Effective Business Writing 1.4

Effective Business Writing 1.4

Q. (1 to 15) BUSINESS CROSSWORD PUZZLE:

Across 1. rate and efficiency of work 4. ask the bank to advance money 6. money paid for a loan 10. wealth of person or business 12. promise to repair or replace 13. amalgamation of two companies 14. legal agreement 16. total sales of a company 17. share of profits paid to shareholders

Down 2. proof of payment 3. put money into a company or business 5. money paid to owner of copyright or patent 7. part of the capital of a company 8. where shares are bought and sold 9. money lent 11. amount of money spent 14. neither cheque nor credit card 15. money returned

*There are no spaces between words. Q. (from 16 to 35) Complete the Spellings: 16. Ab__nd__n__e 17. Ac__e__si__le 18. A__c__a__m 19. Ac__u__ul__te 20. Ach__ev__m__nt 21. Acqu__in__a__ce 22. Ag__ra__a__e 23. A__a__e__r 24. Ap__a__e__t 25. A__h__is__ 26. Au__i__ia__y 27. B__ne__i__ed 28. B__o__a__t 29. Bu__e__uc__acy 30. Ca__ou__la__e 31. Co__o__s__l 32. Co__m__tt__e 33. C__ns__ns__s 34. Cor__e__at__ 35. Cor__es__on__ence

Directions (from 36 to 55): Choose a suitable word from the following list and use them appropriately in the given sentences: (36) Processing, (37) Authorize, (38) Document, (39) Inventory, (40) Facilitator, (41) Motivate/ Motivates, (42) Merchandise, (43) Budget, (44) Turnover, (45) Coordinate, (46) Collaborate, (47) Distribution, (48) Negotiate, (49) Communicate/ Communication, (50) Prioritize, (51) Supervise, (52) Profitability, (53) Implement, (54) Recruit, (55) Scheduling.

A. “The course _________ is there to provide guidance and encouragement for the group to find out the answers for themselves.” B. “We need someone to _________ the conference call with our business partners in Europe and Asia.” C. “I have eight emails waiting in my inbox. Let me _______ which ones I should answer first.” D. “Peter’s stuck in a traffic jam. We may run into ________ problems if we can’t confirm what time he’ll be at the office for the meeting.” E. “You may submit your business loan application today.________ usually takes up to two to three weeks.” F. “George doesn’t seem to be putting in much effort lately. It’s time his sales manager steps in and __________ him to meet his quota.” G. “Higher management wants us to ____________ with our partners in Britain to develop a better product.” H. “The contractor will be in later to ________ the office remodeling.” I. “I think you should read the _________ carefully before signing it.” J. “If you’re organizing a year-end office party, you’ll have to work out a ________ for it.” K. “After a week of __________, we still can’t agree on the terms of the contract.” L. “We’re now ready to __________ security measures that we hope will make this office building a safer place for our employees.” M. “Due to the lack of ___________, we don’t have all the facts we need.” N. “After securing this deal, we had to _________ more managers to head the projects.” O. “I’ll have to get my supervisor to _________ this check before I send it to you.” P. “This year, there has been an increase in our imports of foreign ____________.” Q. “The year end is the time when we check our stock and update our ___________ lists.” R. “Our total sales __________ this year is higher than the past two years combined. You can all expect a bonus at the end of the year.” S. “The new manager takes care of the ____________ of our sports and fitness products to other countries.” T. “Management would like you to conduct a study of the ____________ of expanding our market overseas.”

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