Back to Lessons
A2

Practice Listening Business English Exercises for A2 – Changes

3 exercises

1. Exercise 1

Audio
  • A. Listen to the conversation and answer the questions.
  • 1)
    Why does the company need to move?
  • 2)
    What event is on Friday evening?
  • B. Listen again. Complete the notes.
  • Company hire (1) ) new employees last month, need to move to (2) ), offices.
  • Thursday:
  • • Everyone is the office: (3) ) a.m.
  • • Desk items in boxes. Boxes stay in (4) ) .
  • • No staff in office after (5) ) .
  • Friday:
  • • Morning – no work. Arrival time – (6) ) .
  • • Employees find desks – don’t (7) ) desks!
  • • Items on new desks.
  • • (8) ) – party for new office.

2. Exercise 2

Audio
  • A. Put the words in the correct order to make questions.
  • 1)
    go, / did / generally / it / how / ?
  • 2)
    went / what / well, / in particular / ?
  • 3)
    well / didn’t / what / go / ?
  • 4)
    the / what / problem / was / ?
  • 5)
    this / did / happen / why / ?
  • 6)
    do / what / you / did / ?
  • 7)
    happened / what / ?
  • 8)
    experience / was / what / your / ?
  • 9)
    to / what / we / do / change / need / ?
  • B. Complete the responses with the words in the box.
  • a We need to our instructions and our communication, but in the end everybody is really happy with the product.
  • b)
    We made some with the instructions.
  • c)
    OK, so we met the and everybody in the team was very happy. The product is great.
  • d)
    We the instructions clear and we had a meeting with the team in the factory.
  • e)
    Well, there was a with the design.
  • f)
    We well and we didn’t have regular update meetings.
  • g)
    It went , thanks.
  • C. Listen and match the responses in B (a-g) with the questions in A (1-9). There are two extra questions.
  • g) c
deadline     didn’t communicate     improvemade     mistakes     problem     well

3. Test

Audio
  • 1)
    Listen and complete the notes for a company visit.
  • Company visit from Shanghai team
  • (0) )7visitors from Shanghai are coming on Tuesday. Please arrive at the office by (1) ) on Wednesday.
  • Instructions
  • Please see me if you need your (4) ) .
  • Please join us for a welcome meal on (5) ) at lunchtime.

How to Practice

  1. 1Read each question carefully
  2. 2Write your answer or select the correct option
  3. 3Click 'Show Answer' to check your work
  4. 4Review any mistakes and try similar exercises
  5. 5Move to the next exercise when ready

Related Practice Exercises

View all Business exercises