Talking about your job prepositions practice games

Talking about your job and company first class prepositions practice game
business grammar/ prepositions/ describing your company and job

Student A

Choose one of the prepositions below and choose the most difficult one for the other team to guess. Read out examples with that preposition missing until they guess which word is missing from all of them, then take turns doing the same. You can only guess once per hint. If you have used all of the examples before your partner guesses correctly, make up similar sentences with the same preposition missing.

In

• Our HQ is __________ the city centre.
• Our factory is _________ the suburbs.
• I have lots of meetings __________ the morning.
• I hope I will be promoted ____________ two or three years.
• I’m ___________ charge of the sales team.

For

• I work ________________ a food wholesaler
• I work ________________ Microsoft.
• I work _________ about 11 hours a day.
• I have been working here ____________ 15 years.
• I’m responsible ________ finding new markets or products for the company.

From

• Our HQ is about 25 kms ___________ the airport.
• We import meat products _____________ China

At

• I meet my clients _____________ their offices
• I’m rarely ______ my desk.

As

• I work ________________ a sales rep

By

• We deliver our products ____________ ship and air freight.

Student B

Choose one of the prepositions below and choose the most difficult one for the other team to guess. Read out examples with that preposition missing until they guess which word is missing from all of them, then take turns doing the same. You can only guess once per hint. If you have used all of the examples before your partner guesses correctly, make up similar sentences with the same preposition missing.

On

• I am working ______________ a project to produce a new product for next year.
• I work ________________ the 23rd floor
• I work __________ my computer for most of the working day.
• I hardly ever work _________________ Sundays
• I often speak to clients ___________ the phone.

In

• We work ___________ the fashion business.
• I work ___________________ Tokyo
• I work ________________ a large, comfortable office
• Our head office is ________________ Norway.

With

• I work _____________ people from the HR and R&D departments
• I have a good relationship _____________ my boss
• I have to negotiate _____________ suppliers.

Of

• We are the biggest manufacturer of sausages ________ the world.
• I manage a team ______________ 5 people.

To

• We export farm produce ________________ South East Asia and the Pacific Region.
• I report _______ the Head of Sales.

Between

• I work __________________ 10 and 12 hours a day.

Than

• We have more ___________ 20,000 employees.

Match the answers on the Student A and Student B sheets to the questions below. More than one answer might be possible each time and not all of the answers match with questions.

What’s your job? / What do you do?

What are you working on at the moment?

Where do you work?

What is your workplace like?/ What kind of place do you work in?

What does your company do?

Who do you work for?

What kind of company do you work for?

Where is your head office?

What is your usual weekly schedule?

What are your main duties/ responsibilities?

How long have you been working for your company?

What are your career plans?/ What are your ambitions?/ How do you see your career developing?

Who is your boss/ direct boss/ line manager?

Ask and answer the questions above in pairs

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