Business English Vocabulary matching exercise worksheet.

Let's solve the Business English Vocabulary matching exercise step by step.

We are given a word bank and a list of definitions. Our task is to match each definition with the correct word from the word bank.

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🔤 Word Bank:

- lucrative
- wage
- commodity
- inflation
- earnings
- billboard
- scarcity
- merger
- annual
- deficit
- semi-annual
- quarterly

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✔ Definitions & Matching:

1. Happening twice a year → semi-annual
*(“Semi-” means half, so “semi-annual” = every six months)*

2. Happening once a year → annual
*(“Annual” means yearly)*

3. Happening four times a year → quarterly
*(A year has four quarters, so “quarterly” = every three months)*

4. Signboard for advertising posters → billboard
*(A large outdoor sign used for advertisements)*

5. A very small supply of resources; a lack of something → scarcity
*(Scarcity means shortage or limited availability)*

6. A general, continuous increase in prices, causing a reduction in the value of money → inflation
*(Inflation is when prices rise over time, reducing purchasing power)*

7. Is the money that someone is paid every week by their employer → wage
*(Wages are regular payments, often weekly or bi-weekly)*

8. The total amount by which money spent is more than money received → deficit
*(Deficit = spending > income)*

9. The joining of two or more companies to make one larger company → merger
*(Merger = combining businesses into one)*

10. Is the amount of money you can earn from the job you do → earnings
*(Earnings = income from work, often used for total pay)*

11. A substance or product that can be traded, bought, or sold in large quantities → commodity
*(Commodities include oil, wheat, gold — raw materials or primary agricultural products)*

12. The total amount by which money spent is more than money received → deficit
*(This is repeated — same as #8)*

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✔ Final Answers:

1. Happening twice a year → semi-annual
2. Happening once a year → annual
3. Happening four times a year → quarterly
4. Signboard for advertising posters → billboard
5. A very small supply of resources; a lack of something → scarcity
6. A general, continuous increase in prices, causing a reduction in the value of money → inflation
7. Is the money that someone is paid every week by their employer → wage
8. The total amount by which money spent is more than money received → deficit
9. The joining of two or more companies to make one larger company → merger
10. Is the amount of money you can earn from the job you do → earnings
11. A substance or product that can be traded, bought, or sold in large quantities → commodity
12. The total amount by which money spent is more than money received → deficit (same as #8)

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📌 Notes:

- "Lucrative" means profitable, but it wasn’t needed here.
- "Earnings" vs. "wage": Wage is specific to regular pay (e.g., weekly), while earnings refer to total income.
- "Deficit" appears twice — this may be intentional to reinforce the concept.

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✔ All answers are matched correctly based on standard business English vocabulary!