I'm going to help you to switch 25 basic English verbs to business English verbs
to make you sound more confident and professional in the workplace.
The first verb we're going to switch is the verb to give now in its basic form
we should switch to give for provide here are some examples. Please provide
more details about the project. can you provide information on this product? we
provide an excellent healthcare service. you provided us with several IT workers
last week. okay the next switch is a synonym of
switch and it's the action of giving to receive and the verb we're going to use
is the verb exchange. here are some examples: we exchanged a few words over
the phone. to exchange words is to have a conversation we exchanged a few words or
we've been exchanging emails for a few weeks. they exchanged their goods for our
services. the team exchanged ideas during their meeting.
okay the next switch is to give a lot of time or money to something we're going
to use the verb invest here are some examples: we have invested all of our
profits into this new business venture or you have invested so much time into
this project I am excited to see the outcome. okay those are the first three
business verbs around the idea of giving so to provide to exchange and to invest.
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some more verbs. we have to create or make something we're going to use the
verb to produce often use when talking about goods or ideas so for example my
company produces gluten-free products or he has produced an interesting piece of
work or I need to produce new ideas to discuss at the meeting next
up we have to get instead we're going to use receive now we often use the verb
receive when talking about emails letters applications or goods for
example did you receive my email last Monday we received some exciting news
yesterday I received a parcel now we could also use the verb obtained to
replace get now you'd use obtained when it's something that you've worked hard
to get or maybe you've planned to get it for example if you're working to receive
planning permission to build a house or perhaps you're trying to get hold of
sensitive information you will obtain it so let's have a look at an example here
after months of emailing and calling the council we finally obtained planning
permission the next verb is to allow and we're going to switch it for the word
authorise now be aware British English uses an S towards the end authorise
although it's pronounced as I said and in American English they will use a Z so
authorize in American English now we authorise actions we may
authorise spending or we may use authorise around planning so for example
I didn't authorise this payment or you must get the manager to authorise your
access card before you can enter huh okay the next verb we're going to switch
is the verb to buy and we're going to switch it for the verb purchase for
example I need to purchase 500 chairs for the new office next up is the verb
to send and here we're talking basically about sending a bill and the
verb we switch it for is invoice so you send an invoice or you invoice somebody
so this can be a noun the invoice or it can be a verb to invoice so I will have
to invoice you for my services you will have an invoice in your Inbox
the next switch is the switch from to look after so to look after people or to
look after a project and we're going to switch it for the verb manage to manage
so you might manage a big team of people or I may be managing a very large
project at work okay next we have to stop something from happening the verb
we're going to use is prevent prevent so they couldn't prevent the protesters
from gathering outside their company okay the next one is to go or to send
back something so in these cases we would use the verb to return so I might
return to the office after I've already gone home suddenly an emergency has been
called so I have to return to the office or you might return a product that is no
longer suitable or functioning properly perhaps it broke so I have to return
this product because it's faulty okay the next one is to fix a problem we're
going to use the verb solve solve for example I might say this problem won't
be solved by you sitting around and complaining we need to do some
brainstorming okay next up is to give someone an idea of what they should do
in this case you would use the verb suggest suggest so for example I'm
say I suggest you take a break and tackle this problem when you get
back or I might say does anyone have any suggestions on how to move forward with
this project next we have to join in or to be involved we might use the verb
participate for example I would like everyone to participate in this
team-building exercise next we have to sort out or to plan something we're
going to use the verb organize organize this would be used when talking about
people events paperwork or even meetings so for example I've organized a meeting
between you and the head of the bank o or I'd like everyone to organize
themselves into size order from the tallest to the shortest okay next up we
have to answer if you're going to answer an email a question a comment or any
issues then we would use the verb to respond this is much more professional
sounding so I will respond to your email when I get time or I must respond to
this question because it's very important or I'm not sure I want to
respond to this comment because I think it's rather inappropriate okay next we
have to talk about something if you're talking about something with someone
then you're having a discussion so we use the verb to discuss for example in
this morning's meeting we all discussed the problems facing our company it's all
doom and gloom in my examples isn't it okay the next one is to talk about
something in detail usually when talking about the whys or
the how so why did something happen how did
something happen we use the verb explain for example I'm sorry I'm late
let me explain what happened so let me tell you in detail about why I'm late
okay next we have to tell or to let somebody know something so instead we
might use the verb to inform this is very very formal so I might say I regret
to inform you that our company has gone into liquidation or I must inform you
that your website has stopped working next we have to tell again so if you're
retelling something then you might be reminding somebody about something for
example I just need to remind you that you are not allowed to enter the
building before 8 a.m. or can you remind me to call mr. Smith at 4 o'clock please
okay next up if you say yes to an idea to a piece of work or request then you
are probably going to use the verb to accept so I accept your idea I accept
this piece of work or I accept your request for example your suggestion to
have paper towels in the toilets instead of electric hand dryers has been
accepted I accept your request to have two days
off next week now the opposite to that if you are
saying no to an idea if you're saying no to a piece of work or to a request then
you may be refusing it or rejecting it so I reject your comments or I reject
this piece of work or I refuse to allow you to have a day off next week we're
far too busy and you're far too valuable to this company next we have to win or
to do well you would switch this for the verb sick
seed for example our company succeeded in the race to be the first people to
visit Mars must be a very good company ok one final bonus verb for you because
I think we've done more than 25 now the final one is if you hate your job and
you're desperate to leave you want to quit then you would use the verb to
resign for example I really don't like working here I resign
simple as that and with that I'm afraid the lesson is over
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