Business/07

• English
• Special Education

MORE FORMAL:

-May I interrupt you? Mr. Balwick is on the line.

-Thank you. Tell him I'll be right with him.

Interruptions

FORMAL:

-Excuse me, Paul... I have a question.

-Yes, Charles?

-Could you tell us how much these changes will affect the advertising budget?

-Certainly. I'll go into that in just a minute.

INFORMAL:

-Excuse me, Peter... am I interrupting you?

-Not at all, Ed. Come in. What's on your mind?

Graphs, charts

Describe the trends and movements of the following graphs!

Choose the correct answer!

During our last meeting, we developed a good _________.

1. acting plan
2. action plan
3. act plan
4. acted plan

I have a problem with the _________ of some of these action items. I think that we
should rearrange the order a little.

1. sequel
2. section
3. sequence
4. second

_________ limit project options.
If, for instance, you have "resource __________", you are limited in the resources you can use for a project.

1. contracts
2. contacts
3. constraints
4. constants

Will we outsource this task? No, we're doing it __________.

1. in-house
2. on-house
3. on-line
4. at-home

How's the project going? It's going well, but we're a little _________.

1. behind schedule
2. behind the schedule
3. behind time
4. behind the times

A ____, or "____ time" refers to the time after one
project/activity is finished and before another one starts. This is often used in a negative way in
reference to time lost because of projects that are behind schedule.

1. lad
2. lab
3. late
4. lag

It's rare that a project goes exactly as ______. Things often take longer than
anticipated.

1. plane
2. plan
3. planned
4. on the plan

How long is the estimated ______?
= How long do you think the project will last?

1. project duration
2. project schedule
3. project time
4. project pace

We hired a _________ to help us with this phase of the project.

1. consultation
2. consultant
3. consent
4. con

My boss enrolled our ______ in a training class next weekend.

1. project time
2. project management
3. project team
4. project factor

Goodbye!