Exercício: praticando collocations relacionadas a dinheiro em inglês

Já falamos muito aqui no blog sobre as collocations e como estas combinações são importantes para a fluência. Então, vamos fazer um exercício para verificar como está o seu conhecimento de combinações de palavras? O tema da vez é: money collocations (combinações de palavras sobre dinheiro).

Have fun!

Choose the best option to complete each one of the sentences below:

1. She moved to a smaller apartment because money is ______________ at the moment.

a) tight b. small

2. Greg inherited a ______________ from his great-grandfather.

a) bill b. fortune

3. I had to withdraw $500 from my emergency _________________ to pay for a dental treatment.

a) saves b. fund

4. Of course he can afford to pay. He has ______________ of money.

a) piles b. mounts

5. Don’t worry; we’ll ____________ your money.

a) extort b. refund

6. I moved back in with my parents, so my living ____________ have gone down quite a bit.

a) expenses b. bills

7. I know nothing about the stock market; my idea is to ___________ all my money in startups.

a) lend b. invest

8. Jonathan always says he is ______________ and asks his friends to pay for his drinks.

a) broke b. lack of money

9. When are you going to pay me back all the money you __________________ me?

a) owe b. borrow

Agora, confira suas respostas:

1) a; 2) b; 3) b; 4) a; 5) b; 6) a; 7) b; 8) a; 9) a

Enjoy your weekend!