3. These pairs of words often cause problems. Choose the correct alternative for each.

ADVERTISING / ADVERTISEMENT

1. Our ………… budget is 10% less than last year.

2. Did you see the big ………… for a new Managing Director for Acme in this morning's newspapers?

LINE / STAFF

1. A………… manager works directly on the production of goods.

2. A………… manager gives service support to the managers in production.

PERSONNEL / PERSONAL

a) Zangief has a…………problem: his wife wants to leave him.

b) Zangief company has a ………… problem: their employees want a 20% pay increase

4. Match the words with their meanings.

1) lease	a) the money paid to use something.
2) lend	b) to have something which is yours.
3) rent	c) a written agreement to rent land or property.
4) own	d) to spend money in order to make a profit.
5) invest	e) to give for a short time.

5. Choose a pair of words from the list to complete the spaces in the two sentences. Decide which of the two words you need for each space.

salesman/retailer sells/buys education/training

consists/divided produce/products manufactures/factory

accountant/accounts share/subsidiary

1. The ……… of staff in our company is the responsibility of the Human Resources department.

Schools are responsible for children's ……… .

2. We ……… 300 units per hour in our factory.

Bell's Whisky is one of our most profitable ……… .

3. We can't give you exact sales figures now because our ……… is on holiday.

The tax inspector came last month to look at our ……… .

4. ICL is a ……… of the Japanese Fujitsu company.

LVMH has a large ……… of the perfume market.

5. A ……… has a shop which sells directly to the public.

A ……… is a person who sells to shops or companies.

6. Our electronics division is ……… into a number of autonomous companies.

The company ……… of five operating divisions.

7. There are 300 machine operators in our ……… .

The company ……… children's toys.

8. The Purchasing department ……… products.

Guinness ……… its beer all over Europe.

6. Complete each sentence with a word from the box.

profit loss customers

lend shares invested

borrow owe save

1. If you buy something for $100 and sell it for $150, you make a ... .

2. You can buy and sell ... on the Stock Exchange.

3. To buy a house you usually need to ... money from a bank.

4. We ... $2000 in company shares.

5. I ... you $ 100. When do you want me to pay it back?

6. Banks ... money to their... .

7.If a company spends more than it earns, it makes a ...

8. If you want to ... money, you can put it in a deposit account.