Collocations and Phrasal Verbs
Grammar
Questions
other expressions and prepositions
Miscellaneous
100

match:

1.measurable
2. statutory
3. continuous

a.requirements
b.improvement
c. objectives

measurable objectives

statutory requirements

continuous improvement

100

make passives:

External auditors come to our company to do our quality checks.

We are dealing with this matter at the moment.

The HR manager has just found the customer portfolio you have been looking for

Our quality checks are done by external auditors.


The matter is being dealt at the moment.

The customer portfolio you have been looking for has just been found.

100

Think of at least 3 different personalities/characters in your team you might have to deal with as a manager?

a bully

a team player

a maverick

a workaholick


100

get_well_

burn_

settle_

get on well with

burn out

settle in

100

explain:

planned/built-in obsolescence

planning or designing a product with an artificially limited useful life

200

which expressions you would use:

Our new manager does not.........with anyone. It's important to have a good relationship with your colleagues.

Once I have......I'll understand, feel comfortable and happy here.

get on with


settle in (settled in)

200
make it correct:

The car serviced last month?
Is the car going to serviced  next year?
The car should be serviced last month.

Was the car serviced last month?
Is the car going to be serviced next year?
The car should have been serviced last month.

200

What does:

pass the bug

pull your weight 

mean?

to blame someone or make them responsible for a problem that you should deal with


to do your fair share of work that a group of people is doing together

200

pull____

let___
take _ granted

together
down

for

200

explain:

in the eye of the beholder


a matter of personal opinion

300

think of expressions for:

working with the budget you have, understanding where your money is going and creating financial stability you must ____to your budget.

stick to your budget

300

finish:

I regret what happened. I (should do) things differently. Things (might be) different if I (be) so stupid


I should've done

might have been

hadn't been 

300

Think of people involved in a project?

Name at least 3 we have identified

Sponsor

project manager

Project team member:

End user

Key stakeholders

300

those expressions have been mixed up:

struggle an end in itself
take TQM quality scheme
adopt  something for granted
become to keep up


struggle to keep up
take something for granted
adopt TQM quality scheme
become an end in itself

300

explain:

fit for purpose


Something that is fit for purpose does what it is meant to do

400

think of the collocations:

-compulsory rules imposed by the government

-a flaw in a product cased by a poor design


statutory requirements

design fault

400

match:

1c

2b

3a

400

Can you think of at least 4  stakeholders with different ideas of quality we have identified?


end user
quality auditor
process and design engineer
Marketing manager

400

what are the nouns of these expressions:

specify

tolerate

rely


specification

tolerance

reliability

400

explain:

take the blame

take the blame for something, you say that you did it or that it is your faul

500

meet/reach/set

..the deadline

...our targets

....the next milestone

meet the deadline

set our targets

reach the next milestone


500

situation:

1. He didn't get the job. He couldn't buy a bigger flat.
If.....

2. You didn't say you were sorry. She left.
If...

 If he'd got the job, he could've bought a bigger flat.


If you had said sorry, she wouldn't have left.

500

What are the 4 stages of team development we have discussed?

A:Forming

B:Storming

C:Norming

D:Performing

500

define:
shoddy
flawed
flimsy

badly made or done

not perfect, or containing mistakes

badly made and weak, and therefore easily broken or destroyed



500

explain:

to go in circles

do something for a long time without achieving anything

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