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
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  • DECLINE
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  • APART
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  • BONDS
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  • OCCUR
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  • COMPETITORS
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  • MERGER
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  • SETTLERS
  • PLUMMETED
  1. Dutch  [settlers] were very important for the early history of the United States. 
  2. Two rival companies are called  [competitors] . 
  3. After the panic hit the Stock Exchange, stock prices  [plummeted] . 
  4. Such things  [occur] from time to time, but not very often. 
  5. The following year saw a sharp  [decline] in prices for services. 
  6. Finally, the whole market fell  [apart] . 
  7. The union of two or more commercial interests is called a  [merger] . 
  8. A person who conducts an auction is an  [auctioneer] . 
  9. Thanks to the Stock Exchange, that businessman came into a large  [fortune] overnight. 
  10. I don't think it's a good investment to buy the government's  [bonds] .