Useful Phrases for Reports- Sentence Completion

Useful phrases for reports sentence completion

with insurance vocabulary

Together use the sentence stems on these two pages to write as many things as you can that you both agree with. If there are two similar stems next to each other, just choose one.

Useful phrases for talking about numbers in reports

Almost all company departments _______________________________________.

 

Almost all __________________________________________________________.

 

The majority of employees ______________________________________________.

 

Most ______________________________________________________________.

 

Many directors ____________________________________________________.

 

A large number of ___________________________________________________.

 

Some companies __________________________________________________.

 

A number of __________________________________________________________.

 

A small number of investors ___________________________________________.

 

(A) few ______________________________________________________________.

 

Almost no products ____________________________________________________.

 

Almost no ____________________________________________________________.

 

Over three quarters of customers ________________________________________.

 

Over ______________s of ____________________________________________.

 

More than ____________________________________________________________.

 

Under a third of older employees ______________________________________.

 

Under a ______________ of ______________________________________________.

 

Less than ____________________________________________________________.

 

Around fifty percent of managers _______________________________________.

 

About _________percent of ______________________________________________.

 

More or less ___________________________________________.

 

Other useful phrases for reports

We want to find out _________________________________________________.

 

______________ sent out a questionnaire and found that ________________.

 

If we did a survey, we would probably find that _________________________.

 

Research shows that ______________________________________________.

 

In a report on ________________________, it was shown that _____________./ According to a report on _________, ___________________________________.

 

According to ______________________, _______________________________.

 

One problem with _______________ is that ____________________________.

 

One issue with _____________________________________________________.

 

We predict that _________________ will ________________________ by 2030.

 

We forecast that __________________________________________________.

 

We strongly recommend ___________________________________________.

 

It’s important for __________________________ to ______________________.

 

We would be able to improve ______________________ by _______________./ _______________________ would have a good effect on _________________.

 

We would probably recommend _____________________________________./ _______________________________ should probably ___________________.

 

It is worth considering _____________________________________________./ We should think about ________________________________________________.

 

We wouldn’t recommend _________________________________________./ ____________________ shouldn’t ___________________________________.

 

Share a sentence with the other group(s) and see if they agree.

Ask about any sentences that you can’t understand, couldn’t complete, etc, working together to complete them each time.

Brainstorm words that mean the same as each of these things,

• the majority of
• a large number of
• a number of
• a small number of
• over…
• 75%
• less than
• 3%
• around…/ approximately…
• a half
• we would like to…
• (email) survey
• an issue
• predict
• … should…
• consider

Use the mixed answers under the fold to help

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Mixed answers

50%                                  a third                               about/ roughly                 few/ a few

forecast                            many                                more or less                                  more than…

most                                  problem                            questionnaire                  some

think about                       three quarters   under                                              want

we recommend…

Check by seeing which sentences are near each other on the first page above.

Try to agree on and write similar sentences about these insurance-related topics:

accidents/ crashes                                                   agents/ brokers

audits/ auditors                                           bankruptcies

casualties                                                                  claims

claims adjusters                                                       compliance

contracts                                                                    coverage

customer loyalty – switching insurance companies

customers/ policy holders                                       disabilities

exclusions/ small print                               false claims

fire                                                                               forms

fraud                                                                           FSA

H&S/ health and safety                             inspections

life expectancy/ average age                   lifestyle diseases (diabetes, cancer, etc)

M&A/ takeovers                                                        natural disasters

premiums                                                                   quotations

risk                                                                              SMEs

underwriting