What does managerial mean?
Word: Managerial
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Managerial means to do with running a business, a department or a team.
How do you spell managerial?
Syllables: man - a - ge - ri - al
Tricky part: The stress jumps forward in this longer word and the a before it fades, so students write manegerial.
Watch out for: manegerial, manajerial, mannagerial
Memory tip: Start from the person: manager never changes, so its second a stays put in the longer word.
Managerial in a sentence
Example 1: After ten years in the hotel, Deepa moved into a managerial job.
Example 2: The new captain showed real managerial talent when she planned the team's tour.
Example 3: Good managerial decisions kept the small bakery busy all winter.
Fun Fact
Manager goes back to an Italian verb for handling and training horses, long before anyone worked in an office.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
manager____
a) ial
b) iel
c) eal
d) al
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a) ial. The same ending closes editorial and ministerial.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
gailmaeran
a) material
b) marginal
c) ministerial
d) managerial
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d) managerial. Count ten letters with a g and no s: only one option fits.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
managgerial
a) r
b) g
c) n
d) a
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b) g. A single g gives the soft sound here, as it does in manage.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) executive
b) secretarial
c) entreprenuer
d) managerial
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c) entreprenuer. An entrepreneur finishes with eur, a French ending.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which task is most clearly managerial?
a) planning the staff timetable
b) driving the delivery van
c) sweeping the store room
d) packing boxes on the shop floor
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a) planning the staff timetable
2. Someone praised for managerial skill is good at ____.
a) repairing machines and engines
b) cooking meals for large groups
c) organising people and their work
d) writing songs and short poems
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c) organising people and their work
