Informal email - Vocabulary
Each sentence below is followed by a question. There are four options for each question. Tap the correct answer.
Question 1 out of 15
1. If you watch something to see what will happen, you .......... on it.
| put a look |
| take a peek |
| keep an eye |
| over look |
| right |
wrong |
2. "Info" is an abbreviation for -
| in focus |
| information |
| in for me |
| informal |
| right |
wrong |
3. If you "strike oil" you have made a/an -
| valuable discovery |
| bad mistake |
| good sale |
| unlucky choice |
| right |
wrong |
4. In a "management buy-out", the management -
| buy their company |
| sell their company |
| hire good employees |
| leave the company |
| right |
wrong |
5. A "highly-leveraged" company has many -
| engineers |
| employees |
| advantages |
| debts |
| right |
wrong |
6. The difference between shares and what they earn is called the -
| effort vs price |
| cost to return |
| price/earnings ratio |
| share/profit balance |
| right |
wrong |
7. If you buy the same shares as someone else, you are said to be .... their investment.
| copyrighting |
| shadowing |
| reflecting |
| stealing |
| right |
wrong |
8. A colloquial expression for £1000 is a -
| tonne |
| pony |
| grand |
| mill |
| right |
wrong |
9. If you pay with your own money, you pay from -
| the heart |
| your nose |
| your own pocket |
| under the bed |
| right |
wrong |
10. A company's profits are shared among shareholders as -
| sharings |
| dividends |
| stockings |
| cashback |
| right |
wrong |
11. If you pay more than the normal price for shares, you pay a/an -
| overhead |
| top rate |
| uppermost |
| premium |
| right |
wrong |
12. Something which gives you a steady profit can be called a/an -
| good lemon |
| nice little earner |
| well-paid bet |
| one-off return |
| right |
wrong |
13. If a company buys a business that does not want to be bought, this is called a -
| buy-back |
| hard adoption |
| poison pill |
| hostile takeover |
| right |
wrong |
14. An investment which is not earning enough money is -
| a cheap deal |
| going poor |
| underperforming |
| topped out |
| right |
wrong |
15. When the stockmarket is not going up or down, the market is -
| sloppy |
| flat |
| plain |
| jittery |
| right |
wrong |
