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Travel problems

Many things can go wrong on a business trip. Would you know what to say if they did? Take our test and find out.

Sorry, could you clarify that?

Do you ever have problems understanding what was really said in a meeting? Would you know how to ask for clarification? Complete this statement: "I’m sorry — I didn't _____ that."

Talking about your responsibilities

In business situations, you will often have to explain what you do in detail. We focus on verbs you can use to do this with confidence.

Reading the business news

Newspaper headlines are often very difficult to understand. We hope it will be easier when you have tried to write your own headlines in this exercise.

Business traveller

If you have to travel a lot, make sure that you know how to save time. Read how to improve your business travel skills — and improve your travel vocabulary at the same time — by doing our exercise.

To understand intercultural communication, you need to look at identity, etiquette and taboos. Our exercise looks at the language you need to communicate across cultures and offers advice on intercultural communication, too.

Reading comprehension

Your boss has asked you to find out certain information for your company from an English-language newspaper. Read the following advertisements and decide what advice you could get by contacting them.

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