Anglais US ELECTION

[pic 1]MONEY EXPRESSIONS

1. Fill in the blanks with one of the words below:

Afford, bargain, broke, cost, earns, lends, on, overdrawn, owe, save, wealthy, borrow.

1. An idiomatic expression for – to have no money is to be …………………………………… .
2. Another expression for – to be in the red is to be ………………………………………………. .
3. I got a really good ……………………….. at the sales: a sweatshirt for only $10!
4. Another adjective for – to be rich is to be ………………………………. .
5. You can …………………………… money from the bank; in other words, it ……………………………. you some money / you ………………………the bank an amount of money.
6. I can’t …………………………… to go on holidays this summer as I didn’t ………………….. enough during the year.
7. We spend a lot of money ……………………… food.
8. She’s quite rich now, she ………………………… lots of money in her new job.
9. I’d like new shoes but the ones I like …………………… too much.

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1. a) Put the expressions with money in the columns below; which 2 words don’t belong in either column?

Borrow, invest, save, waste, earn, lend, spend, win, give away, lose, steal, inherit, take

1. Choose one of the verbs to fill in the blanks:

1. Why do you buy lottery tickets? You’re WASTING your money.
2. Could you please LEND me €20 until tomorrow?
3. Bill Gates GIVES a lot of money to charity.
4. Paris Hilton INHERITED a fortune from her father.
5. I LOST my wallet on the train yesterday.
6. Could I possibly BORROW $3,000 from the bank?
7. She used to be wealthy but she INVESTED most of her money in the dot com companies in the 1990s.
8. The thief STOLE a diamond ring worth $8,000.
9. The CEO EARNS twenty times more than her employees.

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