Vocabulary building Staff

In BrE staff can be singular or plural:

• (singular) a staff of ten (= a group of ten people);

• (plural) I have ten staff working for me.

If it is the subject of a verb, this verb is plural: The staff in this shop are very helpful.

In AmE staff can only be singular: a staff of ten (but not ten staff): The staff of this store is very helpful.

The plural form staffs is less frequent but is used in both BrE and AmE to refer to more than group of people: Companies have increased their sales staffs.

1. administrative [əd`mınıstrətıv] / [əd`mınəstreıtıv]

2. anachronism [ə`nækrəֽnızəm]

3. analysis [ə`næləsıs]

4. appraisal [ə`preız^əl]

5. compete [kəm`pi:t]

6. consensus [kən`sen^tsəs]

7. considered [kən`sıdəd] / [kən`sıd^ərd]

8. debate [dı`beıt]

9. deprecate [`deprəkeıt]

10. derive [dı`raıv]

11. emphasize [`em^pfəsaız]

12. employee [ım`plOıi:] / [ֽemplOı`i:]

13. ensure [ın`∫O:] / [ın`∫u^ər]

14. expansion [ık`spæn^t∫^ən]

15. experience [ık`spıəriən<sup>t</sup>s] / [ık`spıriən^ts]

16. extremely [ık`stri:mli]

17. financial [faı`næn^t∫^əl]

18. freelance [`fri:lα:n<sup>t</sup>s] / [`fri:læn^ts]

19. function [`fAŋk∫ən]

20. increasing [ın`kri:sıŋ]

21. industrial [ın`dAstriəl]

22. legal [`li:g^əl]

23. lives [laıvz]

24. major [`meıGə] / [`meıG^ər]

25. maximize [`mæksımaız]

26. minimize [`mınımaız]

27. mirror [`mırə] / [`mır^ər]

28. objective [əb`Gəktıv]

29. performance [pə`fO:mən<sup>t</sup>s] / [p<sup>ə</sup>r`fO:rmən^ts]

30. personnel [ֽpə:sə`nel]

31. recruitment [rı`kru:tmənt]

32. resource [rı`zO:s] 50% / [rı`sO:s] 45% / [`rısO:rs] 5%

33. social [`səu∫<sup>ə</sup>l] / [`sou∫^əl]

34. usage [`ju:sıG]

35. useless [`ju:sləs]

36. versus [`və:səs]

37. view [vju:]

38. within [wıð`ın]