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
34.3 (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
