Business English Questions- Brainstorming

Business questions brainstorming game

Take a card from a cut up version of this worksheet or close your eyes and point at the table below to choose one word. Take turns asking questions using the word on the card (or questions that are suitable for the situation given in italics). All questions should be suitable for some kind of business situation, e.g. with a colleague or customer. The last person to think of a suitable question gets a point, and then the game continues with another card.

Where	Who	Which	How
Company	Job	You	Your
Which	(meeting someone for the first time)	(meeting someone again)	What
Can/ Could	Would	Does	Do
Is	Are	Have	Did

 

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Take a card from a cut up version of this worksheet or close your eyes and point at the table below to choose one word. Take turns asking questions using the word on the card (or questions that are suitable for the situation given in italics). All questions should be suitable for some kind of business situation, e.g. with a colleague or customer. The last person to think of a suitable question gets a point, and then the game continues with another card.

Where	Who	Which	How
Company	Job	You	Your
Which	(meeting someone for the first time)	(meeting someone again)	What
Can/ Could	Would	Does	Do
Is	Are	Have	Did

Suggested answers

Where

Where is your company based?

Where does your company have offices?

Where is your company’s head office/ headquarters/ HQ?

Where are you from?/ Where do you come from?

Where do you work?

 

Who

Who do you work for?

Who are your main competitors?

Who is your company owned by?

 

Which

Which floor do you work on?

Which department do you work in?

Which branch do you work in?

Which line of business are you in?

Which department do you work in?

 

How

How has your week been?

How are you (today)?

How many employees does your company have?

How long have you been working for your company?

 

Company

What does your company do?

Where is your company based?

Does your company have any subsidiaries?

 

Job

Is this your first job?

Do you enjoy your job?

 

You

See other sections

 

Your

Where is your company based?

How has your week been?

How was your weekend?

Do you like your job?

 

What

What (exactly) do you do?

What field do you work in?

What is your best selling/ most famous product?

What are you working on at the moment?

What does your company do?

What are your main duties/ responsibilities?

 

Can/ Could

Can I take your coat?

Could I ask your name?

Can you tell me…?

Could I have…?

 

Would

Would you like something to drink (before we start)?

Would you like me to…?

 

Does/ Do/ Is/ Are

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Have

How many employees does your company have?

Does your company have a branch/ office/ subsidiary in…?

 

Did

Did you work on Saturday?

Did you have a good weekend?

Did you have any trouble getting here?

 

 

Suitable questions for the first time you meet someone

• Can I introduce myself?
• Can I take your coat?
• Could I ask your name?
• Did you have any trouble getting here?
• Do you enjoy your job?
• Do you like your job?
• Does your company have a branch/ office/ subsidiary in…?
• Does your company have any subsidiaries?
• How long have you been working for your company?
• How many employees does your company have?
• Is it your first time here?
• Is this your first job?
• What (exactly) do you do?
• What are you working on at the moment?
• What are your main duties/ responsibilities?
• What does your company do?
• What field do you work in?
• What is your best selling/ most famous product?
• Where are you from?/ Where do you come from?
• Where do you work?
• Where does your company have offices?
• Where is your company based?
• Where is your company’s head office/ headquarters/ HQ?
• Which branch do you work in?
• Which department do you work in?
• Which floor do you work on?
• Which line of business are you in?
• Who are your main competitors?
• Who do you work for?
• Who is your company owned by?
• Would you like something to drink (before we start)?

 

Suitable questions for meeting someone you know

• Can I take your coat?
• Did you have a good weekend?
• Did you have any trouble getting here?
• Did you work on Saturday?
• How are you (today)?
• How has your week been?
• How have you been?
• How long has it been?
• How was your weekend?
• How’s your boss/ family/ wife?
• What are you working on at the moment?
• Would you like something to drink (before we start)?