Water Cooler Gossip - CAE Key Word

It looks (a)   if Jon got the job.

They’ve put James in c (a)   of the accounts department. (made him responsible for)

I was so taken (a)   when I heard. (surprised)

It really (a)   as a surprise to me! (surprised me)

They asked me if I had any objection (a)   him getting the job.

He's going to take (a)   the department starting on Monday. (phrasal verb meaning take control)

We're completely lost, we must have (a)   a wrong turn.

They gave him the job (a)   to the fact that he’s the boss’s son-in-law. (because)

I was (a)   to believe that I was going to get the job. (someone told me)

It never (a)   to me that they would give it to him. ( I never thought)