Answer Key
Business and profit – Practice 2
Fill in the gaps with the appropriate word or phrase in the correct form.
- Sales went up [by] 2%.
- This year we are planning to [make] a profit of $ 10 million.
- The prices of [raw] materials, such as wood and coal are going up.
- In 1997, sales rose dramatically [from] $21,000 to $33,000.
- We are a Czech company, but we [export] most of our products to the EU countries.
- ‘Is this a German watch?' ‘No, it was imported [from] China'.
- They lost all their customers and money, and went [bankrupt] .
- Last year they were hoping to grow, but their sales and profits [remained] stable.
- We produce our products only for the [home] market. We do not export at all.
- The company broke [even] , which means no loss but also no profit.