Topic: Basic Business English vocabulary for beginners 6

This exercise has a broad range of general terms for beginners. It's a good way for ESL students to learn basic words and expressions used in the world of business.

Choose the best response to complete each of the sentences below.

1. We had to __________________________ some money to expand our business.
  burrow
  borough
  borrow

2. Victoria is very rich. She and her husband made a ___________________ ( = a lot of money) in real estate.
  fort
  fortune
  sale

3. I can't invest in your business because I can't ___________________ ( = find/gather) the money to do that.
  come down with
  come up with
  come to

4. A ___________________ executive is someone with a very high position within a company.
  top-level
  top-notch
  tip-top

5. Tom is not popular, but he is ___________________ by all the employees.
  respectfully
  respect
  respected

6. My manager almost never ___________________ my work. He's always very happy with the way I do things.
  criticizes
  criticism
  praises

7. Another way of saying "he was fired" is "he was ___________________."
  shown the door
  kicked out the door
  cleaning the door

8. P1: You didn't know he was going to quit? P2: No, I guess I missed all the ___________________ signs. ( = signs that something was wrong)
  billboard
  stress
  warning

9. Do you think it's ___________________ to buy things online?
  safety
  safe
  safely

10. A company that hasn't been around very long ( = a new company) is often called a ___________________.
  start-up (company)
  green company
  newbie business


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