Unit 15: Buying and selling
Từ vựng Buying and selling
📘 Giải thích tiếng Việt
Chủ đề: Mua bán (Buying and selling)
Unit này gồm từ vựng về mua sắm, tiền bạc và kinh doanh. Một số từ khóa: afford (đủ tiền mua), bargain (món hời), customer (khách hàng), debt (nợ), profit (lợi nhuận), receipt (hóa đơn), owe (nợ ai đó), invest (đầu tư), purchase (mua). Chú ý cặp import (nhập khẩu) / export (xuất khẩu) và supply (cung) / demand (cầu).
Cụm động từ (phrasal verbs)
Ví dụ: add up (tính tổng), pay back (trả lại tiền), save up (for) (để dành tiền cho mục đích gì), take back (trả hàng lại), give away (cho không).
Cụm giới từ và mẫu từ (word patterns)
Học thuộc: by credit card/cheque, in cash, in debt, for sale, for rent. Với động từ: pay for, spend sth on, borrow sth from, lend sth to, belong to, decide on, compare sth to/with.
Cấu tạo từ (word formation)
Từ một gốc có thể tạo nhiều dạng: afford ➔ affordable, decide ➔ decision, serve ➔ service, value ➔ valuable, use ➔ useful/useless.
Tổng điểm: 0/59
Theory
Topic vocabulary
| advertisement (n) | demand (v) | property (n) |
| afford (v) | export (v) | purchase (v, n) |
| bargain (n) | fee (n) | receipt (n) |
| brand (n) | fortune (n) | require (v) |
| catalogue (n) | import (v) | sale (n) |
| change (n) | invest (v) | save (v) |
| coin (n) | obtain (v) | select (v) |
| cost (v, n) | owe (v) | supply (v, n) |
| customer (n) | own (v) | variety (n) |
| debt (n) | profit (n) | waste (v, n) |
Phrasal verbs
| Phrasal verb | Meaning |
|---|---|
| add up | find the total of |
| come back (from) | return (from) |
| give away | give sth free of charge |
| hurry up | do sth more quickly |
| pay back | return money (to sb) |
| save up (for) | save money (for a specific purpose) |
| take back | return sth to the place it came from |
| take down | remove (from a high place) |
Prepositional phrases
by credit card / cheque
for rent • for sale
in cash • in debt • in good/bad condition
for rent • for sale
in cash • in debt • in good/bad condition
Word formation
| Base word | Derived forms |
|---|---|
| add | addition |
| afford | affordable |
| compare | comparison |
| decide | decision |
| expense | (in)expensive |
| judge | judgement |
| serve | service, servant |
| true | truth, untrue, truthful |
| use | useful, useless |
| value | valuable |
Word patterns
| Type | Patterns | |
|---|---|---|
| adjectives | wrong about / with | |
| verbs | belong to | decide on |
| borrow sth from | lend sth to | |
| buy sth from | pay for | |
| choose between | spend sth on | |
| compare sth to/with | ||
| nouns | an advert(isement) for | |
Exercise A
A Score: 0/7
Circle the correct word.
'Getting to the Top' business seminar
So, you've seen (1) __________ for someone to work in business? But do you really know what you're doing? Do you know how to keep the (2) __________ happy? Can you make a (3) __________ again and again? At 'Getting to the Top Business Education' we'll help you to help yourself. Why don't you attend our specialist business seminar and … learn how to make a (4) __________ in business! Our course leader, Richard Sugar, says, 'Being big in business (5) __________ a certain way of thinking. You need to know what your customers will (6) __________ and then find a way to (7) __________ them with it at the right price.' Come and join our seminar and we'll … 'get you to the top'!
1
Choose the correct word:
an advertisement
2
Choose the correct word:
customers
3
Choose the correct word:
profit
4
Choose the correct word:
fortune
5
Choose the correct word:
requires
6
Choose the correct word:
demand
7
Choose the correct word:
supply
Exercise B
B Score: 0/8
Complete using the correct form of the verbs in the box.
import
invest
obtain
own
purchase
save
select
waste
1
We've decided to __________ money in Jake's new business. Hope it's successful!
invest
2
Let's stay in tonight and __________ our money for the trip next week.
save
3
Don't __________ all your pocket money on sweets and chocolate.
waste
4
The company has __________ permission to start selling in China.
obtained
5
You usually have to pay tax when you __________ things from other countries.
import
6
Colin is so rich that he __________ four Rolls-Royces!
owns
7
Joan __________ a few pairs of jeans and went to try them on.
selected
8
It says here that they give you a free glass with every pint of milk you __________!
purchase
Exercise C
C Score: 0/8
Each of the words in bold is in the wrong sentence. Write the correct word.
1
We don't usually get that property of washing powder.
brand
2
We can only take the item back if you've still got the change.
receipt
3
The best thing about the new shopping centre is that there's a lot of fee.
variety
4
What's the design on a French one euro sale?
coin
5
Carter and Sons have got some really good things in the receipt.
sale
6
My mum didn't like me selling my bike, but she said it was my coin, so it was my decision.
property
7
When we bought the house, we had to pay a huge brand to a lawyer.
fee
8
The taxi driver wasn't very happy when I told him I didn't have any variety.
change
Exercise D — Phrasal verbs
D Score: 0/8
Write one word in each gap. Use the phrasal verbs: add up, come back, give away, hurry up, pay back, save up, take back, take down.
1
He's taking it __________.
down
2
She's __________ up.
saving
3
He's trying to __________ up.
hurry
4
They're __________ them away.
giving
5
He's __________ it up.
adding
6
She's paying him __________.
back
7
He's just __________ back.
come
8
She's __________ it back.
taking
Exercise E — Prepositional phrases
E Score: 0/6
Complete using the words in the box. You have to use some words more than once.
by
for
in
1
It can be very worrying when you're __________ a lot of debt.
in
2
Can I pay for this __________ cheque?
by
3
Did you see that the house next door is __________ sale?
for
4
They took ten per cent off because I paid __________ cash.
in
5
We need to find an office __________ rent in the centre of town.
for
6
I got quite a lot of money for the car because it was __________ such good condition.
in
Exercise F — Word formation
F Score: 0/10
One of the words in each sentence is in the wrong form. Write the correct word.
1
The serve in this place is absolutely terrible and I want to see the manager.
service
2
Could you help me make a decide? I don't know which phone to get.
decision
3
Even very good quality clothes are quite afford in this shop.
affordable
4
Companies should always tell the true in advertisements.
truth
5
Credit cards are really use, but you have to be careful with them.
useful
6
I read a compare of all the supermarkets and Safeshop was the most expensive.
comparison
7
My grandma had no idea that her old vase was so value.
valuable
8
Pete never shops at Mayfield's because he says it's too expense.
expensive
9
Before you borrow from the bank, you have to make a judge about whether you can pay it back or not.
judgement
10
Is the bill right? Could you just check your add, please?
addition
Exercise G — Word patterns
G Score: 0/7
Circle the correct word.
1
Don't lend any money __________ George because you'll never get it back.
to
2
Where did you buy your new shoes __________? They're great!
from
3
Let me just pay __________ these things and then we can go home.
for
4
There's something wrong __________ the CD player I've just bought.
with
5
Carol seems to spend all her pocket money __________ going out.
on
6
Look inside the wallet and maybe we can find out who it belongs __________.
to
7
Have you decided __________ a name for your new business?
on
Exercise H
H Score: 0/5
Complete using the words in the box. Add any other words you need.
advertisement
borrowed
choose
compare
wrong
1
I need to get a new bag for school but I can't __________ these two. What do you think?
choose between
2
This CD player seems expensive, but if you __________ it __________ the one in the other shop, it's actually not bad.
compare … with (or to)
3
Madeleine __________ a really nice top __________ me and she still hasn't given it back!
borrowed … from
4
The __________ the website said you could sell your old things to people all over the country.
advertisement on
5
The shop assistant was __________ the price so I had to show her the label.
wrong about
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