Business collocations – a quiz

By Berni | May 4, 2010

Test your knowledge of business collocations

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1. [Multiple choice]

Which of the following cannot be used with ‘close’?

Answers for Quiz [1].

  • 1. a meeting
  • 2. a bargain (correct)
  • 3. a deal
  • 4. a negotiation

2. [Multiple choice]

What would you do with ‘new business’?

Answers for Quiz [2].

  • 1. discover
  • 2. generate (correct)
  • 3. lift
  • 4. pull

3. [Multiple choice]

Which of these would you ‘meet’?

Answers for Quiz [3].

  • 1. new business
  • 2. new products
  • 3. deals
  • 4. targets (correct)

4. [Multiple choice]

If you went bankrupt what would happen to your ‘trading’?

Answers for Quiz [4].

  • 1. it would fade
  • 2. it would cease (correct)
  • 3. it would desist
  • 4. it would refrain

5. [Multiple choice]

What would you do with a conclusion?

Answers for Quiz [5].

  • 1. surmise it
  • 2. guess it
  • 3. draft it
  • 4. draw it (correct)

6. [Multiple choice]

When someone ‘waffles’ in a meeting you want them to … to the point.

Answers for Quiz [6].

  • 1. get (correct)
  • 2. reach
  • 3. say
  • 4. tell

7. [Multiple choice]

When a venture is not successful it could be due to….

Answers for Quiz [7].

  • 1. market weakness
  • 2. market forces (correct)
  • 3. market powers
  • 4. market decisions

8. [Multiple choice]

A wrong decision could affect..

Answers for Quiz [8].

  • 1. your base line
  • 2. your sideline
  • 3. your final line
  • 4. your bottom line (correct)

9. [Multiple choice]

Which do you not take on or lay off ?

Answers for Quiz [9].

  • 1. staff
  • 2. employees
  • 3. jobs (correct)
  • 4. people

10. [Multiple choice]

You wouldn’t usually balance one of these.

Answers for Quiz [10].

  • 1. invoice (correct)
  • 2. books
  • 3. an account
  • 4. an argument
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