Business Past Continuous accusations and personality vocabulary
Make one of the accusations below to your partner, see if they can think of a good reason/ innocent reason/ reasonable justification, then take turns doing the same.
When I saw you…
…you were downloading file sharing software onto your work computer.
…you were putting a sheaf of blank printer paper into your bag.
…you were reading a social networking site during work time.
…you were wearing shorts and a vest in a business meeting.
…you were sunbathing on a beach after you had phoned in sick.
…you were putting printer ink into your boss’s coffee.
…you were playing brain training games on your Nintendo at your desk.
…you were standing by the water cooler gossiping with all the people who went past.
…you were using the boardroom to plan a weekend trip with some of your colleagues.
…you were editing Wikipedia during work time.
…you were walking round outside instead of sitting at your desk.
…you were studying at your desk instead of working.
…you were collecting money off your colleagues.
…you were backpacking during your time off for training and personal development.
What would you really do if you saw a colleague or subordinate doing the things above?
Would you do any of these things?
- Shout at someone to stop what they are doing
- Find out the truth but then keep it to yourself
- Decide what to do and do it without asking anyone else
- Keep on thinking about what to do but never come to a decision
- Tell them exactly what you think about what they are doing
- Keep on asking until you are sure that you have got the truth
- Bring up the topic of what they were doing later, but in a conversation that is totally unrelated to them
- Confront them even though they are your boss and they are likely to get angry
- Make a joke of it
- Report them so that you are more likely to be promoted than them
What personality words could you use to describe people who did the things above?
————————–fold, cover or cut——————–
Match these personality words to the descriptions above:
Aggressive/ Loud Ambitious/ Competitive Brave/ Courageous
Decisive/ Proactive Determined/ Stubborn Direct/ Honest
Discreet/ Secretive Funny/ Amusing/ Witty Indecisive
Subtle/ Indirect
How much do you think the words above refer to you? Can you give examples?
——————————————
PDF for easy saving and printing:
Related pages
