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Test prep that doubles as a language workout

Every unit on this page prepares students for standardized business English tests — the photo descriptions, short talks, graphics and error-spotting tasks are all familiar test formats. But test prep doesn’t have to be dry. Each unit is built as an intensive workout on one real-world topic, so students leave with usable vocabulary and grammar, not just exam technique.

The six parts are always the same: T1 visual vocabulary with audio, T2 a vocabulary quiz, T3 a grammar focus, T4 a listening skill (photo descriptions, map locations, graphics, types of talks), T5 a reading skill (transitions, phrasal verbs, tone, charts), and T6 a four-part mini-test with audio. Every part is a single A4 page with room to write, so a unit fits one intensive class or a week of short sessions.

🏢 The Modern Office

Added: September 2026 • Level: Pre-Intermediate–Intermediate • T1–T6 with audio

A lost briefcase, a broken water cooler and a front desk with nobody at it — welcome to the office. This unit drills the everyday language of office life: ventilation, briefcase, front desk, laminator, apprentice, mentor, compile, duplicate, verify, interpersonal skills, and accomplished, plus an extra vocabulary page on office management. Grammar focuses on infinitives (regret to inform, stopped to buy, not to ignore). The listening practice trains students to catch the topic, the reason and the time of a conversation across two audio tracks, and the reading page works through phrasal verbs like take over, put off, run out of, and keep up. A four-part mini-test with audio rounds off the unit.

🪪 Who Does What at Work (Roles and Responsibilities)

Added: September 2026 • Level: Pre-Intermediate–Intermediate • T1–T6 with audio

Personnel manager, payroll clerk, bellhop, mailroom clerk — who actually does what? This collection maps the jobs and qualities that keep a workplace running, with two visual vocabulary pages covering procedure, queries, accessible, probationary period, contributes, criticized, accountable, entrepreneur, facilitate, and indispensable. The grammar focus untangles comparisons with like, as, as … as and as if — a favourite test trap. Students then practise reading a bar chart while listening to two conversations about customer queries, and work out the five meanings of for (purpose, reason, in favour of, distance, time) in a team email. A four-part mini-test with audio completes the unit.

📱 Digital Marketing and Customer Insights

Added: September 2026 • Level: Pre-Intermediate–Intermediate • T1–T6 with audio

Why did the online orders forecast dip in the second quarter, and who is still buying in a brick-and-mortar store? This unit teaches the language marketers use to understand customers: demographics, segment, focus group, questionnaire, buying behavior, brand awareness, cold calls, price gouging, monopoly, incentive, sales forecast, and loyalty, across two visual vocabulary pages. Grammar centres on gerunds after prepositions (about launching, for designing, to protecting). Two listening pages train students to identify location, activity, occupation and people, with a separate strategy page showing how to do it, and the reading page works through charts, tables and graphs. A four-part mini-test with audio finishes the unit.

🚢 Shipping and Logistics

Added: September 2026 • Level: Pre-Intermediate–Intermediate • T1–T6 with audio

Parcels, barrels, cranes and container ships — how does a package get from a harbor to your door? Students learn the vocabulary of moving goods, including cargo plane, shipping agent, loading area, express delivery, tracking number, weight limit, declare, in transit, and bulk, with audio for the visual vocabulary page. The grammar focus is the third conditional (what would have happened if the shipment had arrived on time?). The listening page is a map task: students follow eight short recordings around a city map and mark the locations. The reading page contrasts formal and informal verbs for business writing, and a four-part mini-test with audio closes the unit.

📣 Advertising

Added: September 2026 • Level: Pre-Intermediate–Intermediate • T1–T6 with audio

A neon sign, a billboard, a slogan you can’t get out of your head. This set of exercises covers how brands get our attention, with vocabulary like influencer, followers, endorsing, trial offer, demos, pitch, logo, commercial, consumers, and graphic designer. The grammar section gives comparatives and superlatives a full workout — the most persuasive ad, a cheaper offer — backed by an adjective table students can keep. In the listening task students look at photographs and separate what is a fact from what is only an assumption, a core test-taking skill, and the reading page teaches them to spot and cut unnecessary words. A four-part mini-test with audio finishes the unit.

💰 Finance

Added: September 2026 • Level: Pre-Intermediate–Intermediate • T1–T6 with audio

Sales rose for the third consecutive month — but the market is volatile and the café is cash-strapped. Key vocabulary includes earnings, cash flow, payroll, balance sheet, funding, price hikes, track record, allot, boost, outweigh, and transfer, with an extra visual vocabulary page for stronger groups. The grammar focus works on suffixes (turning invest into investment and investor), again with an extra practice page. Listening trains students to identify the type of talk they are hearing — announcement, advertisement, report, speech — across five short recordings, and the reading page is about understanding tone in business messages. A four-part mini-test with audio closes the unit.

🎧 Customer Service

Added: September 2026 • Level: Pre-Intermediate–Intermediate • T1–T6 with audio

Impatient customers, hostile emails, a suggestion box nobody reads. These carefully sequenced activities cover the language of dealing with people under pressure: complaint, compromise, declined, threatened, misplaced, indecisive, unrealistic, call center, satisfied customer, and give up. The grammar focus is the passive voice (your order has been shipped, the refund was processed), which runs through almost every customer service message. The listening page uses photo descriptions — choose the statement that best matches the picture — and two reading pages practise transitions (however, therefore, in addition) that hold a polite reply together. A four-part mini-test with audio completes the unit.

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