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Functional Language for the Workplace

Practice the English you need for real workplace conversations.

Evaluating Performance and Results

Practice talking about how someone has performed or how something has turned out.

Better Than Expected

New Lab B2 Better than expected, Business English for Evaluating Results

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Where's the Proof?

Human and robotic hands on a laptop keyboard above the title Where’s the Proof? B2–C1 Business English for Describing Concrete Results and Benefits, by Real Business English.

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More Practice: Evaluating Performance and Results

Practice discussing how well a project went and explaining what’s behind the results. Visit our Evaluating Performance and Results page for workplace scenarios with audio and speaking practice.

Business English practice for evaluating results and discussing how actual outcomes compare with expectations.

Evaluating Results

Business English vocabulary for evaluating results and performance, illustrated by a professional wearing a yellow hard hat and holding architectural plans.

Three colleagues discussing business results, with a woman in an orange blazer at the center. The graphic promotes a Business English lesson on adjectives for evaluating performance and describing results.

Business English practice for evaluating performance and results, with workplace scenarios on explaining improvements and disappointing outcomes.

First page of “Business English Collocations for Explaining Results,” a B2–C1 lesson from Real Business English, featuring a listening exercise about increased hotel occupancy after a new airline contract.

Business English adjectives for evaluating performance, with B2–C1 listening exercises about staffing needs and reducing waste.

Business English adjectives for evaluating results and performance, with B2–C1 listening practice about successful recruitment.

Evaluating Proposals

Learn the language you need to evaluate a proposal and explain your reasons.

Can We Risk It?

Can we risk it, B2 Business English for evaluating proposals

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The Cost of a Guarantee

Workers in yellow uniforms sorting boxes in a warehouse.

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Worth the Price

Worth the Price: Business English for Talking About Costs

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More Practice: Evaluating Proposals

Before you agree to a proposal, you may want to check the figures or ask what’s been left out. Practice what to say through workplace conversations, then try responding yourself.

Business Talk: Evaluating Business Proposals

Business english for evaluating prposals
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Business Talk: English for Evaluating Proposals

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Business Talk: Phrasal Verbs for Evaluating Proposals

Business Talk: 5 Business English questions to evaluate proposals

5 Business English Questions for Evaluating proposals
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Reporting Progress

Give clear updates on what’s been done and what’s happening now.

Building Momentum

Woman arranging baked goods in a bakery for a Business English lesson on reporting progress.

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Half Price After Six

Building momentum Lab, Business English for progress and setbacks

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It's Starting to Take Off

Businesswoman speaking with a colleague in an office for a Business English lesson on talking about progress.

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Making Decisions

Practice what to say when neither option is ideal, but you need to make a decision.

No Easy Choice

No Easy Choice B2 Business English for Making Difficult Decisions

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A Data Center Without Power?

Rows of blue-lit server racks in a data center. Business English lesson titled “A Data Center Without Power? B2 Business English for Decision-Making.”

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Changing Plans

Explain why something is no longer happening as planned or why priorities have changed.

The Deal is Off

C1 Business English Phrasal Verbs lesson with protein shake

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Plans in Flux

A group of colleagues discussing ideas and writing on a glass board. B2 Business English lesson titled “Plans in Flux: Business English Phrases for Changing Plans.”

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The Contract Isn't Signed Yet

Business professionals reviewing a contract document during a meeting. C1 Business English practice lesson titled “The Contract Isn’t Signed Yet.”

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Explaining a Shortage

Explain what’s unavailable and how that affects the work.

Hard to Find

B2 Business English for Discussing Shortages lesson card

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Explaining a Problem or Setback

Explain a problem, its impact and what happens next.

Opening on Monday

Woman in a warehouse for B2 Business English course.

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Talking about Delays

Explain a problem, its impact and what happens next.

Off Track

Off Track B2 Business English for Workplace Delays train

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Deadlines and Timelines

Deadlines and Timelines: Phrasal Verbs and Workplace Expressions

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