Business Spotlight 08.2019

(Nancy Kaufman) #1

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?


  1. 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.
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