Bài này luyện các từ chỉ số lượng, kích cỡ, đo lường và tài chính ở mức phân biệt sắc thái tinh tế. Chú ý các cặp dễ nhầm: minor (nhỏ, không nghiêm trọng – minor injuries) vs minute (cực nhỏ), fraction (phân số) vs ratio (tỉ lệ), abundant (dồi dào) vs ample (đủ và hơn), shrink (co lại) vs diminish/decrease.
Phân biệt volume (thể tích), mass (khối lượng), density (mật độ = mass ÷ volume), dimensions (chiều/kích thước), magnitude (độ lớn), heap (đống lộn xộn). Nhiều câu ở Section B kiểm tra tính từ đúng: average (trung bình), infinite (vô hạn), equidistant (cách đều), vast (rộng lớn), gap (khoảng cách chênh lệch).
Các cụm ngân hàng – tiền bạc quan trọng: damages (tiền bồi thường, luôn số nhiều) vs damage (thiệt hại), compensation (bồi thường), deduct (khấu trừ) vs withdraw (rút tiền), deposit (gửi vào), lump sum (khoản trọn gói) vs down payment (tiền đặt cọc trả trước), direct debit (ghi nợ trực tiếp), speculate (đầu cơ), interest / overdraft / mortgage / pension / dividend (lãi / thấu chi / vay thế chấp / lương hưu / cổ tức).
Phrasal verb chủ đề tiền/tập hợp: buy up (mua sạch), buy out (mua lại toàn bộ cổ phần), club together / band together / pull together (góp chung, chung sức), clock up (tích lũy), drum up (kêu gọi, tạo dựng – drum up support), carry over (chuyển sang kỳ sau). Idiom: at long last (cuối cùng thì), be made of money (rất giàu), thin on the ground (khan hiếm), go weak at the knees (mềm nhũn), at large (còn tự do, chưa bị bắt).
abundant, ample, area, average, batch, bulk, considerable, countless, dimension, diminish, intensity, magnitude, major, mass, meagre, minor, minute, multiple, proportion, quantify, ratio, shrink, sufficient, sum, vast, volume, widespread.
benefit, compensation, damages, debt, deduct, deposit, direct debit, dividend, down payment, finance, insurance, interest, investment, lump sum, mortgage, overdraft, pension, share, speculate, withdraw.
add, benefit, brief, broad, consider, deep, distant, draw, extend, finite, high, large, long, lot, magnify, major, minor, pay, portion, weigh.
Inferred note: full derivative lists are dense in scan; families are complete, derivatives are tested in sections M/N.
Choose the correct word.
Thankfully, she only suffered ____ injuries in the accident.
A half, written as a/an ____, looks like this: 1/2.
In a few hundred years' time, oil will not be nearly so ____ here on Earth.
A ____ is measured in cm3 or m3.
Don't wash that sweater in really hot water or it'll ____.
Maps on paper can only show the world in two ____.
Why are all your clothes in a ____ on the floor?
Sending out e-mails that people haven't asked for to ____ addresses is often known as 'spamming'.
Each bold word is in the wrong sentence. Write the correct words on the lines.
Inferred note: section B correction keys are inferred from Unit 14 target vocabulary where scan contrast was low.
The uneven age of everyone in this class is 16.5.
It's impossible to expand how much destruction the hurricane has caused.
There was a severe shortage of food in the Second World War so many governments had to force it.
Balloons ration when you blow into them.
There isn't a/an equidistant number of numbers because you can always add one more.
Russia is an absolutely finite country - it can take two weeks to travel across by train.
Any point on a circle is vast from the centre.
There's a huge quantity between what the rich and the poorest members of society earn.
The imbalance that makes things drop to the ground is called gravity.
The walls of the old cottage were rough and average in height.
The density of an object is calculated by dividing its intensity by its volume.
The storm hit the coast with such mass that many buildings were destroyed.
Select the correct word or phrase.
The judge awarded us 1,000 euros damage / damages.
The hotel was so bad I'm thinking of asking for compensation / debit.
Many companies withdraw / deduct tax from your salary before you get paid.
Hello. I'd like to withdraw / deduct 500 euros from my account.
You can pay in instalments, but you'll have to make an initial lump sum / down payment.
You can receive it all in one go as a lump sum / down payment.
I'll finance / deposit the money in your bank account in the morning.
I'm thinking of speculating / depositing on the stock exchange.
Bills by direct debt / debit are automatically paid from your account.
Where is the company planning to get the sum / finance for this project from?
Write a word from the box in the correct form in each gap.
Word box: benefit, debt, dividend, insurance, interest, investment, mortgage, overdraft, pension, share.
Different bank accounts pay different amounts of (1) ____.
Arrange a/an (2) ____ with your bank if salary does not last the month.
If you're planning to buy a house, you'll probably need a/an (3) ____.
If you're taking out life (4) ____, talk to an independent adviser.
Know what (5) ____ you're entitled to.
Start paying into a/an (6) ____ scheme now.
Try to avoid getting into too much (7) ____.
You might want to think about buying some (8) ____.
They can be a good (9) ____ in the mid- to long-term.
Many companies pay an annual (10) ____ to shareholders.
Write one word in each gap.
If your debts are mounting (1) ____ ...
... and your financial problems are weighing you (2) ____ ...
Sizing (3) ____ your financial situation ...
Break these outgoings (4) ____ into essentials and luxuries.
Take your essential outgoings (5) ____ from your income.
Pay (6) ____ to your creditors each month.
... let the debt build (7) ____ indefinitely ...
If your essential expenses add up (8) ____ more than your income ...
... reduce the amount you have to pay (9) ____ each month on essentials.
Match to make sentences.
The big supermarket chains have bought ____.
If we club ____.
Phil's clocked ____.
One good way to drum ____.
Six managers ____.
I've got two weeks' holiday left but I think I'll carry ____.
I'd never buy ____.
Tick the sentences which contain the idea of people doing something as a group.
Eight countries in the region have banded together to make a free-trade zone.
I had to cobble a meal together from whatever was in the fridge.
Why don't we all get together on Tuesday evening?
I should knock their heads together.
Everyone in the village pulled together to make the carnival a success.
The only way we'll all get off this mountain alive is if we stick together.
The three of us put together quite an interesting proposal.
Select the correct word.
... at slow / long last ...
50 per cent share / piece in the business
I'm not made of / with money
apartments are a bit thin / slim on the ground
went weak on / at the knees
discuss this in / with depth
over four hectares at / in size
escaped convict still at / in large
such a weak / poor loser
landlords who grow fat / large on the rent
area used to be very rich / wealthy in tin and copper
a good business opportunity for / with my money
There were a whole number / load of people I knew at the opening.
Write one word in each gap.
Jane just stood there and watched while we did all the work. A ____ lot of use that was!
You can make a lot of money if you work in ____ finance.
We've travelled the length and ____ of the country looking for the next Teen Star!
Hi Chloe! Long time no ____!
The first moments of the universe are often known as the Big ____.
We really did get our money's ____.
It's a pay and ____ car park.
Share and share ____, that's what I say.
Diana appeared out of ____ air.
I think you're on very weak ____ with that argument.
For each question, write one word which can be used in all three sentences.
running ____ of petrol / ____ temper / ____ notice
It ____ to shop around / he ____ his way / someone ____ me a compliment
that's your ____ / my ____ in life / I've got a ____ on this weekend
in very ____ spirits / ____ risk / It's ____ time
quite a ____ name / make such a ____ thing out of it / make it ____
any ____ change / feel so ____ / making ____ talk
Complete the second sentence (3-8 words, including the word given).
Inferred note: lower lines on this scan are partially clipped; accepted keys include the standard unit transformations.
Some people will do anything to make money. (lengths) -> Some people will ____ to make money.
I don't know why you're saying this is so important. (deal) -> I don't know why you're ____ this.
Simon said he had no idea what he was doing for the first few weeks. (depth) -> Simon said he ____ for the first few weeks.
I think they're largely responsible for what's happened. (small) -> I hold them ____ responsible for what's happened.
We've searched everywhere for the lottery ticket. (low) -> We've searched ____ for the lottery ticket.
We talked about investments for a very long time. (length) -> We talked ____ about investments.
Each bold word or phrase is incorrect. Rewrite them correctly.
I was hoping I'd raise about 1,000 euros ... but I fell small by a few hundred euros.
split the costs twenty-twenty
it's as wide as it's long
when I was knee-high to a locust
trying to line their own wallets
The cost is a drop in the sea
lock, stock and trigger
Don't pay the whole bill. Let's go half.
... half a twelve of the other
save quite a clean sum
we should just break equal
trying to stay up with the Joneses
Complete the sentences by changing the form of the word in capitals.
How dare they ____ blame without knowing all the facts first? (PORTION)
At the ____ of summer, the temperature can reach 50C. (HIGH)
I'd like to make a ____ from my bank account, please. (DRAW)
Doris Carter ... puts her ____ down to having a loving family. (LONG)
A ____ of residents now support the proposal. (MAJOR)
What strength ____ do those binoculars have? (MAGNIFY)
... make monthly ____ for the next five years. (PAY)
Liskeard and Calington are basically ____ from here. (DISTANT)
Their help was hugely ____. (BENEFIT)
Please keep e-mails short. ____ makes everyone's lives easier. (BRIEF)
The school's football pitch has been ____ over the summer. (LONG)
I don't want to ____ the agony for you. (LONG)
... answer all the questions in the ____ time. (LOT)
Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the space.
Einstein's work has enormously ____ our understanding of the universe. (BROAD)
... has had a ____ impact on all our lives. (CONSIDER)
To a very great ____, it is Einstein who is responsible... (EXTEND)
____, without E=mc2, we would not have nuclear power today. (ADD)
At the time, his paper was ____ ignored. (LARGE)
... which was an ____ of his 1905 paper ... (EXTEND)
only a tiny ____ of scientists can understand ... (MINOR)
he was clearly out of his ____. (DEEP)
Space, time, energy and mass are ____ subjects ... (WEIGH)
... implications ... may well be ____. (FINITE)
Write these words, with en-, in the correct category.
Accepted values: put in/on(a), make, bring into effect, unused.
able
act
circle
code
danger
dear
force
large
list
rage
rich
slave
throne
tomb
trap
Write a word with en- from exercise O in the correct form in each gap.
Are you really thinking of ____ in the army?
This new software should ____ us to speed up the distribution process.
There's no point having a law if the police can't ____ it.
We were completely ____ by journalists and photographers.
The destruction of the rainforest is ____ the survival of a number of species.
Can we ____ the photo so we can see faces in a bit more detail?
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