33.1 Match word form
each box to form collocations from the opposite page and use them
to complete the sentence below (Borrow, Make, Spend, Stay,
Supplement, a float, afortune, heavily, my income and then a payment)
1. I make a
payment of €500 every month to my credit-card account.
2. When I was a
student I got a job in a fast-food outlet to supplement my income.
3. I used
to borrow on books when I was at university
4. I had no grant
or scholarship, so I had to spend a payment to
finance my studies
5. Small firms
find it difficult to stay a fortune when costs and
interest rates are high
33.2 Copy and
complete collocation bubbles using words from the box. Some words collocate
only with debt, some only with overdraft and some with both. Use a dictionary
to help you find one more collocation for each bubbles.
1. To
arrange a (overdraft)
2. A
bad (debt)
3 To
be in (overdraft)
4. To
clear a (overdraft)
5. Deep
in (debt)
6. Facility (overdraft)
7. To
get a (overdraft)
8. To
get into (overdraft)
9. A
hefty (debt or overdraft)
10. The
national (debt or overdraft)
11. To pay
off a (debt)
12. Ridden (debt)
13. To run
up (debt)
14. An
unauthorized (debt)
33.4 Answer the
question about collocations from the opposite page
1. What object is
a person or company being compared to when we use the collocation keep or stay
a float metaphorically?
(The object is a company)
2. What are you
eventually expected to do with a loan ?
(No, I will not expected to do with loan)
3. If a bank
calls in a loan, do they (a) give it (b)write it off (c) demand full payment
(They
write off)
4. If someone
defaults on a payment, do they (a) not make it (b) make it in full (c)
partially make it
(They
not make it)
5. What is the
crime called when someone make illegal use of another person’s credit card?
(The
crime called when someone do a default payment)
34.1 Match the
beginning of each sentence with its ending
1. The
government is finding it very difficult to curb(Inflation)
2. The
country is suffering because of the current economic (Climate)
3. Although
heavy industry is in decline, service industries are (Thriving)
4. The
CEO is anxious to safeguard his company’s(Thriving)
5. New
machinery has enabled the factory to increase its(Output)
6. The
tax authorities plan to tackle the issue of undeclared (Interest)
7. The
budget plan explains how we intend to allocate our various (Exclusion)
8. We
must tackle and solve the problem caused by social (Earnings)
34.2 Which of these
phrases would a Finance Minister be likely to use about
the economy under his/her own guidance and
which about the economy under a previous rival government.
1. Build
on success (the economy under his/her own guidance)
2. Extend
opportunity (the economy under his/her own guidance)
3. Leave
inflation unchecked (the economy under a previous rival government)
4. Levy
heavy taxes (the economy under a previous rival government)
5.
Meet with success (the economy under his/her own guidance)
6. Poor
value for money (the economy under a previous rival government)
7. Rampant
inflation (the economy under a previous rival government)
8. Rising
unemployment (the economy under a previous rival government)
9. Safely
steer the economy (the economy under a previous rival government)
10. Steady
growth (the economy under a previous rival government)
11. Thriving
black economy (the economy under a previous rival government)
12. Thriving
industry (the economy under a previous rival government)
13. Uninterrupted
growth (the economy under a previous rival government)
34.3 Find the opposite
of the underlined words in these collocation in the opposite page
1. to
invest for the short term (long)
2. to restrict opportunity (clear)
3. declared earnings (apparent)
4. falling unemployment (get
up)
5. stunting growth (speed
up)
6. soaring profits (decline)
7. private spending (public/general)
8. to reduce cost (run
up)
9. to lower interest
rates (higher)
10.
to abolish a levy (round off)
34.4 Complete each
sentence using words from (either those underlined above or their opposites)
in the aapropriate form.
1. The
government has more control over restrict than over run
up spending
2. Tax
inspectors make spot checks to ensure we do not have
any declared earnings
3. If you have a
steady and secure income, then it may be sensible to invest for the long term
rather than the short term
4. Reduce unemployment
is a sign of a healty economy
5. If the
government wants to slow down the economy by higher interest
rates, then a company’s costs will be higher and so their
profits may lower
6. A
progressive government will want to higheropportunity and to higher growth
7. A
political party might think it was a good idea to slow growth down but it would
be very unlikely to say that it wanted to reduce growth
8. The government
has decided to run up a levy on commercial waste collocation
in order to encourage recycling.
