Choose the best word to complete each of these sentences.

1. A person who sleeps in a cardboard box on the street and begs for money can best be described as ______________
A) impoverished
B) destitute

2. Without my husband’s income, we were very much living from hand to ______________
A) mouth
B) foot

3. When we were children, money was always ______________
A) small
B) tight

4. Even children with rich parents can be ______________ in terms of love and affection
A) deprived
B) destitute

5. An increasing number of people live below the ______________.
A) penury
B) poverty line

6. The table shows the proportion of people in each income ______________
A) section
B) bracket

7. Many of the children here are ______________ as living in poverty
A) classed
B) grouped

8. The country has great extremes of poverty and ______________
A) influence
B) affluence

9. Children who don’t get enough food will suffer ill health as a result of ______________
A) nutrition
B) malnourishment

10. Inadequate ______________ can have serious health consequences
A) sanitation
B) deprivation