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Basic Business English vocabulary for beginners 6

✓ Useful for TOEIC ✓ Useful for Cambridge BEC
This exercise focuses on the general business vocabulary that forms the backbone of professional English communication. Ideal for ESL learners who are just getting started with workplace language.



📚 Key vocabulary
click-through rate (CTR) — the percentage of people who click on a link or advertisement after seeing it
funnel — a model representing the stages a potential customer goes through, from awareness to purchase
content marketing — a strategy focused on creating and distributing valuable content to attract and retain a defined audience
KPI (key performance indicator) — a measurable value that demonstrates how effectively a company is achieving key business objectives
market share — the portion of total sales in a market captured by a particular company or product
customer retention — a company's ability to keep its existing customers over a specified period of time
product lifecycle — the progression of a product through introduction, growth, maturity, and decline stages
demographic — statistical data relating to a population, such as age, gender, income, and education level
psychographic — characteristics relating to consumers' attitudes, interests, values, and lifestyle choices
upselling — encouraging a customer to purchase a more expensive or upgraded version of the product they are considering


READY TO PRACTICE? LET’S GO!

Choose the best response to complete each of the sentences below.

1. We had to __________________________ some money to expand our business.
2. Victoria is very rich. She and her husband made a ___________________ ( = a lot of money) in real estate.
3. I can't invest in your business because I can't ___________________ ( = find/gather) the money to do that.
4. A ___________________ executive is someone with a very high position within a company.
5. Tom is not popular, but he is ___________________ by all the employees.
6. My manager almost never ___________________ my work. He's always very happy with the way I do things.
7. Another way of saying "he was fired" is "he was ___________________."
8. P1: You didn't know he was going to quit? P2: No, I guess I missed all the ___________________ signs. ( = signs that something was wrong)
9. Do you think it's ___________________ to buy things online?
10. A company that hasn't been around very long ( = a new company) is often called a ___________________.




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