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Building Relationships — Vocabulary

University Business English. Practise the verbs that go with relations — and use them in context.

Auf einen Blick / At a glance

Free university Business English practice: the verbs that collocate with 'relations', used in real business context and phrasing.

Niveau / Level
B2–C1 (GER/CEFR)
Für / For
Universität
Fertigkeiten / Skills
Grammatik / Grammar
Aufgaben / Tasks
4 — Positive or negative? · Choose the correct verb · Match the sentence halves · Discussion
Kosten / Cost
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Ex A – Positive / NegativeSort verbs by meaning
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Ex B – Choose the verbPick the correct verb
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Ex C – Match halvesJoin sentence halves
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Ex D – DiscussionA company you admire
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Exercise A

Positive or negative?

These verbs are often used with the word relations. Decide whether each one has a positive or a negative meaning.

Examples: build up relations = Positive  ·  break off relations = Negative
Exercise B

Choose the correct verb

Select the verb that best completes each sentence.

1 Sales staff who are impolite to customers the reputation of a company.
2 We are planning to branch offices in Spain next year.
3 By merging with a US company, we greatly our sales force.
4 Relations with customers have been recently by poor after-sales service.
5 Thanks to a new communications system, we are relations with suppliers.
6 A strike at our factory last year production for several weeks.
7 We could not agree on several points, so we talks regarding a joint venture.
8 The success of our new product launch was by an unimaginative advertising campaign.
9 In order to gain market share in China, we are relationships with local agents.
10 Business relations between the two countries have been by official visits and trade delegations.
Exercise C

Match the sentence halves

Choose the ending (a–e) that completes each sentence beginning (1–5).

Endings
a) are a credit to its highly effective PR Department.
b) have cemented relations between the two companies.
c) its close relations with several major foreign investors have been jeopardised.
d) is causing stormy relations with some of the company's suppliers.
e) to strain relations between the two leading French software companies.
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Widespread rumours of a hostile takeover bid are certain …
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The Accounts Department's very slow payment of invoices …
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The long-term contracts, which will run for the next five years, …
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The excellent relations the company enjoys with the local community …
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As a result of the government's imposition of currency controls, …
Exercise D

Discussion

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