Unit 7 New business
Vocabulary
Complete the sentences below with the words in the box.
balance domestic exchange foreign government
inflation interest labour tax unemployment
1 China's gross____________________ product is about $5 trillion.
2 The ____________________ rate has decreased because people have gone back to work as the
economy recovers.
3 Companies are worried about paying pensions as the __________________ force grows older.
4 The government has offered ________________________ incentives to new companies in hopes
of boosting the economy.
5 Business people say that _______________________ bureaucracy makes starting a new business
difficult.
6 It's common for companies to spend money overseas, but some people think that too much
______________________ investment in their country is a bad idea.
7 Exports have increased recently, which makes the _____________________of trade much
healthier.
8 Borrowers are enjoying the low _______________________ rate, but savers hope it increases
soon.
9 Travellers from Britain to the Eurozone are enjoying a good ________________ rate this year.
10 The ___________________________ rate has dropped to 1%, thanks to the government's
monetary policy.
TIME CLAUSES
Choose the best word or phrase to complete each sentence.
1 As soon as / Until the contract was signed, everyone cheered.
2 Can you please come to my office when / after the meeting?
3 Larissa said she'd phone as soon as / while she arrives in London.
4 Martin checked the projector carefully when / before he started his presentation, then began
right on time.
5 Olga can't sign the contract until / while she gets Andre's approval.
6 Pierre learned to speak some Japanese as soon as / while he was working in Tokyo.
7 Until / After the delivery is confirmed, we won't release the payment.
8 We have to improve the sales forecasts before / after we can approve the project.
9 We went out when / after the meeting to celebrate the merger we'd agreed.
10 When / While I first started out as a manager, I made a lot of mistakes.
1 1 Yusuf got to know Peter when / as soon as they worked together for three years in Saudi
Arabia.
12 Zeynep was able to write the report until / while he was waiting for his plane.
Unit 8 Marketing
VOCABULARY
Cross out the word in each group that does not form a word partnership with the word in bold.
1 advertising share / campaign / budget / agency
2 consumer behaviour / profile / launch / goods
3 market goods / research / share / segment
4 product launch / lifecycle / range / segment
5 sales forecast / range / figures / target
QUESTIONS
Put these words in the correct order to make questions.
1 market / the / research / Is / complete /?
2 it / do / want / to / When / you / do /?
3 at / to / website / Do / the / you / new / have / look / time /?
4 survey / Did / read / you / the /?
5 figures / the / Have / sales / seen / you /?
6 model / How / we / should / describe / new / the /?
Match each question from Exercise above (1-6) to one of these answers (a-f).
a) Yes, I did. The results were interesting. _______
b) Yes, it is. We finished last week. ____________
c) No, I haven't. Is there any good news? ___________
d) Next Monday. ________
e) I don't know, but let's not say it's new and improved. _________
f) Yes, I do. I really want to see it. _______
SKILLS
Complete the phone conversation below with the phrases in the box.
Could you give me Did they say when I didn't catch I should I'll e-mail you to
Sorry, did you say Thanks very much What about
A: How was your meeting with H&G go?
B: Really well. They've placed an order totalling £50,000 over the next year.
A: __________________ (1) £15,000?
B: No, £50,000!
A: That's great! _______________ (2) a few details?
B: Sure. Basically, they want to buy up everything in the old range.
A: ______________ (3) the new range?
B: After they sell the old range through, they'll start buying the new one.
A: Which part numbers?
B: They really like AC5959 and AC4536.
A: Sorry, _____________ (4) that.
B: I said, they really like AC5959 and AC4536.
A: ________________ (5) they’d like the first delivery?
B: Next week! _____________ (6) confirm.
A: ________________ (7) for the great news.
B: My pleasure. ________________ (8) go now. Let's speak again soon.
Unit 9 Planning
VOCABULARY
Complete the e-mail below with the verbs in the box in the correct tense.
arrange consider do estimate forecast
implement keep meet prepare write
To: Tomas@[Link]
From: Jamal@[Link]
Cc: Leanna@[Link]
Subject: project update
Hi Tomas,
Here's a brief project update. We've _____________ (1) a meeting with the design team
for next Monday. Before that meeting, Leanna is going to ________________ (2) a schedule
to show how we can _____________ (3) the December 1 delivery deadline. We've already
spent about €15,000, so I'm sure we aren't going to ________________ (4) within the budget.
After the Monday meeting, we can _____________ (5) the options for Plan B, because
obviously Plan A has already failed. If we _________________ (6) more research, we may be
able to ___________________ (7) higher sales and increase the budget. Also, when we
___________________ (8) costs last year, we were expecting to manufacture here in Europe;
however, we've found a factory in China that can do it cheaper, so we'll save some money
there.
After the meeting next week, I'll _______________ (9) a formal report which will explain how
we can __________________. . . . . . . . (10) Plan B.
All the best,
Jamal
SKI LLS
1 If you'll just a) comment on that?
2 Just a b) to finish if I may.
3 I'd like c) let me finish
4 Could I say d) saying is that ...
5 Could I just e) do you mean by ...?
6 Hold on f) moment, please
7 Sorry to g) saying ....7
8 How do you h) mean exactly?
9 What exactly i) interrupt, but ...
10 Are you j) a minute.
1 1 So what you're k) a minute.
Put the words in order to make tips for international conference calls.
1 time / on / Be / for / call / the /.
2 are / sure / in / place / Make I quiet I you I a /.
3 possible / If /, / call I use / the / a / for / headset /.
4 when / Use / you / the / are / 'mute' / not / button / speaking /.
5 conference call / Avoid / eating, drinking or / chewing gum / while / a / on /.
6 to / the / 'mute' button / use / If / you / to / really need / have a drink, / remember /.
7 advance / in / Prepare / the / for / call /. / you / what / Plan / to / need / say / may /.
8 may / you / need / hand / Have / to / any / documents / close /.
9 call leader / carefully / Listen / and / to be / by / invited to comment / the / wait /.
10 speak / you / When speaking, / each time / it / are / can be helpful / to / say / you / who /.
1 1 stay / topic / When / on / speak, / you /.
12 long/ Make / speeches / short / rather / contributions / than /.
13 not / Try / interrupt / to / speaking / when / people / are / they /.
14 as typing will / be / for / noisy / the other participants / Avoid / taking notes / on a
computer / , / .
