Lesson 1

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Short Quiz

Please take out your mobile phone and follow the steps on the next slide.

Please fill in your own name!

What are your expectations?

The car company is ......... its latest model due to a defective electrical system.

1. recalling
2. repealing
3. resisting

We're trying to decrease the manufacturing costs in order to get a better profit ......... on this product.

1. limit
2. margin
3. surplus

Don't worry about the cost of meals on a business trip; the company will ......... you for them.

1. recognize
2. reimburse
3. restore

An education company and a technology company are discussing a possible joint .........: creating an app to help people learn.

1. voyage
2. venue
3. venture

The board of directors voted ......... to change the policy. Everyone was in agreement.

1. anonymously
2. inflexibly
3. unanimously

Some companies visit universities and try to ......... the most promising students to work there after graduation.

1. absorb
2. convert
3. recruit

The dress ......... at my job doesn't allow us to wear sleeveless shirts.

1. code
2. rule
3. trend

Let's both gather some information, and we can ......... tomorrow afternoon.

1. keep in touch
2. touch and go
3. touch base

Sorry, I can't help you with that. It's not my area of .........

1. competence
2. excellence
3. expertise

Last month, the company couldn't pay its suppliers due to cash ......... problems.

1. flood
2. flow
3. flux

Now that you've done this short quiz,
how do you feel about 'Business English'?