Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. You may use Hint button and lose some points.

Complete the following table


NounVerb
defraud
deceit/deception
pilfering
waste
misappropriation
break
forge
falsification
err
embezzlement



Fill in the missing words in the sentences below. Choose from the table above.

  • When valuing the stock, there are many reasons why the manager makes an allowance of 0.5% for natural of items.
  • We had to make sure that employees could not small items from the office.
  • The bookkeeper tried to over £200,000 but the auditor became suspicious when he found changes to some invoices.
  • In order to avoid paying tax he decided to the documents by understating profits.
  • Several people lost large sums of money due to the of pension funds.
  • A serious was found in the draft accounts before they were published.
  • They discovered that the signature on the cheque was a .