FACULTY OF ECONOMICS

ENGLISH LANGUAGE II, FINAL TEST

I Provide words/phrases for those definitions.

1. full investigation of a company’s activities ____________________

2. the amount of money that a company owes ____________________
3. the process of combining a company to form a big one ____________________
4. something that someone buys (especially a company) ____________________
5. costs that alter directly when the business alters its output level____________________
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II Put the verbs in brackets into the correct future form.

1. In five years, I think, everybody ____________ (pay) their bills electronically.

2. OK, I ____________ (email) the information this afternoon.
3. We ____________ (cut) forty jobs next month.
4. I _____________ (see) my bank manager at 11.30 next Thursday.
5. Euro Bank ____________ (make) a bid for Tatra Banka.
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III Do these expressions indicate stability (S), an increase (I) or a decrease (D)? Write S, I or D on the space
provided.

1 rise
2 fall
3 stabilize
4 increase
5 drop

1 ______ 2 _______ 3 _______ 4 _______ 5 _______

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IV Match each verb (1-5) with the expression it collocates with.

1 issue a) goods
2 provide b) an offer
3 submit c) an invoice
4 state d) conditions
5 negotiate e) a deal

1 ______ 2 _______ 3 _______ 4 _______ 5 _______

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V Fill the gaps with the words provided.

bonds fusion destroy equal mergers purchasing fonds
basically drop terms according acquisitions revenues gain

A merger is the voluntary ______________ of two companies on broadly equal ______________ into one new
legal entity. The firms that agree to merge are roughly ______________ in terms of size, customers, scale of
operations, etc. For this reason, the term "merger of equals" is sometimes used. _____________, unlike mergers,
or generally not voluntary and involve one company actively ______________ another. Mergers are most
commonly done to ______________ market share, reduce costs of operations, expand to new territories, unite
common products, grow ______________, and increase profits—all of which should benefit the firms'
shareholders. After a merger, shares of the new company are distributed to existing shareholders of both original
businesses.
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VI Complete the sentences below using the correct preposition. Sometimes no preposition is needed.

1. The studies will be carried out ________ January to June of next year.
2. ________ this period, the exact scope of the work will be evaluated.
3. A buyer with IBM heard ________ a small new factory and called ________ a salesman.
4. The merger will not take place ________ September next year.
5. ________ the end of the year all the subsidiaries will be closed.
6. They decided to get rid ________ these shares.

VII Translate the following sentences.

1. We would be very happy to give you the same terms as Auckland, if you were in a position to order the same
volume. Perhaps we should talk again in a few days.
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2. I am sorry, but couldn’t we start a little earlier than 11 am tomorrow? We might find we would make a bit
more progress.
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3. Još uvijek nismo dobili dokaz o vašoj uplati u iznosu od 10.000 dolara za robu koju smo vam isporučili. Žao
nam je, ali moraćemo da obustavimo sve dalje isporuke dok se ne izmire finansijske obaveze prema nama.
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4. Kako nam je cilj da i dalje naručujemo od vase kompanije, značilo bi nam da imamo poslujemo putem
otvorenog računa. Sigurni smo da će takav dogovor biti u obostranom interesu i unaprijed mu se radujemo.
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