Workplace Collocations — Behind the Checkout: Retail Work in Ireland
Grammar: Collocations and fixed expressions in professional workplace contexts
Free ESL grammar exercise on workplace collocations themed around behind the checkout: retail work in ireland. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Business English ESL grammar exercise on business, practising collocations and fixed expressions in professional workplace contexts. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
Pay structures in Irish retail reflect both seniority and legal minimums. Premium retailers like Fresh typically pay above this floor to attract and retain experienced staff.
Grammar
- Verb + noun
- Retailers attract and retain staff by paying above the minimum wage. — pair these verbs; they travel together in HR contexts.
- Noun + noun compound
- A strong career pathway is more valuable than a staff discount. — no hyphen, no apostrophe; first noun modifies second.
Sample items
- The company needs to ______ and... skilled department supervisors to reduce turnover.
- All training costs should be ______ when calculating the true price of recruitment.
- Fresh has built a strong ______ for graduates who want to move into buying or logistics.
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