ESL Topics Word Bank
BUSINESS and FINANCE
Question:
Which 12 words below are kinds of people?
customer
n.
merchandise
n.
deliver delivery
v. n. n.
O P
office
n. n.
performance price
n., v. v. n. n.
demand
earn
v. n. n. n. n.
produce product
earnings
e-business employee employer
production profit
n., v. n.
proposal provide
advertise
v. n.
expand export
v. n., v. n. n. n.
v.
advertisement annual
n. adj., v.
report retail
n., v. adj., n. n. n.
bankrupt boss
n.
F G H I
factory goods
retailer
headquarters hire
v. n.
secretary seller
n.
break even budget
n., v.
phr.
import
service
phr.
n., v. ger.
business card buyer
n. n. n. n. n. n.
n.
in the black in the red invest
v.
shipping staff
n. n.
phr.
cargo cash CEO
stocks
n.
investment
stock market supply
n., v.
n.
L M
logo loss
n. n. n.
company
competition consumer
n.
manager market
n.
T V W
trade value
n., v. n., v. n.
warehouse
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WORD BANK: Business & Finance Answer Key
Aims Supplementary vocabulary building Level Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate
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MAKING TEACHING FUN
Time Approximately 25 30 minutes (including extension activity)
ANSWER KEY: Question: Which 12 words below are kinds of people? boss; buyer; CEO; consumer; customer; employee; employer; manager; retailer; secretary; seller; staff
NOTES & EXTENSION ACTIVITY: For notes and extension activity suggestions, see the Notes document in the Word Bank topic list.
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