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@hcc.com
From: Jamal@hcc.com
Cc: Leanna@hcc.com
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 / , / .