Tag: The business English exercises

  • Business English: Legal terms and phrases, usage in Law Practice

    Business English: Legal terms and phrases, usage in Law Practice   A few of the most common vocabulary for Business English related to Law Practices   abandon an action n. the act of intentionally and permanently giving up, surrendering, deserting or relinquishing property, premises, a right of way, a ship, contract rights, a spouse and/or…

  • Business English: When to omit articles (the, a, an)

    When do we omit articles (the,a,an) in a sentence?     Before uncountable nouns  (mass nouns) Substances, concepts, etc that we cannot divide into separate elements. We cannot count milk or sugar, but we can say a spoon of sugar or a glass of milk. Examples: music, art, love, happiness advice, information, news furniture, luggage…

  • Business English: Finance

    Before we jump into this, some quiet time sounds good.  Check out the photo and then explain what you see in it.   Alright, good fun!  Now it’s back to today’s business!  Let’s start filling in those gaps… 1. The global central banks want to keep interest rates at ___________________ ( = unnaturally) low levels. …

  • Business English Employment and counter offers

      Employment and counter offers   Counteroffer (counter offer, counter-offer) A situation in which a company or organization offers an employee more money or a better job in order, for example, to try to prevent them moving to another company or organization where they have been offered a job: When they realized that he was about to quit, they made a counter-offer, which he politely rejected. Before we jump into this, some quiet time sounds good.  Check out the photo and then explain what…

  • Business English The Information tech.

    The Information technology   Before we jump into this, some quiet time sounds good.  Check out the photo and then explain what you see in it.   Alright, good fun!  Now it’s back to the grindstone!  Let’s start filling in those gaps… 1. Some believe that the open source era is coming to ______________. =…

  • Business English. Common phrasal verbs

    Common phrasal verbs   Before we get down to business, let’s look at a photo and relax our mind. Discuss this photo and what it makes you feel. Now let’s cut to the chase! Pick the right word to fill in the gap: 1. We __________________________ up with a new marketing approach. = We developed/created…