Business English- Present Simple & Continuous guessing game

Business English Present Simple and Continuous verb guessing game

Choose an action below and give hints until your partner guesses which it is, such as:

• If you are doing it now or not (and maybe why)
• Who is (probably) doing it now
• How often you do it
• When you do it
• Who often does it

• Be in the board room
• Be late
• Carry a smartphone/ loose change/ a wallet/ business cards/ a diary
• Do overtime
• Feel tired/ hot/ cold/ stressed/ relaxed/ confused
• Have a hangover
• Have fun (= Enjoy yourself)
• Learn something new
• Sit down
• Speak a foreign language
• Speak to someone from another country
• Stand up
• Use a dictionary/ an electronic dictionary/ a computer/ automatic pencil
• Wait for a phone call/ an email/ some information
• Wear a tie/ jacket/ skirt/ high heeled shoes/ earrings/ jewellery/ make up

Do the same with other actions not in the list above (e.g. wearing other things).

Do the same with verbs to describe companies, mentioning:

• If your company is doing that now or not (and maybe why)
• How often and when your company does that
• What other companies are and aren’t doing that now
• How often and when other companies do that

• Advertise
• Cut costs
• Have performance review meetings
• Offer a training course
• Invest (in…)
• Launch a new product – Scrap an old product
• Make a profit – Lose money
• Open a new branch/ a new office
• Pay bonuses
• Recruit (= Employ new people)
• Take over another company/ Merge with another company
• Use consultants
• Use agency staff