Topic: General Business English Terms 10

This exercise has a broad range of general terms, ones that are often heard in an office setting. Although it's meant for ESL students, it'll be useful to anyone who wants to review this terminology. Choose the correct response for each of the sentences.

1. Bill's company has broken its four-quarter streak of declining _____________________.
  revenue
  reviews
  cash

2. Revenue from license sales _____________________ 5% during the second quarter of 2022.
  down
  fell
  fell through

3. Because of good business decisions, our company is growing faster than _____________________.
  assumed
  expecting
  expected

4. We expect ____________________ growth during the next couple of quarters.
  modest
  shy
  mid-range

5. The CEO announced that the company was taking a new __________________.
  way
  highway
  direction

6. The 90's stock market __________________ created scores of (= many) dot-com millionaires.
  boon
  boom
  book

7. A __________________ company is one that isn't going to last very long. It's here one day and gone the next.
  fly-by-night
  night
  flighty

8. The company spokesperson __________________ to answer any questions.
  decided
  declined
  decried

9. We're a little worried. One of our major __________________ is growing at a rapid rate.
  competition
  competitors
  compete

10. Bill was trying to come up with a scheme to steal money from the company, but his boss __________________ to this scheme and fired him.
  caught
  caught up
  caught on

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