Choose one of the people below who have spoken to you (including through technology) and report what they have said to you until your partner guesses who you are talking about. Each reporting verb can only be used once.
| Useful verbs: suggest, recommend, propose, tell, ask, mention, apologise, thank, offer, inform, announce, agree, predict, guarantee, promise, reassure, emphasize, stress, insist, remind, order, deny, encourage, introduce, admit |
(Foreign) colleague (= Workmate)
Fellow graduate/ Fellow alumni/ Ex-classmate
Client/ Customer
Supplier
Competitor
Presenter
(Door to door) salesman (= Sales executive)/ Telesales
Help desk staff/ Call centre staff
Recorded message/ Automatic switchboard
Line manager (= Direct boss)/ Team leader
Chairman/ President/ CEO/ Managing Director
Executive (= Director = Top manager)
Middle manager
HR manager (= Personnel manager)
Accountant/ Accounts clerk
Factory worker/ Factory supervisor
Secretary/ PA
Solicitor/ Barrister/ Attorney/ Lawyer
Cleaner
Receptionist
Security guard
Shop assistant/ Cashier
Air hostess (= air stewardess, flight attendant or cabin crew)
Businessman/ Entrepreneur
Consultant
Auditor
Office worker/ Clerk
Door man/ Concierge
Handyman/ Janitor (= Caretaker)
Trader
Banker/ Bank clerk
Politician
Civil servant (= Public servant)
Teacher/ (Corporate) trainer
Lecturer/ Professor
Researcher/ Lab assistant
Technician/ Repair man/ Service engineer/ Mechanic
Estate agent (= Real estate agent)
Translator/ Interpreter
Editor/ Sub-editor
Cycle courier/ Motorcycle courier/ Delivery man/ Postman (= Mailman)
Travel agent
What’s the difference between the following words and expressions?
Manager and executive/ top manager/ director
Office worker and businessman
Secretary and PA
Lecturer and professor
Bank clerk, bank employee and banker
Staff and employees
Sales executive and executive
Personal and personnel
Part-time and temporary/ casual
Freshman and new recruit
What is wrong with the following expressions?
Guardman
Casher
Submanager
You can’t really translate these Japanese jobs words into English. How could you explain them?
kacho
kakaricho
bucho
tarento
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