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Practice Listening Business English Exercises for A2 – Managing time

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1. Exercise 1

Audio
  • 1)
    Listen and match the four speakers to situations a-d.
  • Speaker 1
  • Speaker 2
  • Speaker 3
  • Speaker 4
  • a)
    Phone interruptions
  • b Administrative tasks
  • c)
    Meetings
  • d Difficult deadlines
  • 2)
    Listen again and complete sentences 1-8.
  • 1)
    There’s always one person who arrives .
  • 2)
    To time, we’ve tried introducing a one-hour limit.
  • 3)
    We always of time.
  • 4)
    I know reports a long time to do, but I never time for them.
  • 5)
    I always leave paperwork until the minute.
  • 6)
    We even thought we could deliver of time.
  • 7)
    It was really difficult to get the job done time.
  • 8)
    I so much time answering calls. It really you down.

2. Exercise 2

Audio
  • 1)
    Silvia has just returned to Argentina after three months working on a project in New York. Listen and answer the questions.
  • 1)
    Did she enjoy her time in the USA?
  • 2)
    Would she like to work there?
  • 2)
    Listen again and underline the words in italics you hear.
  • 1)
    I’ll / I’d go crazy if I lived / live in the USA.
  • 2)
    What would / will you do if they offer / offered you a job there?
  • 3)
    If it is / was only for a year or two, I would / might say yes.
  • 4)
    If they want / wanted me for longer, I wouldn’t / won’t accept it.

3. Exercise 3

Audio
  • 1)
    Listen to two conversations about deadlines. In each conversation, what work do they have to do?
  • 2)
    Listen again and match 1-7 to a-g.
  • 1)
    by
  • 2)
    within
  • 3)
    before
  • 4)
    as soon
  • 5)
    right
  • 6)
    on
  • 7)
    when you
  • a)
    away
  • b)
    as possible
  • c)
    have time
  • d)
    Monday
  • e)
    the end of next week
  • f)
    a week
  • g)
    Friday

4. Exercise 4

Audio
  • 1)
    Hans-Peter Berg receives a phone call from one of his foreign suppliers, Luca Peretti. Listen and complete the information.
  • Problem:
  • First solution:
  • Disadvantage of first solution:
  • Second solution:
  • Who will pay?
  • 2)
    Match 1-10 to a-j to make complete sentences. Then listen again and check.
  • 1)
    We have an issue
  • 2)
    Basically,
  • 3)
    Would it be OK
  • 4)
    Yes, that might
  • 5)
    What if
  • 6)
    Could you
  • 7)
    I think we
  • 8)
    That would allow us to
  • 9)
    Would you agree to
  • 10)
    Sorry, that wouldn’t
  • a)
    be possible.
  • b pay the extra cost?
  • c)
    with delivery.
  • d we’ve got a lorry drivers’ strike.
  • e get the parts to the factory in time.
  • f)
    be acceptable.
  • g)
    we transported them by train to the border?
  • h send a lorry to pick them up?
  • i)
    if we sent them by train?
  • j)
    could do that.

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