Common Business English verbs (Present Simple/ Continuous)

Try to find things you do more often than your partner, e.g. “How often do you
use a calculator?”

Continue with the verbs below:

Sign Copy Type
Calculate Count Measure
Think Check Refuse
Reject Decrease/ drop/ fall Increase
Distribute Draw Present
Show Exchange Join
File Staple
Succeed Shorten
Lengthen/ extend Separate
Sack/ fire/ dismiss Grow
Promise Agree
Pay Receive
Bring Offer
Estimate Merge
Choose Call
Fax Build
Break Send
Search/ look for Click
Drag Recycle
Reorganize/ tidy up Follow
Attach Enclose
Apologize Meet
Aim for

Mime one of the verbs above and see if your partner can guess which one it is.

Do the same, but with full sentences, e.g. “Exchanging business cards” (choose
any nouns you like)

What tense do we usually use to describe mimes? What tense did you use to
ask “how often” questions at the start? Why do we use different tenses?