Real Life English Quiz

Jane: I don’t think you two have met. Billy, this is my friend, Kate. Kate, this is Billy.
Kate: How’s it going, Billy. Where are you from?
Billy: _______, Kate. I’m from Dallas. (a regional form of hello, common in Texas and other nearby US states)

Our orientation program helps new _____ to learn our policies and procedures more quickly. (people who have been added to the workforce)

If our recruiting efforts continue to focus only on local talent, we will be ___________. (trying to find a valuable resource by searching in a small area with limited resources)

I don’t know about _______, but I’m all for the idea of allowing remote working. (a contraction of “you all”, commonly used in the southern region of the US)

It’s important for team leaders to help each team member to understand _______ of what they’re trying to achieve. (the reason)

If we expand our recruiting efforts to include remote talent, we will be ___________. (expanding our search to include a much larger source of resources)

Thieves are often caught because they _________. (create a series of clues that remain for other people to discover later and which reveal what happened)

Are we all here? Great, let’s get started. As you may recall, we didn’t finish our discussion of the pros and cons in regards to remote working. Let’s __________. John, I think you were going to present some data. (resume or start something again from the last point where we previously stopped)

Before we start, I’d just like to make sure we’re all _________. (thinking in the same manner, having the same general outlook or position)

I just started working remotely, and my employer gave me $1,000 to ________ home office furniture. (use an amount of money to pay part of the cost of something)