Practice Listening Business English Exercises for A2 – Describing products and services

5 exercices

Audio

1)
Listen and match each extract to the pictures. Which adjectives does each speaker use?
2)
Listen again and complete these sentences with a word from the list.
very totally pretty really extremely quite
1)
We’ve added a new high-definition camera.
2)
I love the material. It’s high quality.
3)
Your things are always original.
4)
It’s an reliable product.
5)
It’s a user-friendly site.
6)
The accommodation was good value, too.

Audio

1)
Listen to the beginning of a radio programme about inventors and match the inventions to their inventors and the year.

Audio

1)
Listen to the story of Jack Dorsey and Twitter and put the events in the right order.
People don’t understand why Twitter is necessary.
Starts a new company with two other people
Goes to New York University
Doesn’t finish his studies
10) Presidential candidates use Twitter
Studies in Missouri
Sells software online
Moves to California
1) .. Produces software for taxi drivers
Creates a website in two weeks

Audio

1)
Listen to someone giving a research report into the use of podpads at a festival. Make notes in the table:
2)
Match 1-10 to a-j to make sentences. Then listen again and check your answers.
1)
The purpose of our research was
2)
We wanted to find out
3)
We did this by
4)
Then we
5)
We asked
6)
We found that
7)
75% of visitors said that
8)
Our research showed that
9)
Our conclusion is
10)
We recommend
a they would pay to use them.
b interviewing 50 visitors to the festival.
c podpads were popular with visitors and farmers.
d using them at our next festival.
e them for their opinion of the podpads.
f)
to find the best accommodation for visitors.
g the podpads were a big success.
h if people would pay to rent a podpad.
i)
that they are a great choice of accommodation.
j)
interviewed them about their experience.

Audio

1)
Listen to the description of the four products below. Why did each person decide to buy the product? What advantages does each product have?

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