In the dynamic world of business, effective communication skills play a pivotal role in success. One aspect of language proficiency that often comes under scrutiny is the ability to engage in spoken discourse. In this blog post, we delve into an IELTS Speaking lesson focusing on the theme of business people, examining the key vocabulary, tips, and sample questions that may appear in the test.
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What are the different IELTS Speaking Business or Entrepreneur questions you will get in the test?
In this free IELTS Speaking lesson, you will learn lots of vocabulary, collocations and idioms to help you talk fluently and answer these questions confidently.
Business is a very wide topic and an important one in IELTS Speaking. In this lesson we will focus on business people, in particular entrepreneurs.
Here are some useful words to talk about business people
Businessman (sing.)
Businessmen (pl.)
Business woman (sing.)
Business women (pl).
An entrepreneur (n.) = a person who sets up their own business
A solopreneur (n.) = an entrepreneur working alone
A youpreneur = an entrepreneur who uses their name as a brand
A business Tycoon (n.) = a rich and influential business person in their industry
A business magnate = a rich and influential business person in their industry
A founder = the person who created a company
A co-founder = one of 2 or more people who created a company
In a company or business there are many names for people in high-level management positions, including the following.
Describing Entrepreneurs
When we describe people, there are different ways of expressing out opinion, such as
In my opinion, ______
As far as I’m concerned,_______
The way I see it, ______
So we can make a sentence like the following, and then add different adjectives or a noun.
“In my opinion, entrepreneurs need to be passionate.”
“The way I see it, an entrepreneur needs to be a visionary”
“As far as I’m concerned, entrepreneurs need to have a vision”
Here are some common adjectives we can use to describe entrepreneurs.
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More expressions
Here are some ideas below. The order may change slightly, but this will give you some ideas, and useful collocations.
Here are some answers to this question. Notice the ideas and collocations.
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We often think of entrepreneurs as leading from the front, having a clear vision and just telling everybody what to do.
However, some of the best entrepreneurs are great listeners, and they have a talent for asking good questions. Somebody once said,
“If you want to get a good answer, then ask a great question.”
Many entrepreneurs pay heed to this advice. Here are some great questions that leaders could and should be asking their employees, to make their business even better.
How can I help you?
What do you think?
What have you learnt today?
How can we better serve our customers?
Come up with an idea = to create (an idea)
Leaders need to come up with great ideas
To build a company from the ground up = to create a company from the beginning and make it bigger
Mark built his online business from the ground up
Get / have experience under your belt = have a lot of experience (in my life)
You are fresh out of university, you should accept that job offer, just to get some experience under your belt
To see/look at the bigger picture = to understand the big strategy (not focus on the details)
To not be able to see the wood for the trees = to focus on the details (and miss the big picture)
Some employees can’t see the wood for the trees, that’s why the leader need to see the bigger picture
To go back to the drawing board = try, fail and then begin again (company, project, product)
Well, that product didn’t sell well at all, we need to go back to the drawing board.
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