SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
BUSINESS ENGLISH PROGRAM
STUDENT’S NAME
Task 1 Verbs that indicate change: classify the verbs in the chart.
- Plummet: desplomarse
- Peak: llegar a la cima,
alcanzar el pico
- Rocket: ir como un cohete
- Level out: nivelar, emparejar
- Decrease: disminuir, reducir
- Rise: subir, crecer,
aumentar
- Increase: aumentar, subir
ENGLISH V
PRACTICE
Daniel Felipe Castañeda Castro
NUMBER
- Soar: eleverse, dispararse
- Drop: caer
- Fluctuate: fluctuar
- Fall: caer
- Decline: descender, bajar,
declinar
- Go up: subir, ascender
- Go down: bajar, descender
- Boom: crecer, progresar
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- Jump: saltar, subir
- Skyrocket: dispararse, subir
como un cohete
- Collapse: derrumbarse,
desplomarse, colpasar
- Plunge: hundirse
- Go burst: estallar
VERBS THAT INDICATE VERBS THAT INDICATE VERBS THAT INDICATE
Peak Level out Plummet
Rocket Fluctuate Decrease
Rise Drop
Increase Fall
Soar Decline
Go up Go down
Boom Collapse
Jump Plunge
Skyrocket
Go burst
Analyze the following graph. Then, write 5 sentences regarding this graph using
Task 2
correctly verbs of change (5 different verbs), prepositions (to, by, of, at), and
different verb forms (past simple and present perfect).

Task 3 Complete the sentences with words from the box the words _
Equity stake Recession Shares Debt Stock market Forecast

Equity stake equal parts into which the capital or ownership of a company is divided
Recession a period of time when business activity decreases because the economy is doing badly
Shares money risked when a business owns part of another company
Stock market a place where company shares are bought and sold
Forecast a description of what is likely to happen in the future
Debt money owed by one person or organisation to another person or organisation

Task 4
Match the sentence halves

1. Profit margin is a) a part of a company's profits paid to the owners of shares.

2. Investment is b) the difference between the price of a product or service and the cost
3. Bankruptcy is of producing it
4. A dividend is c) money which people or organizations put into a business for
5. Pre-tax profits are making a profit.
6. Annual turnover is d) the amount of money which a business obtains (in a year) from
customers by selling goods or services.
e) when a person or organization is unable to pay their debts.
f) the money a business makes before payment to the government

1(B) 2 (C)3 (E) 4 (A) 5 (F) 6 (D)

1. Profit margin is the difference between the price of a product or service and the cost of producing
it
2. Investment is money which people or organizations put into a business for making a profit
3. Bankruptcy is when a person or organization is unable to pay their debts
4. A dividend is a part of a company's profits paid to the owners of shares
5. Pre-tax profits are the money a business makes before payment to the government
6. Annual turnover is the amount of money which a business obtains (in a year) from customers by
selling goods or services