Business English Office Phrase of the Day: ‘Going forward’

Going forward

In this Business English lesson, you’re going to learn the Office Phrase ‘Going forward.’

Let’s say it again. ‘Going forward.’

ACTIVITY

Now, let’s do an activity. I want you to guess the meaning of ‘Going forward’ from the sentence below…

Going forward, I want us all to work as a team. I want workers who help to make our company the best!”

Can you guess the meaning?

Well… ’Going forward’ means:-

from now on

or

in the future.

EXAMPLES

And here’s another example of how to use the phrase:-

“We need to find out if increasing our sales workforce will increase our profits going forward.”

And another example sentence…

“I’m not sure what to do yet. I haven’t decided what our strategy going forward is going to be.”

And a final example…

“You’re constantly late for work. Going forward, I want you to work on your time management.”

ACTIVITY

Ok, now it’s your turn. Here’s an activity for you. Use the Office Phrase ‘going forward’ to make a sentence. You can answer in the comments section below the YouTube Channel video and I’ll take a look.

LESSON END.

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