How Good Were the Results? Business English Adjectives for Evaluating Performance

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Sales went up during the promotion, then dropped again. Was it a success? That depends on what you were hoping to achieve.

In this lesson, we’ll practice five adjectives for evaluating performance so you can give a clearer answer when a colleague asks, “How did it go?”

Business English Adjectives for Evaluating Performance: Complete the Response

Listen to each scenario and type the correct adjective to complete the response.

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1. Listen to the situation

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• You manage a team at an accounting firm. Since one accountant left six weeks ago, your team has been working Saturdays just to keep up with the workload.

  
  

• A partner asks if you can take on three new clients.

You say:

Answer

The correct answer is sustainable.

sustainable

adjective

able to continue at the same level over time without putting too much pressure on people or resources

Well, not with the team we have now. We’re already working Saturdays just to get everything done, and that’s not sustainable. We need another accountant, ideally within the next few weeks.

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