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Business English Vocabulary Practice | Topic: Employment counter offers 1
Choose the best response to complete each sentence:
1. My new job offers more growth __________________________.
a) potency b) patents c) potential
2. I __________________________ decline your offer.
a) with respect b) respectfully c) am respected
3. Everyone should know how to __________________________ ( = deal with) a counteroffer.
a) take out b) handle c) hand out
4. Some people think that it is a ___________________________ to accept a counter offer from your
present employer.
a) bad idea b) bad news c) bad luck
5. An employee who resigns will most likely always be ___________________________ as a security
threat, and as being disloyal.
a) persuaded b) persuasive c) perceived
6. Employees who accept a counteroffer are often the first ones who get
___________________________ (by the company) when times get tough.
a) laid off b) quit c) resigned
7. Many see a counteroffer as a way for a company to buy ___________________________. It stalls
your departure while they look for someone to replace you.
a) time b) loyalty c) work
8. He was really ___________________________, but I still declined.
a) pervasive b) perceived c) persuasive
9. My boss made some ___________________________ ( = agreed to some of my terms), but it
wasn't enough to prevent me from leaving the company.
a) connections b) concessions c) conceptions
10. This offer is ___________________________. = I am tempted to accept this offer.
a) tempting b) tempted c) attempting
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Business English Vocabulary Practice | Topic: Employment counter offers 1
ANSWERS:
1 c 2) b 3) b 4) a 5) c 6) a 7) a 8) c 9) b 10) a