Business Result Pre 2nd Ed revision games
Business Result Pre 2nd Ed rotating revision board game
| Presentations phrases and gestures you go together. | Requests that your partner says “Yes” to. | Requests that your partner (politely) says “No” to. | Facts about your company your partner agrees are important. | START Good things to say the 1st time you meet someone. | |
| Different questions to ask about a new English word. | Instructions for students Write your name in or put a counter on the first square. Do the challenge of the square you are on. Your partner will agree or disagree, answer your questions, check if it is correct, etc. Continue doing the same challenge in that square until you make a mistake or until you do it correctly six times. Then move clockwise the number of squares of the correct things you said, for example four squares if the fifth thing that you said was wrong. The winner is the person who has moved most around the board when your teacher stops the game (or has moved most times around the board if you can go all the way around). Other rules: You must stop the first time that you make a mistake, meaning that it is possible to stay on the same squareYou can also give up, for example if you don’t want to try the sixth square next timeYou can’t move more than six squaresIf you land on the same square as someone has already done, you can copy what was said before if you like (although some things may get different reactions). Useful language for playing the game “That sounds right.”/ “I think that’s okay.” “I don’t think that is right because…” “How many points (did I get)?” “You can move zero/ one/ two/ … square(s).” “It’s my turn.”/ “It’s your turn.” | Good small talk questions for someone you don’t know. | |||
| Different phrases to check the meaning of something. | Good small talk questions with someone you know well. | ||||
| Changes to your company your partner agrees with. | “How” questions that get different answers. | ||||
| Good phrases at the end of meetings. | Different email opening greetings. | ||||
| Phrases to chair/ control meetings. | Different email opening lines. | ||||
| Phrases to smoothly end small talk/ really start meetings. | Email closing lines (before “Yours sincerely” etc) | ||||
| Good small talk questions at the start of meetings. | Different email closing greetings. | ||||
| “How many” questions your partner can’t answer. | Formal ways of ending emails. | ||||
| Questions with “How often” with different answers. | Informal/ friendly ways of starting emails. | ||||
| Questions with “How long” that get different answers. | Ways of writing your name at the end of emails. | ||||
| Questions your partner answers with different future times. | Questions your partner answers with different past times. | Present questions your partner says “Yes” to. | Past questions that your partner says “Yes” to. | Different ways of mentioning attachments in emails. | |
Business Result Pre vocabulary revision definitions game
Choose one of the lines below but don’t say which one. Without saying any of the words on that line, explain the meaning of the word(s) etc until your partner guesses which one.
| Useful language for playing the game It means… It means (almost) the same as…/ It’s similar to… (but…) We use it when we talk about/ when we write… We studied it… You do it when… You can do it by… You can use it in the sentence “… BLANK …” It stands for…/ It’s short for… It is formal/ medium-formality/ casual. It’s (usually) a positive word/ negative word. It’s a noun/ an adjective/ a verb/ an adverb/ an idiom/ a(n)… It also has a non-business meaning, which is…/ It also has a general meaning, which is… It’s British English/ American English. |
Emailing
NB
FYI
Sincerely
Re
Unit 14/ Time expressions
right away
deadline
noon
biannual
sometime
Unit 13/ Predictions
productive
expect
likely
equipment
flexible
adapt
Unit 12/ Trends
stable
decline
rise
nought
creep up
plummet
take off
fluctuate
bounce back
Unit 9/ Meetings
sum up
figure(s)
move on
interrupt
AOB
item (on the agenda)
Unit 8
go ahead
ID
Unit 6/ HR
(internal) promotion
recruit
qualification
apply for
hotdesking
CV
Unit 3/ Reports
questionnaire
majority
purpose
recommendation(s)
Unit 1/ Meeting people
conference
subsidiary
competitor
based (in)
specialise in
business card
catch up
founded
Zoom/ Checking and clarifying
pronunciation
syllable
mute
host
clap
copy and paste
thumbs up
trash (can)
erase
font size
bold script
italics/ italic script
undo
Ask about any which you don’t understand, then your teacher will explain some of those without saying which for you to guess in the same way.
Business Result Pre vocabulary revision miming game
Choose one line below and do gestures without speaking until your partner guesses which line you chose.
Zoom/ Checking and clarifying
syllable
mute
clap
thumbs up
trash (can)
erase
italics/ italic script
undo
Emailing
Hi everyone
Dear all
attached
Please note that
I’m looking forward to hearing from you.
Best
Unit 14/ Time expressions
deadline
noon
Unit 13/ Predictions
flexible
Unit 12/ Trends
stable
decline
rise
nought
creep up
plummet
take off
fluctuate
bounce back
Unit 9/ Meetings
sum up
move on
interrupt
Unit 8
go ahead
Unit 6/ HR
(internal) promotion
Unit 1/ Meeting people
business card
pleased (to meet you)
Ask about any which you don’t understand, can’t think of mimes for, etc, working together to think of mimes each time.
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