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 declaredearnings
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.
