hi i'm rebecca from engvid.com imagine for a moment that there are two people who are
interviewing for a particular job or a particular position one of them speaks in one way and the
other one speaks in a slightly different way let's hear them out and then you tell me what you think
would happen so the first person says things like this that's very necessary that's really great
that's possible but not required that's most important that's exactly right
that's a lot that's helpful that's a good thing to do now did that person say anything wrong no
not wrong but let's listen to the next interview that person says speaks like this that's essential
that's exceptional that's optional that's paramount that's accurate that's substantial
that's beneficial that's advisable now who do you think is more likely to get the job
probably this candidate right why really both people were speaking about the same thing however
this candidate was using higher level vocabulary right more advanced vocabulary and therefore
this person was more likely to get the job why because companies do want to hire people who
are more fluent who speak who speak well who speak articulately clearly expressing their thoughts and
ideas and feelings okay so that's what this lesson is about it's to introduce you or to tell you
about words eight words eight business adjectives that you can use to sound more fluent and more
professional in english okay so let's go over them now because actually the meanings were right here
but now let's connect the two so the first one which means very necessary is the word essential
so when you're learning this you can do two things one is of course to learn the meaning of the word
and the second is to learn the pronunciation of the word so that you can also start using it when
you're speaking and not only in writing okay so say it after me essential that's essential
that's essential means that's very necessary okay for example in a business context we could say
cutting costs is essential reducing our costs is essential okay costs means the money that we spend
our expenses for example okay it's essential means it's very necessary good the next one
instead of just saying that's really great you could say that's exceptional
okay where could you use that for example one of your colleagues gives a presentation
and you think that he did a fantastic job so you could say to him that was exceptional
that was an exceptional presentation i really enjoyed it you did a fantastic job okay you
did an exceptional job your presentation was exceptional that means really good very strong
okay next let's look at the next one uh instead of saying that something is possible but not required
that's a lot of words to really say one word it's optional okay for example let's suppose there's a
meeting and you don't have to go it's possible but it's not required for you to attend the meeting
so you could say that meeting is optional okay attending that meeting is optional all right
you don't have to go you can but you don't have to next if you say that something is this is the most
important thing okay instead of saying most important which is not wrong okay nothing here
is wrong it's just there is a better option okay there is a better way to express that so instead
of saying most important you could use this fancy word paramount say it after me paramount
so for example we could say in our company safety is paramount all right
so doesn't that sound much more impressive than just saying safety is the most important thing
right safety is paramount let's pronounce these again same after me paramount
optional exceptional and essential okay good now let's look at these four so
instead of saying that's exactly right you could say that's accurate say it after me accurate
good so for example let's suppose you're looking at a report a business report and you say okay
these figures are accurate or you could ask somebody are these figures accurate are these
figures means numbers statistics numerical information okay are these figures accurate
and you say yes those figures are accurate okay accurate means exactly right
okay good the next one if you want to say that's a lot or that's very high
you could say that's substantial that's substantial say it after me substantial
okay so you see what i'm saying substantial i'm using my hands like this these gestures like
substantial a lot so for example you could say she received a substantial increase in her salary
a very high increase not just a little bit but a lot substantial or you could say somebody
improved their english substantially adverb but from the same word means a lot okay substantial
next that's helpful okay another way of saying helpful is to say beneficial say it after me
beneficial okay so beneficial you could use in this context for example if the employees in your
department attended this particular computer training i think it would be very beneficial
the training would be beneficial means it would be helpful okay got that say it after me beneficial
good and instead of saying well that's a good thing to do that would be a good thing to do a
more professional way to express that idea is that is advisable say it after me advisable that would
be advisable for example in this situation i think consulting your lawyer is advisable consulting
your lawyer is advisable consulting an accountant is advisable you need a professional's advice
it's advisable okay so let's pronounce them again let's go from the bottom up ready advisable
beneficial
substantial
accurate paramount optional exceptional and essential now
now you've learned them you've heard this you've heard my explanations now what you need to do in
order to really lock these in and make sure they become part of your vocabulary you need to take
a few steps a few more steps okay it's great that you watch the video what could you do next so the
first thing you could do that i recommend is go to our website at www.engvid.com and there you
can do a quiz with these words okay because you've just been introduced to them you want to make sure
that you really understand how they're used you want a few more examples so there you can lock
that in do some exercises make sure you're really choosing the right word in the right context
okay that's one that's choosing the word then you want to actually start using those words actively
yourself and you can do that in conversation you can do that by writing out your own examples
how could you apply these words to some of the things happening in your office right now
okay or in your professional life so that's the second way okay to make it active use it and also
maybe you don't want to learn all the words right away but choose a few choose choose a couple to
start with that you use in your own language and then you probably want to use that kind of word in
english as well because you think with that word so it's very useful to actually be able to use the
correct word all right so this is all part of my speak like a manager series if you haven't had a
chance to watch some of the other videos it would be a great time to check that out you can do that
and this way you will build up your business vocabulary which is a little bit different than
the general english that you see on this side for example okay and don't forget to subscribe so you
can continue to get more lessons to improve your english thanks for watching bye for now