activities – vocabulary

A. Match the verbs on the left with the words on the right to form verb phrases about team building.

1) work towards a) creative solutions

2) energise b) skills
3) boost c) challenges
4) work together d) a common goal
5) bond e) team morale
6) combine f) team cohesion
7) discover g) a/the team
8) raise h) effectively
9) grapple with i) with team mates
10) come up with j) your strengths and weaknesses

B. Now use some of the verb phrases in Ex. A to complete the sentences below. You may need to modify
the verbs slightly in some cases.

1) If we ____________ our ______________, we should be able to solve this puzzle in no time.

2) In this activity, you are forced to _______________________________________ to the problems in order to get out
of the Escape Room.
3) When a group of people have been working together for a long time, it’s useful to try a team building activity that
________________________.
4) ‘We’re a new team so we’re taking part in a team building activity in order to ________________________.’
5) This team building weekend has been eye-opening. We’ve really __________________________________________
as individuals and this should help us to _________ together more ______________ back in the office.

C. Find the opposite of the adjectives in the list.

responsible tactful communicative loyal efficient tolerant practical decisive imaginative careful
enthusiastic sensitive reliable honest thoughtful sincere sympathetic patient

dis- un- im- in- ir- -less