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Exercise: English for Business

Rabu, 30 September 2020

Exercise 

31. 1 Look at A. Complete these collocations. 

1. to float a company on the stock market. 

2. to launch a new product. 
3. to make a profit. 
4. to go bankrupt. 
5. to go into business. 
6. to go partnership. 
7. to carry out the market. 
8. to go public. 
9. to set up a business. 
10. to make a loss. 

31. 2 match the newspaper headlines 1-6 with the topics of the story a-f 

1. Business goes under = d.) a company has ceased trading

2. Stiff competition for local firm
3. Business booming in the area
good. 
4. Jacksons strike successful
5. Ice cream company to be floated
time. 
6. Paper company expected to fold
= b.) a rival company causing problems
= f.) local companies' sales figures are looking
= a.) a company mins a promising new contract. 
= c.) a firm is going to sell shares for the first
= e.) a company may go out of business

31. 3 Choose the correct collocation. 

1. Our company sets a high value. 

2. The competition to earn win and achieve the contact was strong and stiff. 
3. You need a wide range of skills in order to work and run a successful business. 
 4. How long have you been doing business with China for?
5. The annual turnover of our company is growing rapidly. 
6. It’s my job to balance the budget. 
7. We've put in a very competitive bid so I hope we’ll get the job. 
8. We’ve been doing brisk business all morning. 

31. 4 Fill the gaps in this local magazine article. 

Jan Vickers now (1) runs a successful bicycle company in the town. He set it (2) up ten years
ago to cater for students and he has done extremely well. He (3) does a lot of rental business
with the tourist trade at local hotels. In the first year of operations he (4) made a loss, but his
sales (5) figures for his second year showed an upturn and he has never looked back since.
Indeed you could say that (6) business is currently booming as he has just (7) won an
important new contract with a chain of fitness centers. There was stiff (8) competition but Jan
(9) put   in a bid which was more attractive than anything that (10) rival companies could
offer. So, the deal was (11) struck. As a result Jan’s is planning to (12) create 20 new jobs.
When asked to explain the (13) secret of his success, Jan put it down to his company
emphasis on after-sales (14) service.