Training: developing practical skills
Training can prepare people for work or activities; see how to talk about instruction, participants and sessions.
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Goal: something to achieve
Use goal and goals to describe an intended result and actions such as setting or reaching it.
Read and practiseEquipment: tools for a purpose
A workshop, clinic or campsite may need equipment; see how to talk about the items together and count individual pieces.
Read and practiseResearch: investigating a question
Research can mean a careful investigation or the work involved, and the noun normally has no plural.
Read and practiseFloor: surface or building level
Distinguish floor as a surface from a building level, including regional floor numbering.
Read and practiseAssignment: meaning and usage
Assignment: Explore a specific piece of work to complete through original examples, common combinations and practice in context.
Read and practiseProject: meaning and usage
Project: Explore planned work with an intended result through original examples, common combinations and practice in context.
Read and practiseBanana: fruit, bunch and peel
Learn banana for whole fruit or an ingredient and use bunch and peel to describe it in context.
Read and practiseTeam: meaning and usage
Team: Explore a group working together through original examples, common combinations and practice in context.
Read and practiseRole: meaning and usage
Role: Explore a person’s function in a group through original examples, common combinations and practice in context.
Read and practiseResponsibility: duties and accountability
Duties can be shared, and mistakes can be acknowledged. Discuss who is responsible for a task or an action.
Read and practiseContracts and signing terms
A formal agreement can set payment dates and conditions; explore how to discuss and sign a contract in English.
Read and practiseBudgets and spending limits
A spending plan helps a team decide how much it can spend and whether a project stays within its budget.
Read and practiseExpenses and reimbursement claims
A bus fare or hotel bill can be an expense; practise discussing costs and claiming work expenses for repayment.
Read and practiseIncome and its sources
Money received from work, rent or other sources can be discussed as income. Explore the word in context and practise common combinations.
Read and practiseProfit after costs
A business can earn more than it spends. Explore how to describe profit, selling at a profit and changes in profits.
Read and practiseDebt and repayment
Money borrowed must eventually be repaid. Practise discussing debts, getting into debt and paying them off in English.
Read and practiseSavings for future needs
Money set aside can fund a goal or cover an emergency. Practise talking about savings and how people use them.
Read and practiseAssumption: an idea taken as true
An assumption is an idea accepted without proof; question assumptions about people and test the ideas behind a plan.
Read and practiseEvidence: support for a claim
Use evidence as an uncountable noun, count pieces of evidence and distinguish support from proof.
Read and practiseHypothesis: a testable explanation
A hypothesis offers a possible explanation that evidence can test; its plural has a different spelling.
Read and practiseTheory: explaining how things work
A theory brings ideas together to explain a subject; evidence can support it or lead people to reconsider it.
Read and practisePrinciple: a guiding rule or belief
A principle can guide a decision or explain how something works; its spelling differs from principal.
Read and practiseCriterion: a standard for judging
Selection standards help people compare options; learn the singular and plural forms used to name them.
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