2015-09-06
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Fill in the gaps with the given verbs. Mind the tense.
| buy spend lose pay cost sell win waste find give |
1. My car was five years old, so I……………… it and ……………… a new one.
2. I was very sad when I …………… my watch in the street. It was a present from my wife and it …………… her a lot of money. Fortunately, somebody ………… it the next day and took it to a Police Station.
3. I ………… over $2.000 for my computer, but it isn't worth very much now.
4. My father………… me $50 last week but I ………… most of it on a ticket for a concert on Friday.
5. Last week somebody ………… $1m in a game on television. It was incredibly exciting.
6. I'm afraid I ………… my money on those CDs because I never play them.
Exercise 3
Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right.
| 1. interest 2. a mortgage 3. an overdrawn account 4. a savings account 5. a current account 6. a pension 7. a disability allowance 8. child benefit 9. a grant 10. a dividend 11. a bonus 12. a premium 13. an overdraft 14. commission 15. a deposit 16. an investment 17. a share 18. royalties 19. alimony | a. a bank account with minus money in it b. money paid towards the cost of raising a family c. money given by the government for education, welfare, etc. d. an account that is used mainly for keeping money e. money paid to people after a certain age f. an account that cheques are drawn on for day-to-day use g. money chargeable on a loan h. money paid to people with a handicap i. a loan to purchase property j. an additional payment which is a reward to those who work for a company for their extra work k. an amount of money borrowed from a bank, greater than that which is in your account l. an amount of money that goes to a shareholder m. money paid to authors or inventors according to the sales of their work n. a sum of money used to make more money from something that will increase in value o. money that a person pays to an insurance company to protect against loss or damage p. a part of the value of a company that you may buy q. a part-payment of money which you make to stop the seller from selling his goods to others r. an amount of money, related to the value of goods sold, which is paid to a salesman for his services s. money paid by a divorced father to his former wife for the upkeep of his children |
