Business Spotlight 08.2019

22 SKILL UP!

TEST

Illustration: Bernhard Förth

Test yourself!

See how well you know the words

and phrases presented in this

booklet by doing the exercises

below. Cover the answers at the

bottom of page 23.

1. Choose the correct
   options to complete the
   statements.

A. The balance account/sheet

will show you how a com-

pany is doing right now.

B. Take a look at the income/

outcome statement to see

how much profit was gen-

erated over the last quarter.

C. You can see on the cash/

money flow statement how

the company is spending its

earnings and reserves.

D. If you add up all the assets

and subtract the liabilities,

you’ll get an idea of the

net fortune/worth of the

company.

E. How can we determine

whether the company is a

coming/going concern if

we don’t have all the finan-

cial data?

2. Complete the sentences
   below with the correct
   comparative or superla-
   tive form of the adjective
   in brackets.

A. This company is much

(profitable) than the other.

B. Their performance is far

(good)

this year.

C. Why are the results

(bad)

than last month’s?

D. Their company is probably

the

(well-known) designer of

modern kitchens.

E. Higher competition means

we might have to accept

(narrow)

profit margins.