Vocabulary Exercises with Answers | Money

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Exercise 3

Income: Complete the definitions with the following words:

• pension | maintenance | grant | interest | fee | pocket money | salary | wage | income | bonus

1. A is what you earn weekly.

2. A is what you earn monthly or annually.

3. Your annual salary plus any other money you earn in a year is your

4. A  is paid to a professional for some work – a lawyer, for example.

5 is given by parents to children.

6. People who have retired receive a 

7.  is paid by a man to his ex-wife.

8. is extra money you receive monthly or annually if you keep money in the bank.

9. Some people receive a  once a year if they have done a good job or if the company has had a good year.

10. A is money given to you to help you with your studies or to travel.

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ANSWERS

1. A wage is what you earn weekly.

2. A salary is what you earn monthly or annually.

3. Your annual salary plus any other money you earn in a year is your income.

4. A fee is paid to a professional for some work – a lawyer, for example.

5 pocket money is given by parents to children.

6. People who have retired receive a pension.

7. maintenance is paid by a man to his ex-wife.

8. interest is extra money you receive monthly or annually if you keep money in the bank.

9. Some people receive a bonus once a year if they have done a good job or if the company has had a good year.

10. A grant is money given to you to help you with your studies or to travel.

Vocabulary Exercises with Answers | Money

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Exercise 2

Complete the following dialogues with the words below:

• credit card | cash | change | cheque

1. Um, I think £25 is a bit expensive.
> Well, there’s 10% off if you pay .

2. We still haven’t paid the telephone bill.
> Don’t worry, I put a in the post last night.

3.Can l pay by ?
> Yes, we take Visa and Mastercard.

4. Have you got any ? I‘ve only got a twenty-pound note.
> Yes, I think I’ve got some pound coins.

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ANSWERS

1. cash
2. cheque
3. credit card
4. change

Vocabulary Exercises with Answers | Money

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Exercise 1

Use the following words in the text below:

• notes | coins | credit card | currency | cash | cheque | money belt

The less money you carry around with you, the better. I usually have about £40 in (1)  in my wallet and a couple of pounds in (2) in my pocket.

l pay (3) for things which cost under £10, but for anything over that I use my (4) .

I only use my (5) book to pay bills.

When I go on holiday, I carry all my foreign (6) in a (7)  round my waist under my trousers!

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ANSWERS

1. notes
2. coins
3. cash
4. credit card
5. cheque
6. currency
7. money belt

English Vocabulary Exercises | Sports

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Exercise 4

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ANSWERS

1. Which three sports take place in a ring? → boxing / wrestling / kick-boxing

2. In which of the sports do you use gloves?  → boxing / kick-boxing

3. In which of the sports can you become a black-belt? → karate / judo

4. In which of the sports do you throw your opponent? → wrestling / judo

English Vocabulary Exercises | Sports

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Exercise 3

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ANSWERS

1. Tessa Sanderson is absolutely delighted. She has won the gold medal.
2. It’s every athlete’s dream to represent his or her country.
3. It’s an incredible time — I think she’s broken the world record.
4. As expected, the favourite from Kenya came first.
5. After so much preparation it was a big disappointment to finish in second place.
6. Runners from eight different countries will be competing in the next race.
7. And with 200 metres to go, Samuels has taken the lead.

English Vocabulary Exercises | Sports

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Exercise 2

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ANSWERS

1. win the final
2. win on points
3. win a medal
4. win a point
5. win a trophy
6. win the cup
7. beat your rival
8. win a race
9. beat the champion
10. beat your opponent
11. win a competition
12. win the championship
13. beat the favourite
14. beat the world record
15. beat the other team
16. win by two seconds

English Vocabulary Exercises | Sports

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Exercise 1

Find the missing word in each box:

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ANSWERS

English Vocabulary Exercises | Music

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Exercise 4

Talking about recordings: Fill in the sentences with the following words:

 

track | album | songs | tune | solo | number one | charts | single | cover version

1. Have you heard Massive Attack’s new ? It’s fantastic.
> Yes, the first is my favourite. I keep playing it over and over again.

2. I’ve just bought REM’s latest album.
> Yes, I’ve got that. lt’s great. There’s a superb guitar right at the beginning. You’ll love it.

3. Have you heard Billie’s new single yet?
> Yes, I don’t like it much, but it’s got such a catchy  I can’t get it out of my head.

4. Paul Weller normally writes all his own  but on his new album he’s done a of an old Bob Dylan number. It’s absolutely brilliant — better than the original!

5. Britney Spears is releasing a new this week. I’m sure it’ll go straight to in the like all her others.

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ANSWERS

1. Have you heard Massive Attack’s new album? It’s fantastic.
> Yes, the first track is my favourite. I keep playing it over and over again.

2. I’ve just bought REM’s latest album.
> Yes, I’ve got that. lt’s great. There’s a superb guitar solo right at the beginning. You’ll love it.

3. Have you heard Billie’s new single yet?
> Yes, I don’t like it much, but it’s got such a catchy tune I can’t get it out of my head.

4. Paul Weller normally writes all his own songs but on his new album he’s done a cover version of an old Bob Dylan number. It’s absolutely brilliant — better than the original!

5. Britney Spears is releasing a new single this week. I’m sure it’ll go straight to number one in the charts like all her others.

English Vocabulary Exercises | Music

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Exercise 3

Talking about bands: Fill in the sentences with the following words:

• gig | tour | chorus | verse | lyrics | venues

1. Have you heard that Radiohead are going on later this year? They’re going to be playing at all round the country. I hope they do a somewhere near here. I’d love to see them.

2. Do you like Blur?
> Well, I quite like the music but the are really silly. I don’t know what they’re singing about.

3. Why don’t you like Oasis?
> Their songs all sound the same. They sing one  and then repeat the  fifteen times.

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ANSWERS

1. Have you heard that Radiohead are going on tour later this year? They’re going to be playing at venues all round the country. I hope they do a gig somewhere near here. I’d love to see them.

2. Do you like Blur?
> Well, I quite like the music but the lyrics are really silly. I don’t know what they’re singing about.

3. Why don’t you like Oasis?
> Their songs all sound the same. They sing one verse and then repeat the chorus fifteen times.

English Vocabulary Exercises | Music

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Exercise 2

Making music: Fill in the sentences with the following words:

• music | voice | practice | solo | choir | ear | lessons | piece

1. Katy’s got a beautiful . She sings in the local church .
> Really? Does she ever sing ?

2. A friend of mine plays the piano really well even though she can’t read . She plays everything by .

3. I’m having piano at the moment. I try to do one hour’s a day.

4. ‘The Four Seasons’ is my favourite of music.

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ANSWERS

1. Katy’s got a beautiful voice. She sings in the local church choir.
> Really? Does she ever sing solo?

2. A friend of mine plays the piano really well even though she can’t read music. She plays everything by ear.

3. I’m having piano lessons at the moment. I try to do one hour’s practice a day.

4. ‘The Four Seasons’ is my favourite piece of music.