Ras Tanura EWF Pp. 132-133

I need to make you aware of a very serious staffing situation that we are facing. For the next two months, we will have a 1 manpower shortage that could have a big impact on our operations.

• major

• grasping

• recent

• simple

We must take steps to ___ this problem now,

• overlook

• create

• deal with

• add to

this problem now, or we will face a ____ crisis.

• past

• main

• typical

• severe

Ordinarily, we ensure that we have enough manpower ____ three or four people to be on call in case they are needed.

• to schedule

• by scheduling

• for schedules

• we schedule

The problem ____ the fact that several of our employees have retired recently.

• looks

• causes

• due to

• stems from

Plus, we have many other employees who are now in their 50s, so it is clear that this will be a _____ problem for the next several years.

• continue

• continued

• continuing

• continues

In addition, over the next two months, several of our employees will be away for two weeks at the mandatory safety training. This will only ____ our staffing problems.

• magnify

• detect

• protect

• prevent

So that we can ___ our manpower shortage in the immediate future, I think we need to reach out to our Human Resources representative.

• pinpoint

• alleviate

• miss

• recognize

He may be able to help us out ___ employees from other departments to work with us temporarily. We need to do something now.

• they assign

• to assign

• by assigning

• so assigning

We need to do something now. ____ a solution now, we can avoid any disruptions in our operations.

• To find

• Find

• For us to find

• By finding