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English Vocabulary in Use Advance (Unit 55: Industries: from manufacturing to service)


Use expressions from the table from A in the vocabulary section to rewrite the underlined parts of these sentences with more appropriate vocabulary.

  1. The economy cannot depend only on businesses like restaurants and hotels. We need to encourage industries that make things we can sell.
  2. In this area, there are a lot of industries that use computers and things, while in the north, they depend more on industries that don’t use such up-to-date technology.
  3. The latest, innovative technology is very expensive, so the company has to rely on existing, standard technology.
  4. The idea that industries should be owned by the government is less popular than it was, but the trend towards selling off these industries has slowed down.
  5. Industry with big factories producing things like steel and so on has declined, and now we’re more dependent on industry that makes things like radios and furniture.
Possible Answer

  1. The economy cannot depend only on service industries. We need to encourage manufacturing industries.
  2. In this area, there are a lot of high-technology / high-tech industries, while in the north, they depend more on low-technology / low-tech industries.
  3. Cutting-edge technology is very expensive, so the company has to rely on conventional technology.
  4. State ownership / Nationalisation is less popular than it was, but the trend towards privatisation has slowed down.
  5. Heavy industry has declined, and now we’re more dependent on light industry.



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