Business Collocations: Common Word Combinations

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Collocations are a combination of words which always go together such as ‘save money’, ‘bright idea’, ‘make progress’- They are essential for natural-sounding English. Let’s take a look at some common verbs in business and words which often collocate with them.

Common verbs in business communication

  • To boost
  • To come up with
  • To deal with
  • To fix
  • To improve
  • To meet
  • To provide
  • To reach

Match the following verbs from above with the correct noun pairs

1. a challenge/ a target

 
 
 

2. an agreement/ a decision

 
 
 

3. sales/ morale

 
 
 

4. an appointment/ a price

 
 
 

5. an estimate/ support

 
 
 

6. a complaint/ a situation

 
 
 

7. an idea/ a solution

 
 
 

8. performance/ productivity

 
 
 

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Example phrases

  1. The executive board were delighted that the company had met all of the annual targets.
  2. The parties were confident of reaching an agreement after three days of tough negotiations.
  3. In an attempt to boost morale, the office introduced a ‘casual Friday’ policy.
  4. Although general terms were agreed, no price was fixed by the end of the meeting.
  5. Could you provide me with an estimate for the cost of the refitting?
  6. The customer wasn’t satisfied with how her complaint had been dealt with.
  7. The aim of the meeting is to come up with a solution to our slow growth.
  8. The key target this quarter is to improve productivity to 2015 levels.
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