Unit 7 Exercises

I Match the verbs with the correct noun to make frequent collocations.

1 to write off a) a share issue

2 to file b) a company
3 to take out c) one`s overdraft
4 to exceed to underwrite d) a debt
5 to underwrite e) for bankruptcy
6 to liquidate f) a loan

II Choose words from columns A and B to make frequent compound nouns

A1 A2 B1 B2
consumer facilities fund charges
trading options profits fund
stock debt share manager
overdraft arrears hedge price
Debt performance interest warning

e.g: trading performance

III Complete the sentences with a compound from exercise II.

1. Improved trading performance enabled the company to repay its debt sooner than expected.
2. Soraca International has issued a _____________________ owning to the loss of a major contract
and heavy restructuring charges.
3. A ___________________ makes investments that are unlikely to fall in value.
4. Because it repaid the money well ahead of the deadline set by the creditors, the company saved
millions of euros in annual __________________ .
5. Money that is still owed because it is has not been paid on time is called __________________ .
6. The pay of a company`s top managers often includes ___________________ in the company they
work for.