Business Collocations Bingo

Intermediate (B1) 25 minutes
Business English collocations game preview showing vocabulary bingo, matching, group work for intermediate B1 level students

Business English Collocations Game - Vocabulary: Bingo, Matching - Group Work

In this engaging business collocations game, students play bingo by matching common business collocations with their meanings and briefly using them in context. To begin, the bingo caller reads a business collocation definition at random from the...

Business English Collocations Game - Vocabulary: Bingo, Matching - Group Work In this engaging business collocations game, students play bingo by matching common business collocations with their meanings and briefly using them in context. To begin, the bingo caller reads a business collocation definition at random from the caller's sheet, e.g. 'To lead and control a business meeting.' The players listen and look at the collocations written on their bingo cards to see if they have one that matches the definition, e.g. chair a meeting. If they do, they cross it off. The game continues until a player has crossed off four collocations in a row. When this happens, the player shouts 'Bingo!' and then makes a business-related sentence with each crossed-off collocation to verify their win. If the player makes a mistake in any of the four sentences, they are allowed one chance to fix it. If they correct it, the win counts. If the player fails to correct the mistake or the collocations are wrong, the bingo is void, and the game continues. If the sentences are correct and the collocations match the definitions, the player wins the round. Players then continue to see who can cross off all 16 collocations first without making sentences. Groups play several rounds, with students taking turns being the bingo caller and players using a different bingo card each time. show less
Exclusive PDF Online

Business Collocations Jeopardy

Intermediate (B1) 25 minutes
Business English collocations game preview showing vocabulary quiz, guessing, group work for intermediate B1 level students

Business English Collocations Game - Vocabulary: Quiz, Guessing - Group Work

In this business collocations quiz game, students guess collocations based on their definitions. Choose a square to start the game, e.g. 'Projects and Timelines' for 100 points. Read the definition of the collocation, e.g. 'finish by the final date.'...

Business English Collocations Game - Vocabulary: Quiz, Guessing - Group Work In this business collocations quiz game, students guess collocations based on their definitions. Choose a square to start the game, e.g. 'Projects and Timelines' for 100 points. Read the definition of the collocation, e.g. 'finish by the final date.' The first student to raise their hand and give the correct business collocation (e.g. meet a deadline) wins that square for their team and the number of points shown in the square. Write the winning team's name in the square. If a student gives an incorrect answer, their team is out for that question and may only answer again if all other teams answer incorrectly. The winning team then chooses the next square, and all the teams raise their hands to answer, as before. At the end of the game, add up the points for each team. The team with the most points wins the game. As a variation, when a student answers correctly, the winning team tries to make a sentence with the business collocation. If they do this successfully, the points for the square are doubled. show less
Exclusive PDF Online

Collocations at Work

Intermediate (B1) 45 minutes
Business English collocations worksheet and board game preview showing vocabulary matching exercises, gap-fill activities, speaking practice with questions and answers for intermediate B1 level students

Business English Collocations Worksheet and Board Game - Vocabulary Exercises: Matching, Gap-fill - Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions, Freer Practice

In this business collocations worksheet and board game, students learn and practice collocations commonly used at work. Students begin by matching...

Business English Collocations Worksheet and Board Game - Vocabulary Exercises: Matching, Gap-fill - Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions, Freer Practice In this business collocations worksheet and board game, students learn and practice collocations commonly used at work. Students begin by matching each adjective to a noun to form collocations related to work. Students then use the work-related collocations to complete sentences. Next, students underline the correct collocation to complete each sentence. After that, students play a board game to practice the work-related collocations. In groups, players take turns rolling the dice and moving their counter along the board. When a player lands on a collocation, they pick up a card and follow the instructions in the prompt using the collocation in their response. The prompts cover making a question using the collocation, forming a sentence with the collocation, or sharing a personal experience related to the collocation. The other students listen and judge the player's response. If the player gives a suitable response, they stay on the square. If not, the player goes back two squares. The first student to reach the finish wins the game. show less
Exclusive PDF Online

Collocations for Meetings

Intermediate (B1) 25 minutes
Business English collocations worksheet preview featuring vocabulary matching exercises, error correction tasks, and crossword puzzles for intermediate B1 level meeting vocabulary

Business English Collocations Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Matching, Error Correction, Crossword

Here is a useful business collocations worksheet to help students learn and practice verb-noun collocations for business meetings and discussions. Students begin by matching verbs to nouns to create...

Business English Collocations Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Matching, Error Correction, Crossword Here is a useful business collocations worksheet to help students learn and practice verb-noun collocations for business meetings and discussions. Students begin by matching verbs to nouns to create collocations for meetings and discussions. Students then underline a verb-noun collocation mistake in each sentence and write the correct verb next to the sentence in its correct form. Finally, students complete a crossword by reading sentence clues and writing the missing verbs in the sentences and crossword in their correct forms. show less
Exclusive PDF Online

Find Someone Who...

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
Business English collocations activity preview showing vocabulary and speaking gap-fill, asking and answering questions, controlled and freer practice for intermediate B1 level students

Business English Collocations Activity - Vocabulary and Speaking: Gap-fill, Asking and Answering Questions, Controlled and Freer Practice

In this business collocations speaking activity, students ask and answer questions that use common business collocations. First, students complete 'Find someone who...

Business English Collocations Activity - Vocabulary and Speaking: Gap-fill, Asking and Answering Questions, Controlled and Freer Practice In this business collocations speaking activity, students ask and answer questions that use common business collocations. First, students complete 'Find someone who...' prompts with business collocations in their correct forms. Next, students review the yes/no questions they need to ask in the activity, e.g. 'Do you sometimes take minutes in meetings and email the notes to everyone?' Students then go around the class, asking their classmates the questions. When a student finds someone who answers 'yes' to a question, they write down the person's name and ask a follow-up question to gain more information, noting down the answer in the last column. If a classmate replies 'no', the student repeats the question with another person or asks a different question. This process continues until the students have completed each item on the worksheet with a different name and answer, one classmate per item. Afterwards, students give feedback to the class on what they found out.. show less
Exclusive PDF Online

Balanced Budgets Board Game

Upper-intermediate (B2) 40 minutes
Business English collocations worksheet and board game preview showing vocabulary matching, binary choice exercises, gap-fill activities for upper-intermediate B2 level finance and budget vocabulary

Business English Collocations Worksheet and Activity - Vocabulary Exercises: Matching, Binary Choice - Vocabulary Game: Gap-fill, Controlled Practice - Group Work

Here is a business collocations board game and worksheet to help students learn and practice collocations related to finance and budgets. To begin, students...

Business English Collocations Worksheet and Activity - Vocabulary Exercises: Matching, Binary Choice - Vocabulary Game: Gap-fill, Controlled Practice - Group Work Here is a business collocations board game and worksheet to help students learn and practice collocations related to finance and budgets. To begin, students match finance and budget collocations with their definitions. Students then complete sentences by underlining the correct collocation. Next, in groups, students play a board game to practice the finance and budget collocations. Students take turns picking up a card and reading the sentence to the student on their right using the word 'blank' for the missing collocation, e.g. 'Businesses have to BLANK on their profits to the government.' The other student listens to the sentence, chooses a suitable collocation from the game board, and says it aloud in its correct form to complete the sentence, e.g. pay taxes. If the student says the correct collocation shown on the card, they roll the dice and move their counter along the board. If the student gives a wrong answer, they don't roll the dice. The first student to reach the finish wins the game. show less
Exclusive PDF Online

Business Collocations Challenge

Upper-intermediate (B2) 30 minutes
Business English collocations worksheet and game preview featuring vocabulary identifying exercises, gap-fill activities, matching games for upper-intermediate B2 level business vocabulary

Business English Collocations Worksheet and Game - Vocabulary Exercises: Identifying, Gap-fill - Vocabulary Game: Gap-fill, Matching - Group Work

In this productive business collocations worksheet and game, students learn and practice adjective-noun collocations used in business and then play a game...

Business English Collocations Worksheet and Game - Vocabulary Exercises: Identifying, Gap-fill - Vocabulary Game: Gap-fill, Matching - Group Work In this productive business collocations worksheet and game, students learn and practice adjective-noun collocations used in business and then play a game matching adjectives to nouns in sentences. First, students cross out the incorrect adjective-noun collocation for each adjective. Students then use the adjectives to complete collocations in sentences. After that, students play a matching game to practice the adjective-noun collocations. In groups, students take turns picking up a sentence card and reading it to the group using the word 'blank' for the missing adjective. The other students listen and try to find the adjective card on the table that matches the noun in the sentence. The first student to place their hand on the correct adjective card and say it, wins the pair of cards. If a student chooses the wrong adjective, they are out of the round. The student with the most pairs of cards at the end of the game wins. As an extension, students play a pelmanism game using the two sets of cards. show less
Online

Using Business Collocations

Business collocations are words that commonly occur together in workplace communication, such as 'chair a meeting' and 'meet a deadline'. Learning these combinations helps students choose natural wording and express familiar business actions more precisely.

This page contains seven resources across B1 and B2, including worksheets, speaking activities and games, with one free worksheet-and-game resource.

The table shows business collocations in short example sentences.

CollocationMeaning or useExample
chair a meeting Lead a meeting and guide its discussion. 'Maya will chair the meeting on Thursday.'
take minutes Record the main points and decisions of a meeting. 'Could you take minutes while we discuss the proposal?'
meet a deadline Complete something by the required date or time. 'We need to finish the report today to meet the deadline.'
make a decision Choose what to do after considering the options. 'The team will make a decision after reviewing the costs.'
heavy workload A large amount of work to complete. 'She has a heavy workload this week.'
pay taxes Pay money owed to the government under tax rules. 'The company pays taxes on its profits.'

How to Use Business Collocations Accurately

Learn the combination in context: Record 'meet a deadline' with an example rather than learn meet and deadline separately. Include articles and prepositions where needed so students can reuse the expression in a complete sentence.

Keep the combination while changing the grammar: A familiar collocation still needs the correct tense and agreement. Compare 'We take minutes at every meeting' with 'She took minutes yesterday.'

Choose words for the intended meaning: Knowing one combination does not mean it fits every situation. For example, 'meet a deadline' means finish on time, while 'extend a deadline' means allow more time. Ask students to check what their sentence needs to communicate.

3-Step Framework for Teaching Business Collocations

This B1 sequence connects recognising meanings with accurate word choice and sentence production. The activities can be used across lessons, with the final task drawing on collocations students have already encountered.

1. Connect Expressions with Their Meanings: Students listen to definitions and identify matching collocations on bingo cards. To confirm a four-in-a-row win, they make a business-related sentence with each expression. This checks whether they can move beyond recognising a phrase to using it meaningfully.

2. Check Word Choice and Form: Students match verbs and nouns used in meetings, identify incorrect combinations in sentences and supply the correct verbs in the appropriate forms. Sentence clues then prompt further recall. This focuses attention on both the word partnership and the grammar needed around it.

3. Retrieve and Apply the Language: Teams answer definition clues in a collocations quiz. Use the sentence-making variation so a correct answer leads to a contextual example and an opportunity to earn additional points. This combines recall with producing a sentence rather than ending practice at naming the expression.

Common Mistakes with Business Collocations

Choosing the wrong verb for a decision: Make is the usual verb when expressing the act of deciding. Incorrect: 'We need to do a decision today.' Correct: 'We need to make a decision today.'

Using an unsuitable adjective with workload: Heavy describes a large amount of work; strong does not naturally express that meaning here. Unnatural combination: 'She has a strong workload this week.' Natural combination: 'She has a heavy workload this week.'

Common Questions About Teaching Business Collocations

What speaking activity helps students practice business collocations?

The activity Find Someone Who... has students complete prompts with business collocations before asking classmates questions about their experiences. When someone answers yes, students record their name and ask a follow-up question. Reporting their findings to the class gives students another opportunity to use the expressions while sharing information about other people.

What worksheet helps teach business collocations?

The worksheet and board game Collocations at Work introduces adjective-noun combinations through matching and sentence exercises. Students then use the collocations in a board game, responding to prompts that ask for a question, a sentence or a personal experience. Other players assess each response, connecting the initial vocabulary work with spoken use.

What free game helps students practice business collocations?

The worksheet and game Business Collocations Challenge develops adjective-noun combinations through identifying and completing collocations. Students then listen to sentences with a missing adjective and race to select the matching adjective card. Winning pairs of cards depends on recognising which adjective fits the noun in context, rather than matching isolated words alone.

Become a Teach This Member

Get unlimited access to the full library, plus new resources added every week.

Unlimited Resource Access

Download from 3000+ worksheets, activities, and games.

Save 5+ Hours Weekly

Cut lesson prep time with ready-to-use resources, plus teacher notes and answer keys.

Trusted Professional Quality

Classroom-tested, editable resources created by experienced ESL professionals.

Fresh Content Weekly

Get 5 new resources added to the library each week.

Join Now Just $29.99 quarterly

Here's what our members are saying...

Jose Pinto

ESL Teacher, Timor-Leste

"There are a lot of resources that are useful for teaching English. I downloaded the games which are handy and use them in my classes. With the games, my students never skip class or feel tired to learn English. The resources for teaching English helped my students progress in grammar, vocabulary, writing and comprehension. They also helped me a lot to guide my students to learn in a practical way."

★★★★★

Julia Lohla

English Instructor, United States

"Thank you for providing these incredible resources. Teach-This.com is always my go-to site for class activities, and I recommend it often. I love how it is organized. I can find resources for a specific grammar concept or language function by level and type of activity. Every time I visit your site, I discover a new classroom interaction strategy that's perfect for teaching the concept I'm focusing on! When I return after the holidays, yours will be the first subscription I restart."

★★★★★

Carrie Brooke-Mellor

ESOL Teacher, United Kingdom

"I am an ESOL teacher, and the resources have helped my classes enormously. In particular, the speaking activities were a great help for my intermediate students before their exam. The website is user-friendly, and I will continue to utilise the resources - next term is reading and comprehension, so I will be looking for more resources from you. Thank you for such helpful activities and worksheets. They save me a lot of time in class preparation."

★★★★★

Charlie Sanders

ESL Teacher, France

"Teach This is an absolutely brilliant website, offering a vast amount of high-quality content, much of it free. Everyone involved in its creation deserves commendation. The leadership's vision has my deepest respect and gratitude. It's undoubtedly the best resource for English teachers, with its clear layout, easy navigation, concise messaging, and lack of invasive advertising - rare qualities that Teach This has perfected."

★★★★★

Joy Tebow

English Teacher, Laos

"When I need to add or change an activity from my school's curriculum, I always turn to TeachThis. While our curriculum is usually very good, it sometimes doesn't fit well with my students. With TeachThis, I can easily find activities that match my topic and level, and the resources make my classes more interesting and varied. I look forward to the monthly newsletter and exploring new materials for inspiration. Please keep it up!"

★★★★★

Mina Zolfaghari

English Tutor, Australia

"I like the efficiency and organization of the website. The resources cater to various levels with topic-based options for higher levels. The worksheets are very engaging and the answer keys are particularly helpful for teacher. The resources are also highly specific to levels and outcomes, making planning much easier. Finding what I need is simple and time-saving with the keyword search feature. Everything is clear and straightforward."

★★★★★

Karin Kiss

ESL Teacher, Switzerland

"The easy and ready-to-go materials have helped me a lot during the last few years. Most of all I like the grammar games that activate my pupils and keep them engaged. My lessons have become way more playful and varied. Additionally, I like the grammar worksheets which I use to consolidate what I have worked on during class. The website is very user-friendly, and I have never had any difficulties finding what I was looking for."

★★★★★

David-Wonbae Lee

Business English Teacher, Canada

"A friend told me about the site, and it's awesome. I have found the Business English resources especially engaging and relevant for my students as the materials help them understand business writing and terms. My teaching experience has also improved from using the games on the site as they allow me to teach in a fun way. The user experience is outstanding. Great job!"

★★★★★

Daniela Garcia

English Teacher, Mexico

"I found Teach-This a long time ago when I started teaching. It's always had great resources. I really appreciate the grammar materials, board games, and group activities. They've saved me lots of time on lesson planning. The materials are easy to use and understand, making my job much simpler. The best thing is that many resources can be downloaded for free. I've used it for around 8 years, and it consistently offers great content."

★★★★★

Thomas Wilson

Primary School Teacher, United Kingdom

"I use the resources from the Games Section as part of my daily 30-minute morning warm-up activities, and I've received rave reviews for using them. The games help me maintain student interest and participation and leave the students feeling happy and awake. I like everything about the site, and customer support is very effective as they respond in time."

★★★★★

Eugenia Fernandez

EFL Teacher, Argentina

"Teach-This is one of the best EFL websites I've found. It's extremely user-friendly, and I always find what I need quickly. I like the design, and the content is fun, engaging and original. I am very thankful for all your work and generosity by making some resources free. I always recommend this website to my fellow teachers. Your work is really helpful, and I value it enormously."

★★★★★

Jakub Havlk

Language School Teacher, Czechia

"I like the grammar-focused resources the most as they save me time. The resources also inspire me. If I see an interesting grammar activity, I often rework it for other grammar rules. I like the fact that I simply pay a flat fee, and I can download whatever I want. Teach-This really is a great timesaver. I know that if I am in need of resources for my students, I can go to Teach-This and find something interesting."

★★★★★

Alice Dimpz

English Teacher, Kenya

"Getting familiar with the site and how to use the resources is not difficult. I found the writing skills resources to be the most valuable as they have enhanced my teaching of this skill. The website is elaborate and full of all types of resources to help me teach English. When I contacted customer support, they were super-fast to deal with my enquiry. So overall, I recommend it."

★★★★★

Ikrram Badaoui

ESL Teacher, Morocco

"I have found the grammar and vocabulary resources the most valuable. They have improved my teaching experience because they are easy to use and well-organized. The materials are very engaging for my students. The website is also very user-friendly. The best thing about Teach-This is that it offers ready-made worksheets for busy teachers, and the content is well-organized and full of information."

★★★★★

Tania Ahmed

High School Teacher, Kurdistan

"I'm really glad I found the Teach-This website. The materials in the General English section have proven to be really helpful and made my classes more engaging. The materials are well-structured and cover a wide range of topics, making it easy to keep my students interested and motivated. Overall, my experience using your resources has been great."

★★★★★

Khawla Orq

EFL Teacher, Yemen

"My first impression of the website was that it was amazing. The games and activities have really improved my teaching. The resources are engaging and relevant to my students' needs, and I find the website easy to use and navigate. Thanks."

★★★★★

Anika Yadav

English Teacher, India

"I would like to thank you for making a fantastic website. I particularly enjoy teaching the functional language materials, which have been very helpful in my classes. The resources have significantly improved my students' communication skills in daily life, so it was rewarding to see them benefit in this way. It feels great to be able to make a difference in my students' lives. Please keep up the good work."

★★★★★

Dr. Elena Petrov

Academic English Coordinator, Spain

"I've been teaching Academic English for over eight years, and Teach-This.com has become my go-to resource for university preparation classes. The academic vocabulary exercises and speaking test preparation activities are exceptionally well-designed for advanced learners. My students particularly appreciate the study skills resources and paragraph writing materials, which have significantly boosted their confidence and exam scores."

★★★★★

Suzanne Coleman

Volunteer English Teacher, England

"I like your resources because they are so interesting and attractive. Your resources help to maintain student interest. Your resources have helped with the planning and preparation of my lessons because I have often been able to find resources focusing on specific topics, grammar or vocabulary. I am particularly grateful for your free resources, which I use at the English Club where I am a volunteer and help to support internationals in the community who are learning English."

★★★★★