Top-10 Resources for Canadian Business Terms & Phrases (ESL)

Canada.ca Vocabulary Building Workbook

Description:

Canada.ca Vocabulary Building Workbook presents twenty-four lessons of words commonly used in the Canadian workplace, published by the Government of Canada among its Skills for Success tools. Each lesson opens with a word list, definitions, the part of speech and an example sentence, then moves through matching, sentence completion, analogy and reading exercises. Six units, crossword reviews, unit word lists and a full answer key are included.

100% Free (unlimited): Every lesson, exercise, word list and answer key sits on the page for anyone to read, with no account and no sign-up. The complete workbook also downloads as a PDF of 3.84 MB, and large print, braille, MP3 audio, e-text and DAISY versions can be ordered from the Government of Canada at no charge.

Access: 100% Free Level: Intermediate (B1-B2) Format: Downloadable Template/Guide / Lesson/Tutorial / Quiz/Test / Reference Written for: Business English (for native speakers) / General English (for native speakers) English Variant: CAN

How It Helps Your Business English

What this resource offers:

Twenty-four lessons across six units cover workplace and general vocabulary, from career, quality and performance to reconcile, schematic and synthesize. Every lesson gives definitions, parts of speech and example sentences, then five kinds of exercise: matching meanings, using the right word, relating meanings, word analogies and reading comprehension.

How to use this resource:

You read the word list and the definitions at the start of a lesson, then work through the exercises and mark your own score out of ten on each one. The reading passages bring the same words back in context, and the answer key lets you check everything yourself. You can work on the page or download the PDF and write in it away from the screen.

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Last verified — Oct. 18, 2026