HUMAN RESOURCES

Verbs 1
Look at these dictionary definitions and the sample sentences which follow them, decide what words are
being described and use them to complete the grid at the bottom of the page. To help you, some of the
letters are already in the grid.
If you do this correctly, you will reveal a word in the shaded vertical strip which means ‘to think again
about a decision which has already been made’.
1. To search for and appoint new staff to join a company (We need to _____ staff for our new store.)
general vocabulary
2. To give someone the power to do something (Her new position will _____ her to hire and fire at
will.)
3. To ask an expert for advice (Why don’t you _____ your accountant about your tax?)
4. To refuse to do something or to say that you do not accept something (A lot of staff _____ to
working on Saturdays.)
5. To discuss a problem or issue formally with someone, so as to reach an agreement (Before I accept
the job, I’d like to _____ my contract.)
6. To monitor work carefully to see that it is being done well (I _____ six people in the accounts
department.)
7. To start a new custom or procedure (We plan to _____ a new staff payment scheme.)
8. To pass authority or responsibility to someone else (He thinks he can do everything himself, and
refuses to _____.)
9. To calculate a value (We need to _____ the experience and qualifications of all the candidates.)
10. To examine something generally, usually before making changes (We will _____ your salary after
you have been with us for six months.)
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© Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. For reference see Dictionary of Human Resources and Personnel Management (ISBN 0 7475 6623 2)
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