BUSINESS ENGLISH 4th Semester

To outline is to ...

• indicate the principal features or different parts of something

• lead to or make known by a formal act, announcement, or recommendation

• make ready beforehand for some purpose, use, or activity

• change to a different topic

________________ : to make ready beforehand for some purpose, use, or activity.

• Outline

• Prepare

• Summarize

• Suggest

To _____________ is to change to a different topic

• suggest

• outline

• move on

• prepare

Allow me to ____________ the new members of the board of directors.

• outline

• summarize

• move on

• introduce

I don't want to talk about this anymore. Can we ___ ?

• drop out

• go back

• run on

• move on

When making a presentation it is important to use ____ instead of photocopies. This simple tool will make your presentations more attractive and colorful.

• slides

• handouts

• notes

• sections

Presenters should look at their ___, not their ______. Eye contact is very important when interacting with customers.

• slides-notes

• audience-notes

• handouts-diagrams

Are you always trying to _________? Do you sometimes feel there are not enough hours in the day?

If you said "yes", your ___________ might be suffering. You can't run a business ___________, or you'll ____________ sales and lose profits.

• business- behind schedule - make up for lost time- delay

• delay- behind schedule - make up for lost time- business

• business - delay- behind schedule - make up for lost time

• make up for lost time- business- behind schedule - delay

Choose the word that is clossest in meaning to the underlined part:

Just stop demanding what you want.

• back down

• negotiate

• close the deal

• anticipate

The parties were very eager to argue with each other.

• participate

• celebration

• participants

• participant