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Get Ready for IELTS Reading (Unit 7: Business management)


2a. Copy and complete the table on the next page by writing in the words that relate to the categories. Some relate to more than one category.

ATM
withdrawal
cash point
salary
rent purchase
pay slip
overdraft
mortgage
credit card
cheque		 loan
investment
hole in the wall
fees
debit card
savings account
fines
automatic teller machine
owe

Saving money
Borrowing money from the bank
Getting your own money from the bank
Earning money
Paying money

2b. Now write four phrases in the 'getting your own money' category that have the same meaning.

2c. Complete these sentences using words from exercise 2a.

1. I have to go to the before we go to the restaurant.

2. If you want to avoid paying a , you need to pay your taxes in time.

3. If your children attend private school, you need to pay school .

4. The bank has given me an if I owe them less than £100 they won't charge me interest.

5. When I moved, I took out a over 25 years, but I hope to pay it back early.

Watch out!
Although few and a few both mean 'not many', they are used quite differently: few has a negative meaning. It emphasizes what is missing.

There are few copies of this book. = Not many copies exist, so you may not get one. a few means, 'a small number'. It emphasizes what is (still) there.

There are a few copies of this book. = There aren't many copies but there are some, so you can still have one.
Note that few is normally used in a formal context.

Vocabulary - Exercise 1 Vocabulary - Exercise 3

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