I want to ______ you on a job well done.

• A. Praise
• B. Compliment
• C. Celebrate
• D. Reward

Answer: (B)

Choosing the right verb to pair with “you on a job well done” to express praise for a specific achievement. When you want to acknowledge someone’s specific accomplishment in a polite, direct way, the natural verb is compliment, and the common collocation is compliment someone on something. So the sentence sounds natural as “I want to compliment you on a job well done.” It shows praise focused on the action and delivered in a courteous tone.

Other options don’t fit this exact structure. Celebrate is about marking an occasion or event rather than giving a specific compliment about a job well done, and reward implies giving something tangible rather than merely expressing praise. Praise can fit in similar contexts, but it usually uses a different preposition (for a job well done) or a different construction, making compliment the clearest, most natural choice here.