This exercise tests general business English vocabulary across a range of professional topics. The terms covered reflect the language you'll need for business travel, presentations, and client meetings.
📚 Key vocabulary brand equity — the commercial value derived from consumer perception of a brand name rather than the product itself market segmentation — dividing a broad market into subgroups of consumers with common needs or characteristics conversion rate — the percentage of website visitors or leads who complete a desired action, such as making a purchase customer acquisition cost (CAC) — the total cost of winning a new customer, including marketing and sales expenses return on investment (ROI) — a measure of the profitability of an investment, calculated as net profit divided by cost lead generation — the process of attracting and capturing interest from potential customers for a business's products or services value proposition — a clear statement explaining how a product solves a customer problem and why it is better than alternatives positioning — the process of establishing how a brand or product occupies a distinct place in the minds of target customers B2B (business-to-business) — commercial transactions conducted between two businesses, rather than between a business and a consumer B2C (business-to-consumer) — commercial transactions where a business sells products or services directly to individual consumers
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Choose the correct response to complete each sentence.
1. What are you _____________________? = What are you trying to say?
Correct answer: getting at.
2. I am sorry, Lynn, but I did not ____________________ that last figure.
Correct answer: catch.
3. Janine has _____________________ a lot to the development of this company.
Correct answer: contributed.
4. We're running a little short _____________________. (meaning: we don't have much time left)
Correct answer: of time.
5. Bill told me that my issue was _____________________ of the meeting. (meaning: not part of what the meeting was about)