Workplace conflicts

'Be on top of your game' means that

• you're extremely annoyed.

• you're performing extremely well in a sport or job.

• you're behaving in a way that is not socially acceptable.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

There's a ........ line between love and hatred.

• thin

• cross

• fine

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

You can disagree with her, but calling her a liar was ...... of line.

• below

• out

• off

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

If you want to get ahead, you'd better learn to ......

• raise your game.

• toe the line.

• cross the line.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The row could ....... into full-blown conflict.

• escalate

• clash

• micromanage

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

I wouldn't ..... the blame for the lay-offs on our manager.

• throw

• place

• pin

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which word does the verb raise NOT collocate with?

• issue

• conflict

• money

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

A person who hates somebody or something very much is a .......

• loafer.

• loather.

• lather.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The suspect created an ........ scheme by which he tricked elderly people out of their savings.

• incidious

• insidius

• insidious

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Whenever Tom didn't get his own way, he would ....... a tantrum.

• throw

• raise

• make

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4