How British is your Financial English?
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
British and American financial English quiz
Lesson Plan Content:
A test of where your Business English comes from
Write the word that you most often use in English to say each of the things below in the gaps given, leaving any which you are not sure about blank for now. More help will be given later.
Another name for ‘business’: ____________________________________________
The time when all the people who own part of the company can gather together and ask the management questions and vote: ______________________________________
An organisation that specialises in lending to house buyers: _______________________
The number that tells you inflation in the prices of ordinary day-to-day products: ______________________________________________________________________
Paper that shows you own part of a company: ______________________________
A person who owns that paper, and therefore part of the company: ___________________
A collection of workers that looks after their rights: ______________________________
The list of rules that a company decides it will operate by: __________________________
Where you put your day-to-day money in a bank, not savings: ______________________
The top manager that is involved in day to day running of the business: _______________________________________________________________________
The head of the company: _________________________________________________
Paper money, e.g. a five dollar…: ____________________________________________
The electronic ‘hole in the wall’ that gives you cash: _____________________________
The share price of one company that gives an indication of what will happen to the whole stock market: _____________________________________________________________
The amount of interest that the central bank lends to other banks at: _________________
Money lent to cover the time between when you have to pay something and when your money comes in: __________________________________________________________
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If there were any words you weren’t sure about above, choose from the options below, again just choosing the word that you are most likely to use (or think you would be most likely to use, because you like the sound of it, etc).
Another name for ‘business
corporation/ company
The time when all the people who own part of the company can gather together and ask the management questions and vote
Annual General Meeting (AGM)/ Annual Stockholders Meeting
An organisation that specializing in lending to house buyers
a savings and loan association/ a building society
The number that tells you inflation in the prices of ordinary day-to-day products
Retail Price Index (RPI)/ Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Paper that shows you own part of a company:
stock/ share
A person who owns that paper, and therefore part of the company
a stockholder/ a shareholder
A collection of workers that looks after their rights:
a labor union/ a trade union
The list of rules that a company decides it will operate by
bylaws/ articles of association
Where you put your day-to-day money in a bank, not savings
a current account/ a checking account
The top manager that is involved in day to day running of the business
a CEO (Chief Executive Officer)/ an MD (Managing Director)
The head of the company:
the President/ the Chairman
Paper money, e.g. a five dollar…:
a note/ a bill
The electronic ‘hole in the wall’ that gives you cash:
an ATM/ a cash dispenser/ a cash machine
The share price of one company that gives an indication of what will happen to the whole stock market:
a bellweather stock/ a barometer stock
The amount of interest that the central bank lends to other banks at
the prime rate/ the base rate
Money lent to cover the time between when you have to pay something and when your money comes in
a bridge loan/ a bridging loan
Say how British or American you think your choices are, then check below.
Answer key
The word in bold below is the British English expression. See who in class has the most British and the most American English.
Another name for ‘business’
- corporation
- company
The time when all the people who own part of the company can gather together and ask the management questions and vote
- Annual General Meeting (AGM)
- Annual Stockholders Meeting
An organisation that specializing in lending to house buyers
- a savings and loan association
- a building society
The number that tells you inflation in the prices of ordinary day-to-day products
- Retail Price Index (RPI)
- Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Paper that shows you own part of a company
- a) stock
- b) share
A person who owns that paper, and therefore part of the company
- a) a stockholder
- b) a shareholder
A collection of workers that looks after their rights
- a) a labor union
- b) a trade union
The list of rules that a company decides it will operate by
- bylaws
- articles of association
Where you put your day to day money in a bank, not savings
- a current account
- a checking account
The top manager that is involved in day to day running of the business
- a CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
- an MD (Managing Director)
The head of the company
- the President
- the Chairman
Paper money, e.g. a five dollar ____________
- a note
- a bill
The electronic ‘hole in the wall’ that gives you cash
- an ATM
- a cash dispenser
- a cash machine
The share price of one company that gives an indication of what will happen to the whole stock market.
- a) a bellweather stock
- b) a barometer stock
The amount of interest that the central bank lends to other banks at
- a) the prime rate
- b) the base rate
Money lent to cover the time between when you have to pay something and when your money comes in
- a) a bridge loan
- b) a bridging loan
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