Basic Business English Vocabulary

This is a link to a page with basic business words and phrases from various business areas.

Basic Business Vocabulary

Pequeña Bibliografía Business English

 Aquí teneis una pequeñísima y muy básica blibliografía de Business English. Los dos primeros libros son de inglés general y los siguientes son textos básicos con ejercicios de gramática y vocabulario específico del campo de los negocios.
 

1. Raymond Murphy: English Grammar in Use (Third Edition). Cambridge University Press 2004

2. Bill Mascull: Business Vocabulary in Use Intermediate and Advanced (Second Editions). Cambridge University Press

3.  Michael McCarthy , Jeanne McCarten, David Clark and Rachel Clark: Grammar for Business. Cambride University Press

4. B. Jean Naterop and Rod Revell: Telephoning in English Intermediate and Upper Intermediate (Third Edition). Cambridge University Press

5.   Michael Duckworth: Business Grammar and Practice (Intermediate to Upper- Intermediate. Oxford University Press 2003

     6. A Ashley: Oxford Handbook of Commercial Correspondence ( Intermediate to advanced).     
            Oxford University Press

Actividades de repaso

Present Simple and Present Continuous:
Exercise 1  Exercise 2

Past Simple and Past Continuous:
Exercise 1 Exercise 2

Passive Voice (all tenses)
Exercise 1

Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous
Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3

Past Perfect
Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3

Future
Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercises 3Exercise 4

Conditionals
Explanantion and exercises

Reported Speech
Explanation and exercises

Personality Adjectives

This is a very complete list of personality adjectives that I think most of you will find useful when describing someone. It´s a long presentation but it´s worth checking it out.

Personality

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Prepositions

Useful and clear presentation about prepositions that you can use with younger students.

Prepositions

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Lugares para visitar en San Francisco

Uno de mis sitios favoritos de San Francisco es Height Ashbury, el barrio hippie por excelencia y donde comenzó este movimiento en los años 70. Aquí os dejo un mapa de la calle con algunos de mis lugares favoritos:

Ver Tiendas interesantes en un mapa más grande

Prepositions and articles

This is a listening exercise where you have  to fill in the gaps with prepositions and articles. Listen to the song first, then look at the lyrics, listen again and try to fill in the blanks.



Here you have the lyrics.

THE SHOW MUST GO ON

By Queen (Oct.1991)

Empty spaces – what are we living .............?

Abandoned places, I guess we know the score.

............. and ............., 

Does anybody know what we are looking .............?

Another hero, another mindless crime,

............. the curtain ............. the pantomime,

Hold the line, 

Does anybody want ............. take it anymore?

 

The show must go ............. (x2)

............. my heart is breaking, 

My make-up may be flaking,

But my smile still stays ..............

 

Whatever happens, I leave it all ............. chance.

Another heartache, another failed romance.

............. and ............., 

Does anybody know what we are living .............?

 

I guess I’m learning;  I must be warmer now.

I’ll soon be turning ............. the corner now.

............. the dawn is breaking,

But .............  ............. the dark, 

I’m aching ............. be free.

The show must go ............. (x2)

............. my heart is breaking, 

My make-up may be flaking,

But my smile still stays ..............

 

My soul is painted like the wings ............. butterflies;

Fairy tales ............. yesterday will go, but never die.

I can fly, my friend.

 

The show must go on (x2)

I’ll face it ............. a grin!  I’m never giving .............!

.............  ............. the show.

 

Oh, I’ll top the bill;  I’ll overkill.

I have ............. find the will ............. carry .............

With the show (x2)

The show must go ..............