Tasks based on English at Work series at BBC Learning English

List of activities
1. The interview - language for interviews
2. The interruption - structuring answers
3. The crisis - making suggestions
4. Doing lunch - introducing yourself
5. The Queen of Sheba - polite requests
6. Double-booked - offering to help
7. Mr Lime's grapefruits - apologising
8. Room 301 - giving praise
9. The warehouse - checking information
10. The brainstorm - disagreeing
11. Overtime - language for working long hours
12. The big day - opening a presentation
13. The Imperial Lemon - making a pitch
14. Telephone tell-tale - giving constructive feedback
15. Seb Lime - phone manner
16. Slimy Limey! - politely refusing
17. Lemon-sized luxury boxes - placing an order, phone manner
18. The email - writing an email
19. The open window - explaining a misunderstanding
20. The team meeting - setting an agenda for a meeting
21. Don't panic! - asking for help
22. The smoker - making a polite request
23. Risky business - health and safety policy
24. No smoke without fire - words to use in an emergency
25: The big cheese - booking a hotel room
26: You cannot be serious! - language for complaining
27: Getting down to business - delivering bad news
28: Home truths - keeping things professional
29: Putting the feelers out - making cold calls
30: Two heads are better than one - negotiating
31: Sign on the dotted line - project management
32: The deal is off! - further language for negotiating
33: Prepare for take-off - booking a flight
34: The business trip - clinching the dealAll episodes: vocabulary and questions for discussion in a Google Doc