A general business vocabulary exercise covering the kind of English you'll hear and read in professional environments around the world. Broad, practical, and useful at any level.
📚 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
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Choose the correct response to complete each sentence.
1. John isn't a permanent employee; he's a ___________________.
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2. ___________________ means that someone gets hired as a temporary employee, and then, in time, has the chance to become a permanent employee.
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3. I won't be able to meet up for lunch. I have an important meeting ___________________ ( = I have to attend).
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4. Make sure you ___________________ with Nancy about what we all discussed this morning.
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5. He's got a really positive ___________________. He'll do well at this company.
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6. A "micromanager" wants to ___________________.
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7. You should always wear your name ________________. ( = a little piece of paper with your name that you wear on your shirt) when you're at work.
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8. Tony, can you ___________________ these documents and see if there's anything in them about the Dell contract?
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9. P1: Can we meet at 2:00 PM? P2: Let me check my ___________________.
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10. Marketing really dropped the ___________________ on this one. ( = really made a big mistake)
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