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Oil Price Crash

You are going to lisen to a report about falling oil prices.

Choose the correct meanings of the following words from the report:

Welcome to your Oil Crash Vocabulary quiz
Select the correct meanings of the words from the report.

coffers

funds treasury partial reaction None

contract

agreement reduce delay start None

counter

reduce oppose put into effect the same as None

de facto

resulted in put into action delayed real None

effective

put into action real the same as actual None

enact

delayed put into action reduce push forward None

prolonged

reduce put into effect longer lasting delayed None

propel

put into acton reduce started push forward None

scenario

story reaction starting series of events None

10.

somewhat

delayed the same as reaction partially None

11.

take a hit

partial react funds suffer a loss None

12.

tit for tat

in reaction in effect actual push forward None

13.

triggered

started push forward reduced delayed None

Time’s up

Now watch/listen to the report then do the gap-fill exercise

Welcome to your Oil Crash Vocabulary quiz
Select the correct meanings of the words from the report.

coffers

funds treasury partial reaction None

contract

agreement reduce delay start None

counter

reduce oppose put into effect the same as None

de facto

resulted in put into action delayed real None

effective

put into action real the same as actual None

enact

delayed put into action reduce push forward None

prolonged

reduce put into effect longer lasting delayed None

propel

put into acton reduce started push forward None

scenario

story reaction starting series of events None

10.

somewhat

delayed the same as reaction partially None

11.

take a hit

partial react funds suffer a loss None

12.

tit for tat

in reaction in effect actual push forward None

13.

triggered

started push forward reduced delayed None

Time’s up

Listen carefully then fill the gaps with the words from above:

Welcome to your Oil Crash Missing Words

Time’s up

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