Business English Speaking Practice
Say workplace English out loud: job interviews, meetings, phone calls and customers, from beginner to advanced.
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Take the free speaking level test (about 10 minutes). We will show you the scenes at your level.
- 40 scenes
- CEFR Pre-A1–C2
- Private recordings stay on your device
Talk on any topic mind map, then speak
0 topicsPick a topic, plan your ideas as a mind map against the clock, then speak from your keywords and compare with a model. Quick ideas: a 5-topic drill inside.
Early Kids 4–6
0 scenesSchool Kids 7–11
0 scenesTeens 12–17
3 scenes
My first shift
Start your first job: hear what you get, the numbers, and what your manager shows you.Listen & repeat · Take a role · Swap a word · +2 more
Can anyone cover Saturday?
Follow a chain of voice messages and a phone call, and put the details together to see how a work problem is solved.Shadowing · Record & compare · Take a role · +2 more
My first summer job: a vlog
Catch the main point, the reasons behind it, and how the story ends.Shadowing · Take a role · Answer & ask · +2 more
Adults 18+
37 scenes
Ready for the warehouse?
Start a shift at a warehouse: hear the safety words and a few numbers.Listen & repeat · Take a role · Swap a word · +2 more
Family photos
A colleague shows you photos on his phone: hear who is who.Listen & repeat · Take a role · Swap a word · +2 more
A morning in housekeeping
Your first morning at a hotel: follow short requests and answer quick choices.Listen & repeat · Take a role · Swap a word · +2 more
A busy morning at the office
At work: understand what your manager asks you to do, and answer short questions.Listen & repeat · Take a role · Swap a word · +2 more
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New on the baggage team
A new job at an airport: catch your shift times, your days off and where to go.Listen & repeat · Take a role · Swap a word · +2 more
A tour of the front office
Your first morning in a hospital office: catch where things are and one important rule.Listen & repeat · Take a role · Swap a word · +2 more
Can I take a message?
Answer the phone at work: take a message and check the details.Listen & repeat · Take a role · Swap a word · +2 more
Coffee break at the lab
Meet a new colleague on a break: follow their questions and answers about work.Listen & repeat · Take a role · Swap a word · +2 more
Signing in at the building site
Sign in at a workplace, understand your job for the day and a few simple rules.Shadowing · Take a role · Answer & ask · +2 more
Five o'clock at the bakery
Understand the orders for the day at work, and check a number when you are not sure.Take a role · Swap a word · Answer & ask · +2 more
The new office printer
Understand how to use a new machine at work, in order, and check the part you missed.Back-chaining · Take a role · Answer & ask · +2 more
Your first day at work
Understand the plan for your first day and check the parts you missed.Back-chaining · Take a role · Answer & ask · +2 more
Three cars and a handover
Understand a colleague's handover at the end of a shift, and tell someone what happened at work and why.Take a role · Answer & ask · Describe or retell · +2 more
Big news: a new job
Follow Curtis's story about his interview day in order, and catch the plans that come after it.Take a role · Answer & ask · Describe or retell · +2 more
A call to the design studio
Handle a phone call about a mistake at work: find out what went wrong and agree a plan that works.Record & compare · Take a role · Answer & ask · +2 more
Changing a flight at the airport
Choose a new flight that works for you, and find out what happens to your bag and where you stay tonight.Record & compare · Take a role · Answer & ask · +2 more
Tell me about yourself: a job interview
Give interview answers with a clear main point, a real example, and a question of your own.Shadowing · Record & compare · Take a role · +2 more
The office move
Follow a planning meeting: why, what, who and when, and give your own view with a reason.Shadowing · Record & compare · Take a role · +2 more
Giving a project update
Tell your manager where the project is, in two minutes, without leaving anything out.Shadowing · Back-chaining · Take a role · +2 more
Radio: meet the baker
Follow a small-business story through its topic changes, and explain a choice of your own.Shadowing · Back-chaining · Take a role · +2 more
Responding to a customer's objection
Keep the customer when you can't give them exactly what they asked for.Shadowing · Back-chaining · Record & compare · +5 more
Talk on any topic
Get ideas fast for any topic: plan a mind map against the clock, then speak from your keywords. Everyday talk, IELTS Part 2, presentations and debates, by level.
My Video Practice
Paste a YouTube link, pick a short part, add a transcript if you have one, then Repeat or Shadow it. For teens and adults.
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Speak with confidence at work
Knowing the right phrase is not the same as saying it under pressure. These 40 business English scenes let you rehearse real workplace moments out loud before they happen: a job interview, a first day at work, taking a message on the phone, giving a project update, handling a customer's objection and negotiating a deadline.
Take a role in the conversation and say your lines when it is your turn, or answer interview and meeting questions in your own words. Chunk and stress activities help you sound clear and polite, and word-swap drills let you adapt a phrase to your own job. Record yourself, compare with the model and try again.
Beginner scenes use short, polite workplace phrases; advanced ones add opinions, diplomacy and fast discussion. Hear each scene first in business English listening so you know what to expect.
Role-play and self-comparison are free on almost every scene, and recordings stay in your browser. With 7ESL Pro, you can also send an answer for AI feedback on meaning, the task and your phrasing. There is no pronunciation score.
Frequently asked questions
How can I practise business English speaking?
Choose workplace scenes at your level, take a role in the conversation and say your lines out loud. Record yourself, compare with the model and repeat the phrases you want to use at work.
How do I prepare for a job interview in English?
Practise answering common questions out loud, such as "Tell me about yourself", until the answers feel natural. The job interview scenes let you hear a model answer, then give your own.
What phrases do I need for meetings?
Phrases to give an update, agree and disagree politely, ask for clarification and agree the next steps. The meeting and project update scenes practise all of these.
Is there AI feedback?
Yes, with 7ESL Pro for teens and adults: the AI listens to one answer and comments on meaning, the task and your phrasing. It does not give a pronunciation score. Comparing your recording with the model is free.
Can I listen to the scenes first?
Yes. Every business scene has a listening version with the transcript, a dictation mode and questions: open business English listening, then come back and say it.