Practice Listening Business English Exercises for A2 – Competition
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1. Exercise 1
- A. Listen to Misako and Karim talk about using the TP Pro laptop. Tick (✓) the things they talk about.
- B. Listen again. Tick (✓) each speaker’s opinions.
| battery life camera memory how it looksoperating system security software speed |
| Karim thinks the TP Pro is | Misako thinks the TP Pro is | |||
| Good | Bad | Good | Bad | |
| Speed | ||||
| Battery | ||||
| Size and weight | ||||
| Security |
2. Exercise 2
- A. Tom and Ellie are discussing two recruitment agencies. Which agency do they choose? Why?
- B. Listen again and complete the gaps in the webpages.
- C. Look at the webpages in B. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?
- 1)Jones Recruitment have w wider range of speciality areas.
- 2)All Recruit has more offices than Jones Recruitment.
- 3)Jones Recruitment advertise temporary jobs.
- 4)The standard service at Jones Recruitment includes interviews with candidates.
- 5)All Recruit use people with special knowledge to interview candidates.
| All Recruit | |
| Speciality areas | advertising, marketing, sales |
| offices | (1), Manchester |
| services | • online advertising• recruitment for permanent and temporary roles• (2)-month guarantee on candidates• background checks on candidates• search of (4) networking sites• candidate (5) with expert consultants |
| fees | • fee between (6) of candidate’s first annual salary |
| JonesRecruitment | |
| Speciality areas | advertising, marketing, media, sales, television |
| offices | Brighton, Bristol, Belfast, Glasgow, Reading, Manchester |
| services | • online advertising• recruitment for permanent and temporary roles• (3)-month guarantee on candidates• background checks on candidates |
| fees | • fix fee of (7)£ for standard service (the fee includes advertising and selection of CVs)• (8) fee for background checks |
3. Exercise 3
- A. Listen to the conversation and answer the questions.
- 1)What’s the problem?
- 2)Which company do Tina and Ian choose?
- B. Listen again. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?
- 1)Ian and Tina have a client meeting this week.
- 2)Ian thinks Spotless are more professional.
- 3)Tina and Ian don’t need the carpets cleaned.
- 4)Tina thinks the Parkwood cleaners are more experienced.
- 5)The service is more expensive at Parkwood.
- 6)Ian thinks they don’t need expert cleaners.
- 7)Tina wants to pay more for better quality.
- 8)Tina and Ian choose the cheaper company.
4. Exercise 4
- A. Put the sentences from the beginning of a presentation in the correct order. Then listen and check.
- a Thank you for attending this presentation.
- b Finally, we’ll have a question and answer session.
- c First, I’ll tell you about our traditional product range.
- 1) d So, good morning everyone. I’m Theo Robson, Sales Director at Lucy’s Luxury Leather.
- e Then, I’ll explain our new range and how you can present it to our customers.
- f The aim of today’s presentation is to introduce our new product range.
B. Choose the correct option. Then listen to the second part of the presentation and check.
Let’s start (1) at / with more information about our traditional product range. Lucy’s Luxury Leather started in 1972 and we are the (2) bigger / biggest provider of traditional leather bags in the country. We’re (3) based / built in Worcester, UK, and we also have offices in Spain and Portugal. We (4) give / provide a range of leather goods including purses, wallets, belts and bags. Let’s look at some of our best-sellers now. Here, for example, are the Kensington belt and the Luxury bag …
So that’s the traditional range. Now, let’s (5) go into / move onto our new range aimed at a younger customer. Let’s talk (6) about / onto our typical younger customers. We (7) can / can’t create a range for this group and grow the business. (8) We’ll / We offer an original and modern range of leather goods for young customers. We think the Graduate wallet and the Casual belt will be very popular.
C. Listen and complete the presentation with one or two words in each gap.
So, (1)……………… everyone. For staff who are new to the company, I’m Sophie Dean, Marketing Director here at Lucy’s Luxury Leather. The (2)……………… this presentation is to introduce our new online shop. (3)………………, I’ll talk about our present system and tell you about why we need to improve it. (4)………………, I (5)……………… our new system and how it can help you. (6)………………, we’ll have a question and answer session at the end.
So, (7)……………… start with our present online shop …
5. Test
- 1)Listen and complete the information.
| Magna Clean | |
| Cleaning fee – one visit | (0) …£5… per metre |
| Fixed annual contract | (1) |
| Additional fee for | (2) |
| Pay the fee every | (3) |
| Cancellation fee | (4) |
| All fees include | (5) |
6. Listen and decide if the sentences are true or false.
- 2)Listen and decide if the sentences are true or false.
- Hire Now Recruitment
- 0)Hire Now has one speciality. T
- 1)The company has offices in different cities.
- 2)Hire Now advertises jobs online.
- 3)They only recruit people for permanent roles.
- 4)They charge a fixed fee for all jobs.
- 5)There is an additional fee for background checks.
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