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 higher
opportunity 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.
