Practice the key verb+noun collocations used when giving feedback, receiving criticism, and building a healthy feedback culture on engineering teams in English.
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Fill in: 'Good managers know how to ___ constructive feedback without damaging motivation.'
We 'give constructive feedback' — 'give' is the most natural, idiomatic collocation in everyday professional speech. 'Provide' is formal; 'deliver' sounds clinical; 'offer feedback' implies it may be declined, making it less authoritative.
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Fill in: 'It is important to be able to ___ criticism gracefully and turn it into improvement.'
We 'receive criticism' — 'receive criticism' is the professional collocation pairing, emphasising openness. 'Take criticism' is common informally; 'accept criticism' focuses on agreeing with it; 'hear criticism' focuses only on the act of listening.
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Fill in: 'After each retrospective, teams must ___ on feedback rather than just discussing it.'
We 'act on feedback' — 'act on' is the standard collocation meaning to take concrete steps based on input received. 'Respond to feedback' implies replying; 'use feedback' is generic; 'apply feedback' is slightly less idiomatic.
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Fill in: 'We track action items from each retrospective to make sure we ___ the feedback loop.'
We 'close a feedback loop' — 'close the loop' is the fixed collocation for completing the cycle of feedback by communicating outcomes. 'Complete the loop' is understandable but non-idiomatic; 'finish' and 'end' are informal and miss the circular metaphor.
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Fill in: 'Leaders invest in team-building activities to ___ psychological safety across the organisation.'
We 'build psychological safety' — 'build' is the collocation used with 'psychological safety' in management literature and everyday professional speech. 'Create' is also acceptable; 'establish' implies a more formal or one-time act; 'develop' is used for skills and people.