Intermediate
A selection of Intermediate worksheets and lesson plans.
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A business interview
A pairwork speaking activity role-playing an interview between a journalist and a company president.
A question of opinion
A speaking activity for students to express opinions on business, economics and money.
Adjective auction
A speaking and writing activity for students to practise choosing adjectives and using them to write advertisements.
Advertising slogans
A reading and speaking activity where students study advertising slogans and speculate about which products they promote.
An official visit
A pairwork reading and speaking activity where students complete a schedule for an official visit by the senior directors of a company.
Any regrets?
A reading and speaking activity to act out an interview between a business journalist and a jailed accountant.
Appraisal interviews
A worksheet to discuss appraisal interviews.
Are you a natural leader?
A worksheet to discuss guidelines for leading teams.
At work
A worksheet on the subject of day-today work.
Business bulletin
A group activity planning, performing and filming or recording a 5 minute radio or TV business news programme.
Business crossword
An activity to complete a crossword by exchanging clues.
Business etiquette - true or false?
A speaking activity to discuss cultural norms, in business and in general.
Business tips
A reading and speaking activity to discuss appropriate ways to act in a range of business situations and to present the conclusions of the discussion.
Business writing basics
Students review important elements of good business writing in English, especially for letters and emails.
Chocolate
A groupwork activity to act out a meeting to discuss the marketing of a product.
Conversations
A writing and speaking activity to plan and act out various conversations.
Dirty tricks
A speaking activity to discuss negotiating tactics.
Eight-step decision making
A groupwork activity to put a set of sentences in the correct order.
Email expressions
Lessons to equip students with some basic vocabulary they may need for writing emails.
How often...?
A whole class speaking activity to ask how frequently people perform certain business activities.
Invent a company
A groupwork speaking activity where students invent a company and formally present it.
It's a deal
A whole class speaking activity about finding business openings.
Markets and prices
A reading and speaking activity to discuss ways of pricing products.
National statistics
A writing and speaking activity to exchange information about economic statistics for some nations.
New location
A groupwork role-play and ranking activity.
Nobody's perfect
A writing and speaking activity to discuss the qualities which make people good to work with.
Nowadays
A groupwork speaking activity to play a game and compare old and new ways of doing things.
Offices
A pairwork speaking activity to talk about offices.
Pay rise
A pairwork speaking activity to role play two conversations about salaries.
Personal qualities
A groupwork speaking activity to discuss the qualities needed for particular jobs.
Phrasal verbs on the phone
A pairwork activity to order the words in a set of sentences.
Portrait of an entrepreneur
A pairwork activity asking and answering questions to complete a text.
Problems with people
A pairwork reading and speaking activity to discuss and report on some problems at work.
Processes
A pair and groupwork activity to explain a process by ordering the different steps involved.
Production problems - what if?
A listening and speaking activity to discuss solutions to manufacturing production problems.
Project management
In this lesson by Barney Barrett, students examine, discuss and use the language of project planning and management applied to an ongoing project at the learner’s company.
Sales results
A groupwork activity to order sentences and complete a graph.
Sony
A pairwork speaking activity to exchange information about the Sony corporation.
The budget
A groupwork speaking activity to decide what furniture to buy for an office within a budget.
The business environment
A pairwork activity to prepare and give presentations on the past, present and future of the students’ industries, companies and countries.
The last minute
A speaking activity to talk about which items are necessary on a business trip.
Things in the office
A pairwork guessing game, describing objects and saying what they are used for.
Things to do
A pairwork speaking activity to role play a telephone conversation between a boss and an assistant.
Training
A reading and speaking activity to discuss some factors involved in choosing a training course.
Trouble
A pairwork speaking activity involving acting and improvisation.
Wage negotiation
A speaking activity to simulate a wage negotiation.
What happened?
A speaking activity to discuss a set of sales performance figures.
Work, rest and play
A pairwork reading and speaking activity to complete a text about the Mars Bar, by asking and answering questions.
Written and unwritten rules
A pairwork writing and speaking activity to talk about company rules and regulations.
You shouldn't have done that
A mixed skill activity to talk about business mistakes.
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