C Word search

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 558.

B Collocations

A Words with similar or related meanings

Vocabulary tasks

1. The article mentions the “gulf” (line 2) which separates managerial behaviour in German and British companies.

a. Does the word “gulf” suggest a big or small difference?

b. Find two other words in the first two paragraphs of the article similar in meaning to “gulf”.

2. The study is mainly concerned with middle managers. What words can be used to describe managers at levels above and below middle management. One example is in the text.

3. The article mentions that thirteen British managers “had held their current job for less than two years” (line 28).

a. What word could replace “current”?

b. Think of two other words with the same meaning as “job”. One is in the article.

4. Many of the British managers had also moved between unrelated “departments” or “functional areas”. Two examples are given in the text (line 30). Can you think of at least four other “functional areas” in a typical company?

1. Find at least three adjective-noun collocations in the text which create a negative impression (e.g. severe problems).

2. Match these verbs and nouns as they occur together in the text.

Find a word or phrase from the text that has a similar meaning

1. work closely with another company (para 1)

…collaborate…

2. skill of being a manager (para 2)

m………………… e…………………

3. sequence of jobs you take during your working life (para 2)

c………………… p…………………

4. structure of an organisation with its different levels (para 3)

o………………… h…………………

5. companies that you are working closely with (para 4)

p………………… c…………………

6. problems which are not complex or difficult (para 4)

r………………… p…………………

7. position of being a manager (para 4)

m………………… r…………………