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Plans For Teachers

Plans For Teachers

Warm-ups and Activities for Teachers Warm-ups and Activities for Business English Classes Fluency Activities for Business English Business Collocations Game Collocations Game Odd-one-out Collocations Game Business English Taboo Cards Business English Scattergories Lists Business English Game: Being Tactful and Polite Conversation Starters   Skills and Functions Lessons Using Signposts in an Informal Presentation Writing Polite […]

Lessons For Students

Lessons For Students

Business Vocabulary Business Idioms Phrasal Verbs Business Collocations Signposts for Presentations Abbreviations and Acronyms Expressions for Phone Calls Polite Expressions Expressions for Starting, Continuing, and Ending a Conversation Business Email Openings Business Email Closings Business Nouns and their Collocations Business Verbs and their Collocations Expressions for Describing your Job/Company Expressions for Agreeing, Disagreeing, Suggesting Alternatives, […]

Business English Conversation Lessons

Business English Conversation Lessons

Debate Topics for Business English Conversation Starters Idioms Conversation Questions Using Phrasal Verbs Using Business Idioms Conditional Conversation Questions Teamwork Workplace Discrimination Consumer Protection Advertising Corporate Crime Brands Perks Good and Bad Managers Customer Service Intellectual Property Why Work Doesn’t Happen at Work (with TED Talk) English as a Global Language (with TED Talk)

Collocations Exercises

Collocations Exercises

Collocations are word combinations that sound natural to native speakers. For example, pay attention is a collocation, but put attention isn’t. Using correct collocations will make your English sound more natural. Test your knowledge of collocations by trying the exercises below. Also try these advanced collocations exercises.   Adjective-Noun and Adjective-Adverb Collocations Choose the adjective or adverb that collocates […]

Verb-Noun Collocations Practice Exercise

Verb-Noun Collocations Practice Exercise

Collocations are word combinations that sound natural to a native speaker. In the exercise below, fill in the blanks with a verb that forms a collocation with the noun in green. You will need to conjugate the verbs, and in some cases, you may need to use a phrasal verb (e.g. “fill out,” “take off,” etc.). […]