Phrasal Verbs Related to Money Circle the phrasal verbs: My electricity bills are really high. I have to fork out 100 every month. I can t go to the theatre this weekend. I m saving up for my holiday. You have to be careful with credit cards. You can run up huge debts very quickly. I m usually very careful with my money but sometimes I splash out on a nice new handbag. If you re not careful the travel agents will rip you off. You can find cheaper holidays online. The American government bailed out General Motors. I try to put aside a bit of money each month for emergencies. My aunt doesn t like to spend any money. She squirrels it away in the bank instead. I ve got 10,000 of debt and I don t know how I ll pay it off. I don t like to send cash through the post. I ll make out a cheque instead.
Phrasal Verbs Related to Money Match the phrasal verbs with their definitions: Phrasal verb 1. make out 2. save up 3. put aside 4. fork out 5. rip off 6. splash out 7. bail out 8. pay off 9. run up 10.squirrel away Definition A. Spend a lot on something you like. B. Pay for something that you don t want to. C. Pay your debts D. Accumulate money in a bank or money box. E. A con/ Charge a ridiculous amount of money. F. Rescue someone financially. G. Complete (a cheque or a document) H. Store money in a safe place. I. Accumulate debts. J. Reserve money to spend later Complete the text: made out saving up fork out rip off splashed out put aside bail out run up pay off I can t believe how much weddings cost. It s a complete. The average couple has to 20,000. We ve been since last year. We about 500 each month and so far we have 5000. I 1000 on a designer wedding dress. I ve also a cheque for 500 to the church. I hope we don t too many debts because they will be difficult to and we don t want to ask our parents for a. Your turn: 1. When was the last time you splashed out on something you liked? 2. Did you fork out a lot for bills last month? 3. What s the biggest rip off ever? 4. Are you saving up for anything special at the moment? 5. What type of person are you? Do you like to put aside money each month or do you spend your salary in the first week? 6. If one of your friends asked you to bail them out what will you say? 7. Are designer clothes a rip off or are they worth it?
Money Mini Test Name Money vocabulary 1. When you work you money 2. People write to distribute their money after they die. 3. You can t buy books at the library but you can them. 4. The library won t sell you a book but it will you one. 5. If you re very lucky you will the lottery. 6. If you receive money and it s a complete surprise you receive a. 7. is a synonym of rich. 8. and are synonyms of poor. 9. Some people in shares and property. 10. If you want to keep money and jewellery secure at home you can put them in a. Money phrasal verbs 1. If you spend a lot of money on a treat for yourself you. 2. If you buy a lot of things on credit you debts. 3. If you pay your bills you your debts. 4. Your parents have to lots of money for bills each month. 5. If you put money in the bank you. 6. If a shop charges too much for something they people. 7. If you don t want to pay for something in cash you can a cheque. Money Mini Test Name Money vocabulary 1. When you work you money 2. People write to distribute their money after they die. 3. You can t buy books at the library but you can them. 4. The library won t sell you a book but it will you one. 5. If you re very lucky you will the lottery. 6. If you receive money and it s a complete surprise you receive a. 7. is a synonym of rich. 8. and are synonyms of poor. 9. Some people in shares and property. 10. If you want to keep money and jewellery secure at home you can put them in a. Money phrasal verbs 1. If you spend a lot of money on a treat for yourself you. 2. If you buy a lot of things on credit you debts. 3. If you pay your bills you your debts. 4. Your parents have to lots of money for bills each month. 5. If you put money in the bank you. 6. If a shop charges too much for something they people. 7. If you don t want to pay for something in cash you can a cheque.
Phrasal Verbs Key: 1. G 2. D 3. J 4. B 5. E 6. A 7. F 8. C 9. I 10. H I can t believe how much weddings cost. It s a complete rip off. The average couple has to fork out 20,000. We ve have been saving up since last year. We put aside about 500 each month and so far we have 5000. I splashed out 1000 on a designer wedding dress. I ve also made out a cheque for 500 to the church. I hope we don t run up too many debts because it will be difficult to pay them off and we don t want to ask our parents for a bail out. Money Mini Test Key: 1. earn 2. wills 3. borrow 4. lend 5. win 6. windfall 7. wealth 8. penniless/ broke 9. invest 10. safe 1. splash out 2. run up 3. pay off 4. fork out 5. save up 6. rip people off 7. make out
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY!!! Across 1. When you put your money in a bank you put it in your (bank account) 2. To give something away and get money in exchange (sell) 3. To have no money (broke) 4. When something costs more than what you think it should cost (overpriced) 5. Something does not cost a lot (cheap) 6. You do not spend money, you it by keeping it safe in a bank (save) 7. You have to pay money as a punishment for breaking the law, like for example speeding. (fine) 8. The money that is made on paper is called bank (notes) 9. You carry this around with you every day and keep your money in it. (wallet) 10. A plastic card with which you can pay; this holds within it the money you have saved up in your bank account.(debit card) Down 1. When you are able to buy something (afford) 2. When you give back the money that you borrowed (repay) 3. The extra money you get back if you give the shopkeeper more money than the item costs. (change) 4. To put money in the bank (deposit) 5. Something costs a lot of money. (expensive) 6. When you put your money in the bank for a period of time in order for the sum of money to grow (invest) 7. You money by getting a job and working hard for it.(earn)
Money collocations make win earn raise donate find withdraw steal save spend pay back invest lose lend waste borrow inherit owe 1. Match the collocation with the correct definition earn a) receive money from somebody who has died raise b) take money out of a bank account donate c) use money on something you don t ne steal d) buy e.g. shares in a company win e) give sb money that they must return find f) get money from people for a purpose lose g) give money to an organization spend h) keep money for future use save i) give money back to sb you borrowed from lend j) give/pay money for something borrow k) not have any longer; not gain invest l) have to pay sb the money they gave you withdraw m) get money by working waste n) take money from sb without permission inherit o) get money in the lottery, quiz show etc. pay back p) get money from sb that you must return owe q) discover by chance
2. Write the opposites 2 a) lend b) lose (2) c) spend (2) d) donate e) pay back f) waste g) deposit 3. Write the synonyms a) make b) gain c) collect d) give back e) put aside f) be in debt g) mug - 4. Gap fill exercise use some of the verbs from above in the correct form a) Ian some money in the book he had taken from the library. b) How much money did your parents you for the car? c) You should be careful when you money from an ATM, because someone might be behind you planning to it from you. d) When her father died, she 1,000,000. e) Peter jackpot and he all the money within a year. f) My uncle money for rainy days all his life. He as little as possible. g) When I was a student I had to lots of money from the bank. I all the money back last year, so now I don t the bank anything. h) When I was younger, I some money in a company. It was a smart move since they have been very successful and I m a rich man now.
The key: 1. earn a) receive money from somebody who has died raise b) take money out of a bank account donate c) use money on something you don t need steal d) buy e.g. shares in a company win e) give sb money that they must return find f) get money from people for a purpose lose g) give money to an organization spend h) keep money for future use save i) give money back to sb you borrowed from lend j) give/pay money for something borrow k) not have any longer; not gain invest l) have to pay sb the money they gave you withdraw m) get money by working waste n) take money from sb without permission inherit o) get money in the lottery, quiz show etc. pay back p) get money from sb that you must return owe q) discover by chance 2. Opposites 3. Synonyms a) lend borrow a) make - earn b) lose (2) win; find b) gain - win c) spend (2) save; earn c) collect - raise d) donate steal d) give back pay back e) pay back owe e) put aside - save f) waste save f) be in debt - owe g) deposit withdraw g) mug steal 4. a) found b) lend c) withdraw, steal d) inherited e) won, wasted f) saved, spent g) borrow, paid back, owe h) invested