Assignment 7. Supply the sentences with the missing words.

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Assignment 6. Match the words with their definitions.

efficiency, facilities, demand, costs, expansion,

overheads, consumerism, reward, goodwill, tax.

1) A need for or a desire for a commodity, together with the ability to pay for it, as in the law of supply and demand.

2) A consumer protest against the perceived injustices in exchange relationships and efforts to remedy those injustices.

3) The expenses incurred in producing good or services during the period.

4) Regular and essential expenses such as rent and the cost of telephones, stationery, etc.

5) The quality of being able to do a task successfully and without wasting time and energy.

6) The process of becoming greater in size, number or amount.

7) An amount of money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services.

8) The popularity and good reputation of a successful business that forms part of its financial worth.

9) Something that you are given, for example because you have behaved well, worked hard, or provided a service to the community.

10) The equipment, buildings, services, etc. that are provided for a particular activity or purpose.

render, lack, facility, offset, estate, maintain,

cope with, adjust, handle, vendor, exceed

1) He divided his … among his four brothers.

2) We would never have secured our independence without the aid you … .

3) They argued that their wage increases would be … by higher prices.

4) Sales … all expectations.

5) We should … our approach.

6) I need the money to … me for at least the next month until I start a job.

7) We must try to … … our own failure.

8) The streets were crowded with … and buyers.

9) … of proper funding is making our job more difficult.

10) He … all the major accounts.

11) They ask for a 6 million pound loan … as working capital.

Assignment 8. Complete sentences with the correct form of make or do:

1) Please … your best to get these typed documents before 5 o'clock.

2) If we don't get some orders soon we'll have to … some of our workers redundant.

3) We've been … business with them for over thirty years now.

4) Considerable progress has been … and we hope to put some concrete proposals to our members tomorrow afternoon.

5) The bank has decided to … extra provision against bad debts this year.

6) They've been … a roaring trade since they decided to advertise on local television.

7) We have … a considerable profit on the sale of that land.

8) Increasing production will … even more demands on machinery which is already breaking down at an alarming rate.

9) A customer has … a complaint about one of our salespeople.

When you have checked your answers, write down each expression with make or do to help you to remember them.