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Practice Listening Business English Exercises for B1 – Entrepreneurs

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1. Exercise 1

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  • A. Listen to some extracts from a job interview for an internship. Complete what the candidate told his friend afterwards using reported speech. Use a maximum of four words in each gap.
  • 1)
    The interviewer asked doing in my free time.
  • 2)
    I told hanging out with friends.
  • 3)
    She asked any previous work or voluntary experience.
  • 4)
    I said the dog for a walk every day.
  • 5)
    She asked me what I doing in five years’ time.
  • 6)
    I said about that.

2. Exercise 2

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  • A. Match the words and phrases (1-9) for presenting ideas or information about business sales with the correct definition (a-i).
  • 1)
    market growth
  • 2)
    target market
  • 3)
    forecast
  • 4)
    demographic
  • 5)
    annual revenue
  • 6)
    stock level
  • 7)
    projected sales
  • 8)
    loan
  • 9)
    disposable income
  • a)
    a financial calculation about a future trend
  • b)
    the amount of money that a company brings in over a year
  • c)
    the amount of spending money people have available after they have paid taxes
  • d)
    an increase in demand for a product or service
  • e)
    the expected future sales of a product
  • f)
    the quantity of products kept in a shop or warehouse
  • g)
    the customers that a company wants to sell to
  • h)
    a particular section of the population, e.g. people aged 18 to 30
  • i)
    an amount of money that is borrowed
  • B. Listen to two parts of the same presentation. Work in pairs and discuss the questions.
  • 1)
    Which products does the company make?
  • 2)
    What are the two biggest age demographics?
  • 3)
    Is the mobile sector growing or slowing down?
  • 4)
    Do they have enough stock?
  • 5)
    Which products should they focus on in the next two years?
  • C. Listen to Part 2 again and look at the pairs of charts below. Which chart in each pair is the speaker talking about?
Entrepreneurs

3. Exercise 3

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  • A. Listen to the first part of a talk by a successful entrepreneur. What is the main purpose of this part of his talk?
  • a)
    to give his audience advice
  • b)
    to explain the background to his business
  • c)
    to convince his audience to invest in a new project
  • B. Listen again and complete the summary. Use one to three words in each gap.
  • George Johnson, founder of GJWoodToys, explains how he began his business
  • He mentions that he was working as a(n) (1) ) when he started making (2) ) for his young children. However, these toys were so popular with other parents that he started selling them at (3) ), where they always sold out. His (4) ) was huge: parents and children who loved the toys. Originally he made them in his garage but, when two local stores became interested, he realised he had to expand even further and find (5) )The initial funding came from (6) ) and remortgaging his house, but soon a big department store expressed interest in (7) ) for 50,000 units. As a result, he realised he had a potentially very successful business but, in order to fulfil the order, he would need a huge investment to expand. With the department store order, he started (8) ) to various backers: banks, crowdfunding schemes and (9) )Finally, he was fortunate enough to find one who brought both the money and experience to the business.

4. Exercise 4

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  • A. Listen to three extracts from crowdfunding pitches on Doable’s website. What does each speaker want backing for?
  • B. Listen again and complete the notes about each project on Doable’s website. Use one to three words
  • Ben Fischer Theatre Company
  • This award-winning theatre company performs at (1) ) all over the world. Our latest production of Brecht’s The Good Person of Szechwan has just been (2) )A fire destroyed all our (3) )Before the (4) ) pays the compensation to rebuild and replace everything, we need to raise €10,000 to complete our (5) )All donations to our cause will be repaid.
  • Alison’s Tees
  • I’m Alison Chadwick, the founder of this company which allows you to (6) ) T-shirt. It’s simple, fun and creative. You can choose the colour and style and you can have any design or logo you like, including photos. All our T-shirts are 100 percent (7) ) and ethically sourced. We need your support to help us develop (8) ) so our users can design and (9) ) their own tees on their (10) ) .
  • Holidapp
  • Our new tour guide mobile app is like (11) ) on your mobile phone. The app is (12) ) and easy to use. For (13) ) you will get an expert guide to man destinations in Europe and the USA. Our guide contributors receive (14) ) generated by their guides. We need your backing to (15) ) of production, audio recording, programming and photography.

5. Exercise 5

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  • A. Listen to the interview with an entrepreneur. Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F).
  • 1)
    Linda is an engineer.
  • 2)
    Linda’s interest in Marine Biology began when she was very young.
  • 3)
    After leaving school Linda was paid to look after turtles.
  • 4)
    Linda decided to rid the sea of plastic after her experience on a Greek island.
  • 5)
    They financed the project through crowdfunding.
  • 6)
    Academics didn’t believe the system would work.
  • 7)
    Linda and Tina don’t earn a lot of money.
  • 8)
    They employ two personal assistants and a full-time accountant.
  • B. Listen again and complete the sentences.
  • 1)
    Linda’s company specialises in management.
  • 2)
    Her partner has developed a system for cleaning up the world’s .
  • 3)
    Linda said that she didn’t have the engineering to develop the system she wanted.
  • 4)
    Both Linda and Tina got first-class honours .
  • 5)
    At first, they tried institutions to raise money for their project.
  • 6)
    They advertised for funds on social .
  • 7)
    Ms Carlin is Ensign’s business .
  • 8)
    Linda and Tina have been in this business for .
  • 9)
    The company is making a .
  • 10)
    They have employed a and an engineering .
  • C. Choose the summary that best describes Linda’s venture.
  • A At first Linda wasn’t really interested in the sea and the creatures that live in it. She wanted to be an engineer. The sea turtles on the Greek island of Zakynthos made her want to become a marine biologist. She met Tina and together they set up a business which is now doing well. They are attempting to clean up the world’s oceans.
  • B Linda studied marine biology at university, where she met Tina, and later she did a master’s degree in business studies and marketing. This was useful when they set up their company, Ensign. The company had a few problems in the beginning as they needed to raise funds. Now the company is doing very well.
  • C Linda has developed a system to help protect the world’s sea creatures. The innovative idea came to her when she was volunteering to help protect turtles. After doing this she went to university to study engineering. When she left university she and her business partner, Ms Carlin, set up a company that specialises in environmental clean-ups.

6. Test

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  • 1)
    Listen to a man calling an entrepreneurs’ advice centre and complete the notes. Use one or two words or a number.
  • ARDEN ENTREPRENEURS
  • INVESTMENT REQUEST
  • Name of applicant: Michael (1) )
  • Business name: InfaSmooth
  • Nature of business: baby/infant (2) ) organic creams
  • Reason for investment:
  • • increasing (3) )
  • • looking for a (4) )
  • • need more staff
  • (5) ) done: Yes
  • Investment required: € (6) )
  • Meetings arranged:
  • • AAfirstinvest:
  • Appointment 2 pm on (7) )
  • • Whatstart:
  • Appointment (8) )on Friday

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