ENSSEA SECOND YEAR MASTER STUDENTS ACTUARIAL AND FINANCE
SECOND TERM BUSINESS ENGLISH EXAMINATION
FULL NAME ____________________________. GROUP ………
A Complete the sentences with the best verb. In my job I have to…
advise answer serve analyse forecast set borrow issue
lend raise investigate manage prepare.
1. what will happen to consumer demand for the next twelve
months.
2. the cash in our current account.
3. money to customers.
4. a budget for spending in each department.
5. customers who need cash or to make payments.
6. the accounts to check tor accuracy.
7. money from the banks in short term loans.
8. telephone enquiries.
9. the accounts at the end of each quarter.
10. customers on their choice of financial products.
11. the financial results of last year.
12. shares or bonds.
13. capital by issuing shares on the financial market.
B. Financial vocabulary covers several areas including economics, banking, personal
finance and financial planning. Here is a selection of key words. Complete the table.
VERBS PERSONAL NOUNS GENERAL NOUNS ADJECTIVES
1 to analyse - - -
2 - competitor - -
3 - - advice -
4 to merge - - -
5 To guarantee - - -
6 - - credit -
7 - investor - -
ENSSEA SECOND YEAR MASTER STUDENTS ACTUARIAL AND FINANCE
SECOND TERM BUSINESS ENGLISH EXAMINATION
FULL NAME ____________________________. GROUP ………
C. Match each word on the left with the correct definition on the right (a-o). Use the
grid below.
word Definition
1. Pension a) something that the government collects and no one likes to pay.
2. Bank b) where you go to borrow money or get cash.
3. Tax c) how you are charged for borrowing money.
4. Dividends d) how you can pay to buy a house, unless you can pay for it in a
single payment.
5. Shares e) a type of investment made by a company when buying
equipment.
6. Inflation f) what, in financial terms, a business hopes to make.
7. Bankruptcy g) what a company has to prepare each year for presentation to its
owners.
8. Profit i) the total amount of sales in a year.
9. Interest j) rising prices, rising costs and rising wages in an economy.
10 Assets k) what you buy if you invest money in a company.
.
11 Turnover l) individuals who invest their money in a company hope to receive
. these regularly.
12 Liabilities m) when you are old, you hope to have one of these.
.
13 Accounts n) the name of all the property, equipment, investments and
. money owned by a company.
14 Mortgage o) the name of everything that a company owes.
.
15 Capital p) the situation when a company does not have enough money or
. spending property to pay its debts and so the company closes.
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