Go for your Business English. Новосельцева Н.Н - 40 стр.

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4. My basic wage is only £200 a week, but I ... because I do so much overtime.
In Britain it is not considered polite to ask somebody, “How much do you
earn?” Can you ask this question in your country?
5 Collocations with pay.
Use these verbs with the correct pattern below:
pay pay for pay off
A ... a meal, the drinks, my ticket
B ...
£10 for (the ticket), a lot of money for it, somebody to
(fix your car), income tax, the bill, bills, a fine, the rent
C ... a loan, your debts, the mortgage
Use the correct form of some of the phrases from patterns B and C to fill the gaps in
the following:
1. Gas, electricity, telephone – all I ever seem to do is ... .
2. I’ve got a loan of £10,000 to buy a car but it’s going to take 5 years to ... it ... .
3. I’ve got a job at last! Now I can ... all my ... !
4. The landlord came round last night to see why we haven’t ... yet.
5. The more money you earn, the more ... you have to ... .
6 Verb collocations.
Match the verbs on the left with the phrases:
1. spend
2. lose
3. give
4.save
5.leave
money
a. to a beggar
b. on food
c. in a will
d. at the casino
e. by walking to work
6. lend
7. invest
8. waste
9. pay
10. change
money
f. in a new business
g. into the bank
h. to a friend
i. for your holiday
j. on silly things
If you lend someone $20,
and never see that person again,
it was probably worth it !