Business English Exercises
Dear Christine Hendrikson
I apologize for not being able to attend the meeting. I couldn’t assist our meeting due to all the flights being canceled.
I can go tomorrow afternoon to your office or please send me a new date for our appointment.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Franca Grau.
Farewell Speech
You want to say goodbye to all your colleagues as you are going to move to the USA.
It was a pleasure to work with you. Thanks for everything. I will see you as soon as possible.
Best regards.
Franca Grau.
Summaries of Sessions
Could all speakers please produce summaries of the sessions they gave?
The speakers should write:
- Full details of what is in their session.
- A brief report about their session.
- A proposal for their session.
Introduce Yourself and Your Company
Introduce yourself and make a presentation of your company.
- Greeting (your name, nationality, position)
- Topic (Your company)
- Plan
- Company products or services
- Important figures: number or employees, turnover, profits
- Your duties
Good morning, I am the manager of The Global Company. I am from Argentina. My company sells computers, and we have 30 employees. Our profits are about $3,000,000 per year.
Farewell Speech
You want to say goodbye to all your colleagues as you are moving to another company.
It was a pleasure to work with you. Thank you for everything.
I am moving to a new company.
Complete the Statements/Questions
Complete these statements/questions that you used while working in your office today. Choose the correct alternative.
- Where will you be staying during your stay?
a) while b) during c) for - I made some good contacts in Rio.
a) made b) took c) did - It is the third most important state in the region.
a) the third important b) the third more important c) the third most important - I’ll go to bed as soon as I get to New York.
a) get b) will get c) will be getting - The hotel is three star rather than five star.
a) rather b) rather than c) more than - I am writing on Mr Smith’s behalf.
a) on Mr Smith´s behalf b) on behalf of Mr Smith c) on the behalf of Mr Smith - Where will you be staying while you are in Paris?
a) while b) when c) till - If we look at this chart again, we can compare.
a) look b) look at c) look for - I have divided my talk into three parts.
a) in b) into c) to - John is going to say a few words about our production figures.
a) is going to say b) is saying c) is going to talk
Good Presentation Hints
Your boss is telling you some hints about a good presentation. What does he say? Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the box.
appropriate, audience, audiovisual aids, feedback, informative, objectives, structure
- Make sure your presentation is informative.
- Your presentation will be easy to understand if it has a clear structure.
- I’m very nervous; there are over a hundred people in the audience.
- At the start, explain your objectives.
- Knowing your audience will help you choose material that is appropriate.
- Using audiovisual aids…
- If you want to know if your presentation was interesting, ask the audience for their feedback.
Beginning of a Presentation
He is also telling you some things you have to do at the beginning of a presentation. Number them in the order you would do them.
- Welcome the audience.
- Tell the audience the subject of the presentation.
- Introduce the main points one by one.
- Introduce the first point.
Presentation Introduction
Now you think of something you would like to give a presentation about. Write a short introduction for your presentation.
“Good morning everyone. It’s nice to see so many of you here today. I hope you can all hear me OK.
I will talk about our new product. We are so proud about this project. This is going to be an excellent product, I hope you enjoy this presentation.
Presentation Phrases
You used these phrases in the rest of the presentation. Write the number of each phrase under the correct heading.
- Thank you for listening.
- Let’s move on to …
- Are there any questions?
- This diagram shows…
- So, in conclusion…
- As you can see…
- My next point is…
- If you look at the next slide…
Connecting the points: 2, 6, 7
Referring to visual aids: 4, 8
Finishing: 1, 3, 5
Comprehension Exam
This is part of a Comprehension exam you were given in the office.
In each question, which sentence is correct?
For each question, mark the correct letter A, B or C.
Workshops
1. Improving margins Wagner suite
2. Selling on the telephone Schumann suite
3. Marketing new products Bach suite
The workshop on increasing profits will be in the
A.Wagner suite.
B.Schumann suite.
C.Bach suite
2. Mr Sylvester is used to giving presentations to large audiences
Mr Sylvester
A.doesn´t give presentations to large groups any more.
B.often gave presentations to large groups in the past
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