A2
Practice Listening Business English Exercises for A2 – Advertising
5 упражнений
1. Exercise 1
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- 1)Listen to three people talking about promoting their business. Match the speaker to the business they work in.
- Office supplies
- Health clubs
- Internet service providers
- 2)Listen again and answer the questions for each speaker.
- 1)What problems do they have?
- 2)What are they doing to attract new business?
2. Exercise 2
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- 1)Discuss the six forms of advertising from the list. Which would you recommend for the companies in Exercise 1?
- social media click ads targeted emails
- advertising boards search engines promotional events
- 2)Listen to the speakers describing how they advertise and compare with your answers.
3. Exercise 3
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- 1)Listen to four people talking about advertising. Which speaker thinks ?
- a)some advertising laws aren’t good
- b)online advertising is important
- c)outdoor advertising isn’t attractive
- d)advertising laws are necessary
- 2)Complete sentences 1-9, then listen again and check. Do you agree with the different opinions expressed?
- 1)Companies advertise to sell their products.
- 2)You have big billboards everywhere.
- 3)I think you have laws on advertising.
- 4)You stop companies advertising products which are bad for you.
- 5)In some countries, you advertise cigarettes.
- 6)You advertise alcohol on TV, but you do it before 8 p.m.
- 7)When we use the Internet, we usually pay to get the information we need.
- 8)Many website owners make their profits from advertising, so we use their websites for free.
- 9)There are a lot of ads online, but you look at them.
4. Exercise 4
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- 1)Listen to the conversation and answer the questions.
- 1)What are the two people talking about?
- 2)Do they agree?
- 2)Listen again and number phrases a-e in the order you hear them.
- a)Can I just say something here?
- b)Please let me finish.
- c)Sorry, go ahead.
- d)Can I just finish?
- e)Sorry, but
5. Exercise 5
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- 1)Three managers of Fitstart, a sports-shoe manufacturer, are discussing a new sales campaign in Central Europe. Listen and complete the notes.
- Advertising:
- Money spent last year:
- Budget this year:
- Extra money to be used for:
- Sales:
- This year: % increase
- Next two years: %
- Key markets: The Czech Republic, ,
- Action:
- Edward to prepare detailed
- to provide details of social media campaign
- 2)The sentences in B are the follow-up sentences to A. Match 1-6 with a-f and then listen again and check your answers.
- A) 1) We’re here today to talk about Central Europe.
- 2)Sorry, I didn’t catch that.
- 3)We’re getting off the subject.
- 4)OK, I think we’ve covered advertising.
- 5)Sorry, I’m not with you.
- 6)I think that’s everything.
- B) a Can we sum up what we’ve agreed?
- b)Could you be more specific?
- c)What was the last figure?
- d)Can we move on to the next point?
- e)Can we come back to that later?
- f)We need to discuss our new marketing campaign.
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