Below you will read three different discussions between colleagues who work together in an office. Fill in the gaps and answer the questions.

A He is terrible at making decisions.

B I know, he’s so (1) indecisive, he will never make a good manager.

C Who is (1)____________ ?

B Oh, I didn’t see you there. We were just talking about Dave Saunders.

(2) In C’s question above, is the wh-word the subject or the object?

A Mr. Simpson can be so (3)__________ sometimes. He just doesn’t seem to be aware of

other people’s feelings.

B I know. I was at the photocopier the other day and he told Natasha from the office that her

sweater was far too small for her.

A You’re joking! Oh my word! (4) __________ you think he has a sensitive bone in his body?

C (5) ____________ you seen his jumpers? They aren’t exactly top Paris fashion, are they?

(6) What tense is C’s question – present simple, resent continuous, past simple or present perfect?

A Have you seen Carla yet this morning?

B She (7) ____________(talk) to Elaine Bryson in the Director’s office.

A Really? Why?

B Well, she (8) ____________ (arrive) ten minutes late every single day so I expect she

(9) _________ (get) a warning.

A (10) _________ there a reason why she (11) ___________ (be) always late?

B I don’t know but she’s so (12) _____________ once she gets here that she doesn’t deserve

to get into any trouble.

A I know. She does work extremely hard. It never used to be like this. Management

(13) _________ (watch) us so carefully now, we don’t seem to have any freedom.

B When (14) ___________ you last have a good talk to her?

A Not for a while now.

(15) In B’s final question, is the wh-word the subject or the object?

Unit 1 “Personality”

Part 4

Scenario: Personality clash

1 Read the situation. Can you think of any problems the new assistant might have working for two bosses? What other problems could there be?

Situation

Pacific Television, a US company, has a small office in Vancouver which sells the company’s television and radio programmes to Canadian broadcasting stations. The office staff consists of Ben Jackson (television), Sylvia Webb(radio) and two secretaries Donna and Susan. The office needs to hire a new assistant who will work for both Ben and Sylvia.

2 (Track 1.5) Listen to Ben and Sylvia. What is the problem? Did you think of it in Exercise 1?

3 Listen again and note the good and bad points about Ben and Sylvia’s personalities. Compare your answers with a partner.

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