Intermediate

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• A business interview

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To act out an interview between a journalist and a company president.

• A question of opinion

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To talk about a set of quotations on business, economics and money.

• Adjective auction

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To choose adjectives and use them to write an advertisement.

• Advertising slogans

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To read some advertising slogans and speculate about which products they promote.

• An official visit

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To complete a schedule for an official visit by the senior directors of a company.

• Any regrets?

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To act out an interview between a business journalist and a jailed accountant.

• Appraisal interviews

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  A worksheet to discuss appraisal interviews.

• Are you a natural leader?

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To discuss guidelines for leading teams.

• At work

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To talk about day-to-day work.

• Business bulletin

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To plan, perform and film or record a 5-minute radio or TV business news programme.

• Business crossword

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To complete a crossword by exchanging clues.

• Business etiquette - true or false?

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To discuss cultural norms, in business and in general.

• Business tips

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To discuss appropriate ways to act in a range of business situations and to present the conclusions of the discussion.

• Chocolate

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To act out a meeting to discuss the marketing of a product.

• Conversations

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To plan and act out various conversations.

• Customer care

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To act out phone calls where a customer complains to a company.

• Dirty tricks

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To discuss negotiating tactics.

• Eight-step decision making

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To put a set of sentences in the correct order.

• How often…?

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To ask how frequently people perform certain business activities.

• Invent a company

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To invent a company and make a formal presentation of it.

• It's a deal

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To find business openings.

• Markets and prices

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To discuss ways of pricing products.

• National statistics

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To exchange information about economic statistics for some nations.

• New location

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To role play a meeting and rank a series of options.

• Nobody's perfect

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To discuss the qualities which make people good to work with.

• Nowadays

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To play a game and compare old and new ways of doing things.

• Offices

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To talk about offices.

• Pay rise

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To role play two conversations about salaries: the first a negotiation between a boss and a subordinate, the second reporting what happened between peers.

• Personal qualities

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To discuss the qualities needed for particular jobs.

• Phrasal verbs on the phone

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To order the words in a set of sentences.

• Portrait of an entrepreneur

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To ask and answer questions to complete a text.

• Problems with people

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To discuss some problems at work and then report on the discussions.

• Processes

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To explain a process by ordering the different steps involved.

• Production problems - what if?

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To discuss solutions to manufacturing production problems.

• Sales results

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To order a series of sentences so as to create a graph and description of sales results for one year.

• Sony

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To exchange information about the Sony corporation.

• The budget

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To decide what furniture to buy for an office within a budget.

• The business environment

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To prepare and give presentations on the past, present and future of the students' industries, companies and countries.

• The last minute

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To talk about which items are necessary on a business trip.

• Things in the office

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To play a guessing game based on describing objects and saying what they are used for.

• Things to do

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To role play a telephone conversation between a boss and an assistant.

• Training

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To discuss some factors involved in choosing a training course.

• Trouble

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To act out a conversation and then improvise another one.

• Wage negotiation

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To simulate a wage negotiation.

• What happened?

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To discuss a set of sales performance figures.

• Work, rest and play

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To complete a text about the Mars Bar, a classic brand, by asking and answering questions.

• Written and unwritten rules

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To talk about rules and regulations in your company and either compare them with rules in other companies or talk about how they could be improved.

• You shouldn't have done that

  Author: David Riley and Simon Greenall Level: Intermediate Type: Worksheet

  To talk about business mistakes.