Business English Exercise | Topic: Advertising Vocabulary 1

Designed to teach you the most common vocabulary/terms used in advertising. This exercise is meant for ESL (English as a second language) students, but will be useful to anyone wanting to learn this specialized terminology.





QUESTIONS:
(Choose the best response for each one)

1. We just ______________ ( = got) five new contracts in China.
  landed
  lost
  listed

2. We have to create a ______________ for a new deodorant.
  campaign
  company
  approach

3. Someone once said that "all's ______________ in love and advertising."
  even
  normal
  fair

4. It's hard to develop a campaign for a product that many people perceive ______________.
  negative
  negatively
  bad

5. The stakes are high = A lot is at ______________ ( = a lot can be gained or lost)
  hand
  sake
  stake

6. This campaign is ______________ ( = focused/based) on the concept of family.
  centered
  concerned
  called

7. Our biggest creative ______________ is to associate the product characteristics with the spirit of Christmas.
  challenge
  call
  check

8. Advertising has to be consistent with the brand "______________". ( = the way the company/advertiser wants the brand to be seen/perceived)
  sight
  visual
  vision

9. The agency got it ______________. That's not the direction we wanted to go with this.
  incorrect
  all wrong
  improper

10. Very often in advertising, there's more to a message than meets ______________. ( = there is also a hidden message)
  your eye
  the eye
  an eye

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