Interview English: 19 really useful phrasal verbs for work & business!

19 USEFUL PHRASAL VERBS WORK & BUSINESS! EXERCISES TO HELP YOU REMEMBER THE WORDS & EXPRESSIONS!

1 Gap-fill exercise

Complete the sentences with the words from below. talked aiming paid trade back snowed

banking work

1. All our hard work has finally off as the

new product is selling really well. 2. We need to out our monthly costs. 3. We’re on their support for the project as we need their votes. 4. They over the problem in the meeting. 5. Don’t forget to up all your work before you leave tonight. 6. You get $1,000 off the new car if you in your old one. 7. I’m under all this week. Can we meet up sometime next week? 8. We’re for a 10% increase in sales this month.

2 Sentence completion

Complete the sentences with the missing letters. 1. We decided to swi over to the new system because it was easier to use. 2. After buying the company, they car it up and sold off the parts they didn’t want. 3. They bai out of the deal because they didn’t think it was a good idea. 4. The business deal wo out well in the end. 5. She to some time off work because she was moving house.

Answers on page 50

6. She tu down the job offer because she had a better one on the table. 7. I think we need to we up the cost of switching over to the accounting software. 8. I need you to wo out the total cost of each air-conditioning unit, please. 9. All files are ba up to the cloud on a daily basis. 10. The pharmaceutical companies te up so they could develop the new drug.

3 Gap-fill exercise

Complete the sentences with the words from below. paid stand taken trade paying pay

took stands

1. She’s over a few of the marketing

manager’s duties. 2. The clothes website really off among

teenagers. 3. It will be at least 8 years before this investment starts out and we receive regular payments. 4. We’ve out over $40,000 to shareholders this year. 5. We had lots of good applicants for the post, but Paula really out from the rest. 6. The company wants to off the debt as soon as possible. 7. She agreed to off her work from home flexibility for a lighter workload. 8. The yellow letters really out against the black background.