TOEIC Beginner Reviewer Basics (Vocabulary and Grammar) (TOEIC )

Main Topic 2: Business Interactions

Lesson 14: Task Delegation (20-25 minutes)

Today, you will:

1. Learn useful vocabulary related to TASK DELEGATION.
2. Review subject-verb agreement rules (part 5).

I.

VOCABULARY

Exercise 1: Whats the meaning? (5-6 minutes)

A. Choose the meaning of the underlined words from the choices that follow.
1. It is necessary to give clear instructions when delegating tasks.
a. advisable
b. important
c. preferable
d. suggested
2. Somebody should cover those tasks while the boss is away.
a. deal with
b. discuss with
c. present
d. report
3. I am putting you in charge of the operation.
a. as a member
b. at the bottom
c. at the head
d. as a consultant

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4. Please inform me of your progress through written reports.

a. assign
b. allow
c. update
d. question
5. A good manager knows how to delegate tasks to his staff.
a. clients
b. customers
c. employees
d. superiors
B. Sentence-Making Practice (3-4 minutes)
Practice using the words youve learned in your own sentences.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Necessary
Cover
In charge
Inform
Staff

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Exercise 2: Whats the word? (4-5 minutes)

Read the following dialog with your tutor and try to use context clues to fill in the blanks with
the most appropriate word. You can find the missing word from the pool of words at the
bottom.
Annie will be taking a leave from work. She is talking to Wilma, the project manager.
Wilma: Good morning Annie. I got the email of the tasks that we need to do while youre on
leave. How long will you be away again?
Annie: Good morning Maam. I will be on leave for two months. I have already informed my
colleagues here.
Wilma: Thats good. I checked with the junior officers, and I found that the marketing team has
the least work to do. I have decided to delegate your tasks to the marketing team. Donna will
____ the tasks to her staff.
Annie: That certainly gives me less reason to worry. What can I do so that taking care of my
work will be easier for Donnas team?
Wilma: Thats what I was about to tell you. Please put together all your files and prepare a
detailed report containing the ____ of all your tasks. It is necessary to inform Donna which ones
are completed and which ones are not.
Annie: Ill work on that immediately.
Wilma: Thank you. We can be confident that everything will be finished ____. Now you have
nothing to worry about.

Choices:
a. on time

b. status

c. give out

d. workload

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II.

GRAMMAR REVIEW:
Topic: Subject-Verb Agreement Rules Part 5 (5-6 minutes)

General Description:
Here are rules pertaining to subject-verb agreement:

When a gerund is used as the subject of a sentence, it takes a singular verb. But when
the subject of a sentence are two or more gerunds are linked by the word and, the
gerunds take a plural verb.
Example: Restaurant-dining is expensive. Grocery-shopping and cooking are
more practical options.

Collective nouns usually take a singular verb.

Example: The senate is considering an investigation regarding the case. The
media is allowed to report the investigation as it unfolds.

Titles are treated as singular nouns and therefore take singular verbs.
Example: Memoirs of a Geisha is a book which was later adapted to a
screenplay.

Remember:
ONLY the subject of the sentence affects the verb.
Examples:
Gerunds used as subjects of sentences:
Delegating tasks is useful. Communicating constantly and keeping records of tasks
ensure effective delegation.
Collective nouns used with singular verbs:
The team was asked to receive the tasks delegated to them.
Titles used with singular verbs:
Principles of Accounting is the reference material for this class.

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Comprehension Check:
What verb would you use with the following nouns?
Class of students (study/studies)
Lawyers (defend/defends)
Managers (delegate/delegates)

Exercise 1: Incomplete Sentences (3-4 minutes)

Choose the word or phrase that would best complete the following sentences.
1. Delegating and motivating ______ strategies of good managers
a. is
b. are
c. was
d. were
2. Annie _____ supposed to give reports on the status of all her tasks.
a. will
b. should
c. is
d. were
3. Donnas team ____ for Annie while shes away.
a. inform
b. informs
c. cover
d. covers

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