Business Workplace Collocations BE - Exercise Worksheet

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Workplace Collocations

Article excerpt · target grammar marked

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 Reference · Workplace Collocations

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.

Fixed expression:

Training costs must be factored in when calculating total recruitment spend. — passive construction preferred in formal writing.

Common error: raise

Raise the bar ✓ / Rise the bar ✗ — raise takes an object; rise does not. Same rule applies to raise/rise salaries.

01Exercise 1 — Form · Write the Correct Form

Workplace Collocations

1.The company needs to and ... skilled department supervisors to reduce turnover.

2.All training costs should be when calculating the true price of recruitment.

3.Fresh has built a strong for graduates who want to move into buying or logistics.

4.Technology is raising the for analytical skills across the entire shop floor.

5.The new contract will weekly hours in line with the Organisation of Working Time Act.

6.Employers must rosters at least 72 hours before the start of the working week.

02Exercise 2 — Transform

rewrite with the new structure

1.The store pays workers more than the legal minimum.

2.They did not include training time in the cost calculation.

3.The new technology makes routine tasks less common.

4.Fresh gives its employees a discount and lets them choose flexible hours.

03Exercise 3 — About You

in your notebook

Personalise: complete five sentences about yourself using the target grammar.

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