Visual Business English - vocabulary matching exercise ESL 1
Test your business English visual vocabulary with this picture-matching exercise. Look at each image and write the correct word from the list provided. A great way to build workplace vocabulary through recognition rather than translation.
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Write the correct word from the list below next to each image.
suit, cell, receptionist, tie, laptop, office, chart, cubicle, printer, cooler
1. 
✓
✓2. 
✓
✓3. 
✓
✓4. 
water ✓
water ✓5. 
✓
✓6. 
✓
✓7. 
✓
✓8. 
✓
✓9. 
✓
✓10. 
phone (*called a "mobile" in British English)✓
phone (*called a "mobile" in British English)✓
💻 Did you know?
Cell phone or mobile? Americans say "cell phone" (or just "cell"); the British say "mobile" or "mobile phone." In global business settings, both are understood, but knowing the difference helps you sound natural with any English speaker.
Cubicle culture — the open-plan office with individual cubicles became widespread in the 1980s. Today many companies have moved to fully open-plan layouts, though the word "cubicle" still carries a universal meaning in business English.
Water cooler is also used figuratively in English: "water cooler conversation" or "water cooler moment" refers to informal office chat about shared topics like TV shows or news.
Cell phone or mobile? Americans say "cell phone" (or just "cell"); the British say "mobile" or "mobile phone." In global business settings, both are understood, but knowing the difference helps you sound natural with any English speaker.
Cubicle culture — the open-plan office with individual cubicles became widespread in the 1980s. Today many companies have moved to fully open-plan layouts, though the word "cubicle" still carries a universal meaning in business English.
Water cooler is also used figuratively in English: "water cooler conversation" or "water cooler moment" refers to informal office chat about shared topics like TV shows or news.
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