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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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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