Describing products and services: Business English A2

5 A2 Business exercises on “Describing products and services”, with answers. Complete each task and check it straight away. Free, no account needed.

SkillBusiness
LevelA2 Elementary
Exercises5
Gaps30
Topic8 of 32

Before you start. 5 exercises · 5 audio tracks · 10:49. Play each track, then do the tasks.

Exercise 1. Listen and match each extract to the pictures. Which adjectives does each speaker use?

Audio · 6 gaps
Audio
  • 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.
Exercise 1: Listen and match each extract to the pictures.

0 of 6 answered

Exercise 2. Listen to the beginning of a radio programme about inventors and match the inventions to their inventors and the year.

Audio
Audio
TwitterTim Berners-Lee1973
Mobile phoneJack Dorsey1991
World Wide WebRoland Moreno2006
Smart cardsMartin Cooper1974

Exercise 3. Listen to the story of Jack Dorsey and Twitter and put the events in the right order.

Audio · 10 gaps
Audio
  • 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

Exercise 4. Listen to someone giving a research report into the use of podpads at a festival. Make notes in the table:

Audio · 14 gaps
Audio
  • 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.
Why did they do the research?
How did they do it?
What were the results?
What were the conclusions?

Exercise 5. Listen to the description of the four products below. Why did each person decide to buy the product? What advantages does each product have?

Audio
Audio
Exercise 5: Listen to the description of the four products below.

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