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Practice Listening Business English Exercises for A2 – Performance

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Practice A2 (Elementary) business English with "Practice Listening Business English Exercises for A2 – Performance". 4 professional communication exercises with instant feedback. Free, no signup.

1. Exercise 1

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  • 1)
    Listen to five people talking about their employers. Which aspects of the company’s performance is each person evaluating?
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  • 2)
    Listen again and complete sentences 1-5 with the adjectives from the list.
  • poor excellent satisfactory encouraged average disappointing
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    It’s very – I really thought I had a big future here.
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    And we were by the big fall in serious injuries last year.
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    We’ve had a really year, much better than we expected.
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    It’s been a very performance – things can only get better!
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    I think we’ve had a year, but our CEO says our performance has been very .

2. Exercise 2

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  • 1)
    Listen to Raul and Lionel talking at a sales conference. Where do they work? When did they arrive there?
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    Listen again. Underline the correct form in italics. Which verbs are in the past simple, and which are in the present perfect?
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    We opened / have opened our first sales office in 2012.
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    We had / have had disappointing results for the first two years.
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    Since 2014, our business increased / has increased by nearly 20%.
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    I was / ‘ve been in Dubai for three years now.
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    My wife and children moved / have moved here last year.

3. Exercise 3

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  • 1)
    How do you say these numbers? Listen and check your answers.
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    39% 0.033 102 7, 467 906,570
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    Listen to the stock market report and complete the table.
29th June, 5.55 p.m. GMT. World Stock Markets Summary
IndexValueChange%
Nikkei20,235.73+ 126.57+ %
FTSE 1006,561.21– – 0.89 %
DAX10,968.05– – %
Dow Jones17,596.35– – 1.95%
Nasdaq– 122.04– 2.4%

4. Exercise 4

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  • 1)
    Listen to the presentation and label the graph with the names of the countries from the list.
  • Japan USA Germany China
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    Decide if the verbs in the table describe an upward movement (↑), a downward movement (↓) or no change (↔). Then listen again and check.
Environment 2
↑, ↓ or ↔
rise
decrease
remain stable
drop
↑, ↓ or ↔
grow
fall
decline
increase

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

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