Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one.
1In the workshop, all visitors ............... wear safety glasses.
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Use "must" because the manager is giving an important workplace rule, not saying the task is optional.
2Marta is ............... checking the delivery forms before lunch.
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Use "responsible for" before a task or duty, such as checking the delivery forms.
3For security reasons, you ............... share your password with another employee.
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Use "mustn't" because sharing a password is not allowed at work.
4Every Friday afternoon, two assistants ............... the weekly stock check.
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Use "do" with routine tasks such as doing a stock check.
5On Monday mornings, Ravi is ............... the reception desk.
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Use "in charge of" to say who manages or controls the reception desk.
6If the project is too big, the team leader can ............... part of the task to a junior designer.
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Use "delegate" because a supervisor gives part of the work to another person.
7All team members ............... send a short progress report by 5 p.m. every day.
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Use "are required to" because the sentence says the report is due by 5 p.m., so it is a duty.
8When a customer receives the wrong invoice, the accounts clerk should take ............... for the error.
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Use "responsibility" in the expression take responsibility for a mistake or problem.
9Please ............... your timesheet before you leave on Monday.
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Use "submit" because you send or hand in a timesheet.
10During the night shift, the warehouse staff ............... the operations manager.
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Use "report to" to say who your manager or supervisor is.
11Before using the new machine, employees ............... complete the safety training.
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Use "need to" because completing training before using the machine is a necessary responsibility.
12Your ............... description explains your main duties and who you should contact for help.
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Use "job" in the fixed workplace term job description, which lists a worker's duties.
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Answers
- In the workshop, all visitors must wear safety glasses.
- Marta is responsible for checking the delivery forms before lunch.
- For security reasons, you mustn’t share your password with another employee.
- Every Friday afternoon, two assistants do the weekly stock check.
- On Monday mornings, Ravi is in charge of the reception desk.
- If the project is too big, the team leader can delegate part of the task to a junior designer.
- All team members are required to send a short progress report by 5 p.m. every day.
- When a customer receives the wrong invoice, the accounts clerk should take responsibility for the error.
- Please submit your timesheet before you leave on Monday.
- During the night shift, the warehouse staff report to the operations manager.
- Before using the new machine, employees need to complete the safety training.
- Your job description explains your main duties and who you should contact for help.