Budgeting & Forecasting Language

B2 · Upper-intermediate1 hr 13 minBusiness EnglishLesson 2 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: explain a budget overrun to your finance director without losing credibility — own the number, name the drivers, split one-offs from trends, and defend next year's request.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: The overrun conversation

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: What the finance director is judging

    Read a 138-word text about What the finance director is judging

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Budgeting & Forecasting Vocabulary

    7 items

  3. Framework6 min

    Framework: The Overrun Report

    The Overrun Report, 4 steps

  4. Reading10 min

    Reading: Three model overrun explanations

    Read a 327-word text about Three model overrun explanations

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Budget Planning Sentences

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  6. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match Budget Terms

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  7. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Budget Review Meeting

    Role-play: You're in a budget review meeting with your finance director, discussing your department's spending and next year's budget proposal. (3 lines)

  8. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: own the overrun

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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forecastallocatevariancecontingencyoverheadcapital expenditurefiscal year

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