Business English Worksheets

Are your students (or you!) under stress?

This lesson will give everyone a chance to talk about the pressures of life!

This worksheet has a short reading on stress - the causes, symptoms and possible remedies.

There are vocabulary building exercises and a summarising activity.

The lesson rounds off with discussion questions themed to the topic of stress. It makes a great topic for conversation!

This worksheet is written for upper-intermediate and advanced level students.

Do your students ever need to deal with native speakers who are less than happy with something?

This worksheet looks at expressions for how to respond to dissatisfied customers. There is an extended conversation, practice exercises and the opportunity to role-play different scenarios.

This worksheet is written for upper-intermediate and advanced-level students.

This business worksheet looks at the disparity between the number of women and men in senior management positions.

There is a gap-fill reading, with collocation/idiom practice, summarising and discussion.

This worksheet is written for advanced-level students.

This new worksheet looks at common questions about jobs that every student needs to be able to answer - whether you're teaching business English or not! The worksheet begins with students matching pictures to job titles. This is followed by a gap-fill conversation and comprehension questions. There's a mix-and-match exercise with eight common work-related questions, followed by the chance for your students to personalise the language. After these activities, your students will be confident enough with the language to interview a partner about his / her job.

Apologizing is difficult at the best of times - and even more so in a foreign language!

This worksheet looks at a number of common expressions, including:

• in the heat of the moment
• go too far
• be way out of line
• don't give it another thought

...and more.

There's a conversation, followed by practice exercises and role-play.

This worksheet is written for upper intermediate to advanced learners.

If you have a new higher-level business class, you'll want to be sure that you know your students' goals.

Find out about their needs and expectations with this business needs analysis handout.

You could give it to the students before the course begins. Alternatively, you could put students in pairs, and have them interview each other.

We're going to add some general-English needs analysis sheets in coming months. Let us know if you have any requests!

What would your students do if they inherited some money? This worksheet can be used in both general classes and business English lessons. It looks at some basic investing expressions, with vocabulary including: invest in interest / inflation rates in real terms turbulent stock market play it safe There's a conversation, vocabulary building exercises and discussion. It's great for upper-intermediate level students.

How much do your students know about Bill Gates? What do they think of Windows and Office? This worksheet has a gap-fill reading (which isn't too long) and exercises to build your students' vocabulary. They'll learn expressions such as: * instantly recognizable * play a major role * drop out of * step down from ..and much more! The lesson rounds off with lots of discussion questions at the end. This worksheet is written for intermediate-level classes.