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New Business English exercises every Friday!

As part of our service we offer free weekly business English exercises. If you enjoy these exercises please  recommend  Test Your Business English and/or e(nglish)-mail to colleagues, friends and family.

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Business Englisch Exercise of the Week

Business English Phrase

Interactive Exercises — Business English Skills & Vocabulary

English Quote

English Joke



Test 5 / Week 5


(Please answer all questions before clicking results button.)

1. He _____ in the stock market. (He earned a lot of money.)
earned a golden nose
made a killing
made a profit deal
made a bag

2. Besides his normal job, he _____ as a taxi driver. (has an extra job)
doubles
compensates
moonlights
substitutes

3. At Christmas time, all the big stores have to take on _____ to cope with the increased seasonal demand. (Zeitarbeiter)
time workers
occasional workers
temps
terminated staff

4. We're way overdue with the Acme delivery. Please, _____ the order, will you? (beschleunigen)
put a rush on
fasten
quicken
put a haste on

5. Anyone who wants to start a business in Germany has to go through a lot of _____. (lästige Bürokratie)
blue ribbons
Puntius and Pilate
hoops and circles
red tape

6. After the strike had been on for 4 weeks, the company hired _____ to work the machines. (Streikbrecher)
picket breakers
union breakers
work breakers
scabs

7. In the U.S., there are very strong laws against _____ on the job. (sexuelle Belästigung)
sexual harassment
sexual bothering
sexual irritation
sexual abuse

8. I'm very sorry about the delay in processing your order, but I'm afraid that because of the virus going around, we're _____ at the moment. (unterbesetzt)
underhanded
short-handed
under capacity
people-needy

9. You want to dictate a letter to your secretary. What do you say to her?
Ms Smith, would you please come in and write a letter?
Ms Smith, would you please come in and compose a letter?
Ms Smith, would you please come in and take a letter?
Ms Smith, would you please come in and stenograph a letter?

10. We've been working non-stop for 5 hours. Let's _____. (eine Pause machen)
take a break
get a break
have a pause
take a pause




Business English Phrase


If a business partner says "Videoconferencing is all the rage in Japan", what do they mean?

 A  —  It is very popular at the moment.

 B  —  It makes Japanese people very angry.

 C  —  It isn\'t very effective.




Interactive Exercises — Business English Skills & Vocabulary


Business English Exercise 1 Business English Exercise 2

TIP: If you'd like to try more interactive exercises then go to our Business Language Service Business English Online Exercises page.



Business English Quote of the Week


"If economists were good at business, they would be rich men instead of advisers to rich men."

– Kirk Kerkonian



English Joke of the Week


Drag and drop the sentences below into the correct order to make a funny joke.

How does that work? Simply left click a sentence and as long as you hold the button down you can move the sentence wherever you like. As soon as you let go, the sentence says where it is. It's as easy as that.

Have fun with typical English black humour :-)



If you have a good joke you'd like to see here, please send it to Stuart at:
webmaster@lingua-franca.de

Tips on how to tell jokes in English



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