VOCABULARY

BUSINESS TERMS
I. Match the words (1-6) with their definitions (A-F).

1. Challenging F A. to start to happen or exist

B B. the advancement of someone to a more

2. Promotion
important rank or position
3. Salary E
C. the things you are in charge of in your job
4. Colleague D
D. a person whom you work with

5. Develop A E. a fixed amount of money agreed every

C year as pay for an employee

6. Responsibility
F. difficult, in a way that tests your ability or
determination
II. Underline the stress in each word. Then listen.

1. Challenging 4. Colleague
2. Promotion 5. Develop
3. Salary 6. Responsibility
III. Use the words from exercise one for each set of words
in order to match the collocations.

SALARY CHALLENGING RESPONSIBILITY

Challenging work
___________ responsibility
Collective _____________
salary
Annual _______ Challenging experience
___________ responsibility
Increasing _____________
salary
Decent _______ Challenging role/ task
___________ responsibility
Sense of _____________
challenging
salary
Fixed _______ very/ quite/ a bit ___________
mentally/ physically
Full/ total/ great/ heavy
responsibility
_____________
Salary increase
________ challenging
___________ Accept/ bear/ shoulder/ take on
responsibility
_____________

PROMOTION COLLEAGUE DEVELOP

Candidate for __________
promotion Develop quickly/ rapidly
_________
colleague
Dear _________
Chance/ prospect/ possibility of Develop gradually/ slowly
_________
colleague
Relationship with a _________
promotion
__________ colleague
Experienced _________ Develop understanding/
_________
promotion
Well-deserved __________ skills/ capability/ awareness/
Junior/senior _________
colleague
Gain/ get/ achieve/ earn ability
__________
promotion
IV. Fill in the gaps with the words from exercise one to
complete the text.
Dunder Mifflin is a megacorporation looking for
opportunities to expand. One of their branches, the
Scranton branch, is continuing to ________ develop
in the lake
region. For this reason, Michael Scott, the branch
manager, may feel compelled to take on increasing
responsibilities
___________.
challenging
The task proved to be more ___________ than they
had expected. Although Michael has a good working
colleagues
relationship with his junior ___________, he is always
seen by management as a troublemaker rather than a
promotion for __________. They did, however, give
candidate
salary__________ increase.
him a ten percent
V. Fill in the gaps with the words from exercise one. Then
answer each question.
promotion in the long run?
1. Do you seek __________
develop
2. Are you someone who can __________ skills rapidly?
salary
3. What, in your opinion, is considered a decent __________ in
your country?
4. Have you ever met a reliable and competent __________?
colleague
5. Are you the type of person that can bear heavy
responsibility
____________?
6. What are some jobs that you find not only physically
challenging
demanding but also mentally ___________?