IV Vocabulary development: verbs and prepositions

Some verbs are always followed by the same preposition. Look at the examples from the text.

In the beginning, it concentrated on making carbon-filament lamps,

(when a preposition is followed by a verb it always takes the "ing" form)

These policies are implemented by the Group Management Committee, which consists of the members of the Board of Management.

Fill in the gaps with the prepositions.

1. apply to somebody for something

2. benefit ______

3. approve _____

4. result ______

5. believe _____

6. refer ______

7. succeed _____

8. belong _____

9. depend _____

10. report _____ somebody _____ something

Complete the sentences using verbs and prepositions from Ex1 in the correct form.

1. In the purchasing department there is a manager, and five employees who ________________________ her.

2. In this company, we firmly ______________________ the value of creativity and innovation.

3. The development of computer technology has _________________ enormous changes in the way that people work.

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4. Whether or not we succeed in creating and selling new products __________________ a number of factors.

5. Most of our staff _______________________ at least one of the company's sports or leisure clubs.

6. The Personnel Manager thinks that we would all ______________________ further training in how to use the office software.

Write three more sentences, using the verb and preposition combinations above.

What other verb and prepositions combinations do you know?

V Career ladder

1. Match phrases with their definitions.

- get the sack, get fired, get dismissed - get a higher position at work

- get promoted (get a promotion) - be told to leave

- be made redundant - get a lower position at work

- get demoted - be no longer in employment, because

there's no more work

2. In pares discuss the reasons why people get promoted, demoted, dismissed.

3. Complete the passage opposite about Mr. Pat Guerin, Industrial relations Manager of Guinness Ireland. Use these expressions.

a. this job involved… e the next position I held was…

b. I reported directly to… f. I was then promoted to…

c. I was employed as… g. in this role…

d. I worked… h. I've worked…

When I first started working in Guinness 1 ________________ a general worker. For three years 2 ______________ in the bottling plant as a machine operator. 3___________ for a period of seven years in the engineering department as a maintenance assistant.

This involved working with technically skilled personnel in maintaining plant and equipment. In both jobs 4 ______________ a supervisor.

Since then, however, the structure of the company has significantly changed and the supervisor layer no longer exists. General workers now report to a plant manager. 5 _______________ the position of laboratory officer in the quality assurance laboratory.

6 _______________ carrying out a wide range of analyses on all aspects of the brewing process. For the past year 7 ______________ in the personnel department

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as an industrial Relations Manager. 8 ______________ I report directly to Personnel Manager of the company.

5. Make up a story of someone going through career ladder. Don't forget to mention reasons for career movements.