Vocabualary practice

BLOCK I

1. Fill the gaps using the past tense of verbs from the box.

to buy, to spend, to lose, to pay, to cost, to sell, to win, to waste, to find, to give

1. My car was five years old, so I ________ it and ________ a new one.

2. I was very sad when I _______ my watch in the street. It was a present from my wife and it _______ her a lot of money. Fortunately, somebody _______it the next day and took it to a Police Station.

3. I _________over £2,000 for my computer, but it isn’t worth very much now.

4. My father _______ me £50 last week but I _______ most of it on a ticket for a concert on Friday.

5. Last week somebody ________ 1 million pounds in a game on television. It was incredibly exciting.

6. I’m afraid I _______my money on those CDs because I never play them.

2. There are 15 words in this word square that are connected with money. Find 14 more by looking across or down the word square.

M	A	F	F	O	R	D	W	E	N
S	W	B	I	L	L	P	I	C	H
B	A	N	K	Y	L	A	T	H	S
I	H	O	T	B	U	Y	H	A	E
P	R	I	C	E	S	A	D	N	L
Y	U	F	O	G	A	C	R	G	L
L	O	T	S	E	V	O	A	E	Z
O	J	I	T	V	E	I	W	O	D
S	P	E	N	D	I	N	O	T	E
H	A	C	U	R	R	E	N	C	Y

3. What can you say in these situations? Complete the sentences but don’t use the underlined words and phrases.

Example: You want to tell a friend that the restaurant wasn’t cheap. – The restaurant was quite expensive.

1. You want to know the value of your friend’s gold ring. – How much does it / What’s the _____________?

2. Your friend wants to go to an expensive restaurant but you don’t have enough money. – I am afraid I ______________.

3. You want to borrow some money from a friend. – Could you _______________?

4. You want to know how much a friend paid for her dictionary. – How much ____________?