Answer Key
Stocks – New Vocabulary Practice
Fill in the missing words. Choose one of the words below. Sometimes you need to put them in the right form.
- FORTUNE
- DECLINE
- APART
- BONDS
- OCCUR
- COMPETITORS
- MERGER
- SETTLERS
- PLUMMETED
- Dutch [settlers] were very important for the early history of the United States.
- Two rival companies are called [competitors] .
- After the panic hit the Stock Exchange, stock prices [plummeted] .
- Such things [occur] from time to time, but not very often.
- The following year saw a sharp [decline] in prices for services.
- Finally, the whole market fell [apart] .
- The union of two or more commercial interests is called a [merger] .
- A person who conducts an auction is an [auctioneer] .
- Thanks to the Stock Exchange, that businessman came into a large [fortune] overnight.
- I don't think it's a good investment to buy the government's [bonds] .