At School
This is a vocabulary exercise. Students look at the pictures and say what school supplies they already have and what supplies they need.
View ArticleBusiness Protocol: Cultural Differences of Doing Business in Different Countries
This is a reading text about cultural differences in business protocol: how business in done in the following countries: United Kingdom, Malaysia, India, France, Turkey. Many of your students (and you...
View ArticleLibrary Application Vocabulary Test
A worksheet to be used after discussing filling in forms in English and performing library application dialogues on the basis of this authentic library application card (which isn't my own, I found it...
View ArticleClassroom Supplies Flashcards
A set of 28 cards / flashcards for presenting school supplies. They can be used in several ways: - memory games - teaching new words with visual support. - group work - conversation cards, etc.
View ArticleSchool Supplies PowerPoint Presentation
This is a PowerPoint presentation on School supplies including picture and sound for each word. There's also a game included where students have to click on the correct option according to the...
View Articleoffice Conversation
This worksheet is an insight into formal office setting conversations with examples and many useful sentences. It is for all the users and very useful for the non-English speaking students. It...
View ArticleBusiness Idioms
A comprehensive list of popular idioms used in the business fields. Great for expanding you vocabulary and bringing it to a higher level, especially for business related professionals that want to add...
View ArticleHoops and Yoyo: Office Notes
This worksheet is called 'Hoops and Yoyo: Office Notes' and it was generously provided by Hallmark. The 6-page printout is also available through Hallmark's website, and, as the title suggests, it is...
View ArticleHoops and Yoyo: Work Space Terminology
This worksheet is called 'Hoops and Yoyo: Work Space Terminology' and it was generously presented by Hallmark. The 11-page printout is also available at Hallmark's website, and, as seen from the title,...
View ArticleBusiness Vocabulary Elementary
Exercises for Elementary and Pre-Intermediate Levels of Business English courses. Perfect for practicing word formation, business collocations and correct prepositions, frequently used in everyday...
View ArticleIn the Office Worksheet
A worksheet for teaching office related vocabulary. Students are asked to study the words then find them in the wordsearch puzzle and then match the words with the pictures. Recommended for elementary...
View ArticleOffice Supplies Worksheet
This is a multiple choice activity for teaching or revising office supplies related vocabulary. Students are asked to look at the pictures and then match them with the words given. The answer key is...
View ArticleBinder Spines for Organization
The free designs from these are from Mel, a designer lady from Canada who loves to share free things. These patterns can be accessed free from http://pinterest.com/pin/286752701244014534/ . I...
View ArticleThe Office Error Analysis Worksheet
This is a worksheet for teaching or revising office related vocabulary and prepositions of place. recommended for elementary students who are asked to decide whether the sentences describing the...
View ArticleHow To Write Emails In English
This is a PowerPoint presentation describing some basic rules when writing formal/informal emails in English, introducing some common phrases and things to avoid. It also includes two examples of...
View ArticleAfter Sales - Dialogue - A Complaint (2)
This is a telephone conversation with missing words. The words are given at the bottom of the page, but if the level of your class is quite high get them to over the words before doing the exercise....
View ArticleWorking Hard
This is a vocabulary worksheet. The topic is "Work/Working Day". It helps students build-up their word power. Though the story itself is sad my students really loved working at it, and it was in fact...
View ArticleMaking Arrangements On The Phone: Useful Phrases
Are your students tired of the same old task of "matching 1-5 to a-e"? Mine were! I have created this activity for my pre-intermediate students by modifying a textbook exercise aimed to practice some...
View ArticleIn the Office Matching Activity
This is a simple matching activity for revising office related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to match the pictures with the words given. The worksheet is available in...
View ArticleBusiness Vocabulary Test
This is a short test on business vocabulary and expressions. It consists of two exercises: in the first one you have to match the words to make collocations, and in the second one you have to complete...
View ArticleIn the Office Picture Dictionary
This is a picture dictionary which can also be used as a classroom poster for teaching office related vocabulary. There are 30 new words illustrated with pictures for easy memorization. The worksheet...
View ArticleMovie Worksheet: TED: Got a Meeting, Take a Walk
This worksheet was designed for the TED talk by Nilofer Merchant "Got A Meeting - Take A Walk." I created it for my one-to-one Business English student, when we covered the topic of business meetings....
View ArticleMovie Worksheet: TED: a Walk from No to Yes
This worksheet was designed for the TED talk by William Ury "A Walk From No To Yes." I created it for my one-to-one Business English student, when we covered the topic of negotiations. It includes the...
View ArticleBusiness Telephone Conversation Role-Play
This is a business telephone role-play with eight situations where one of the students will have to act as a business client and another one a secretary. For this task students need to know the...
View ArticleRole Play "In the Office"
The worksheet is devoted to developing speaking skills at different levels. It concentrates at making suggestions, using such tenses as past simple, present simple and present continuous. It might...
View ArticleMovie Worksheet: Office Space
I created this activity to give some comic relief to my advanced business classes. I love this movie and I refer to it all the time when students complain about the trials and tribulations of office...
View ArticleMovie Worksheet: TED- Why Work Doesn't Happen at Work
This worksheet is based on the TED talk by Jason Fried 'Why Work Doesn't Happen At Work." It includes vocabulary activities, while-watching tasks (open-ended questions, True/False statements), and a...
View ArticleDiverse Role Play Ideas
In this worksheet there are seven different role play ideas for students to perform in the classroom. They were designed to work in pairs, but some of them can also be used in groups so that you can...
View ArticleListening Practice Market Leader 2nd Edition Placement Tests
This is practice for business English elementary level. The worksheet provides the active link to download the tracks; I wrote the questions for each of the two tracks and included the answers at the...
View ArticleMind Map: Telephone Etiquette
This worksheet will give students the opportunity to write down their ideas on, for example, the correct way to answer a business telephone call, ending a call, dealing with problem calls, leaving...
View ArticleEveryday Responses
This is a worksheet I wrote to use with an adult Business English student. It is appropriate for any level from pre-intermediate upwards. It aims to teach the student how to react to normal,...
View ArticleComputers
Worksheet about сomputer icons. In this activity you can find and learn the most importat icons from a Windows platform, which is great for people who are new with the office terms. Then you have to...
View ArticleConference Calls
Technology today is wonderful. That doesn’t mean, however, that conferencing calling in a foreign language is easy. In fact, the experience can be difficult for non-native English speakers. Even if...
View ArticleInformation Overload
This worksheet talks about information overload. Students learn six skills to deal with information overload at their jobs. In the second part of the worksheet, students need to choose which email to...
View ArticleThe Most Unusual Job Interview Questions
Some unusual questions that were asked at real job interviews. The names of the companies where they were asked are given after each sentence. Provides great speaking practice for Business English...
View ArticleWord Sudoku
This is a Sudoko Business English riddle with words instead of numbers. A new, fun way to memorize vocabulary. You can make your own grid by using any other words. The different colors make it easier...
View ArticleMovie Worksheet: IT Help Desk Service
This worksheet starts with some general questions about IT help desks - what kind of people work at the help desk, what the most common problems are, etc. Students then watch a clip from the sitcom...
View ArticleMovie Worksheet: Proxemics, the Science of Personal Space
This is a listening comprehension of a youtube video on Proxemics (link included) plus conversation questions for discussion. The transcript is included, plus a glossary of difficult vocabulary. Ideal...
View ArticleHome and Office Vocabulary
I have designed this worksheet for reviewing some vocabulary items related to offices and houses including a fax machine, a coffee maker, a dishwasher, an oven, etc. Hope it helps!
View ArticlePeople in the Workplace True/False
This worksheet helps students practice the names and descriptions of common jobs in the workplace. These include jobs such as receptionist and terms such as colleague. This is a true/false worksheet,...
View ArticleThe Black Hole - Sci-fi Short Film
"The Black Hole" is a clever Sci-fi short film about finding possible/impossible technology in an office and about the moral implications of the character's actions. This worksheet asks students to...
View ArticleUseful Expressions For Business English
Learn expressions used in a formal set up. If you want to be a pro at business English, these expressions will help you. Make use of these English expressions in a meeting or a business environment....
View ArticleStep-by-Step Process Description
This worksheet is to boost the skills of describing different processes. This one is about arranging a meeting. It is good for business English. You can use it as a part of speaking practice when...
View ArticleHow COVID-19 Has Changed Working Life
The worksheet is based on the adapted article from the Economist describing how pandemic changed working life. The tasks are aimed at developing reading comprehension. Students read the article and...
View ArticleEnglish for Work – How to ask for a Raise
The worksheet teaches communication in professional settings. It can be used as a part of Business English classes at the workplace. The tasks include watching the sample videos of unsuccessful and...
View ArticleBusiness English – How to Ask for a Raise
The worksheet helps students to develop speaking and listening skills in business and/or professional settings. Video-based tasks introduce common strategies with tips on ways employees can ask...
View ArticleOnline Working and Non-Verbal Communication
This worksheet helps students with reading and speaking and to develop reading comprehension. It includes vocabulary focus, a gap-filling assignment, teaches about non-verbal communication, its...
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