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be easy to work with

be cooperative

Someone who is easy to work with is calm, helpful and cooperative.

B1 common speech & writing

This vs that

collaboration with her is straightforward

She's easy to work with.

she is generally cooperative in a group

She's a team player.

Hear it in real life

What was the new consultant like?

Very easy to work with. She understood what we needed straight away.

Play the conversation

Our new designer is easy to work with and never makes a fuss when plans change.

Which sounds natural?

Psst — which one would you actually say?

The mistake everyone makes

Not: He is easy for working with.

Say: He is easy to work with.

The fixed pattern is 'easy to work with', without 'for'.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

be easy to work with; find someone easy to work with

Phrases to borrow

More for talking about workplace people.

work well with ___

I work well with people from different backgrounds.

take someone under your wing

My manager took me under her wing when I started.

Workplace people words

Work · Workplace people: the words around “be easy to work with”.

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Your turn: say it out loud

She's really easy to work with.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

be easy to work with

be cooperative

“Our new designer is easy to work with and never makes a fuss when plans change.”

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