Unit 5: Phrasal verbs connected with money and shopping

What's the meaning of the underlined phrasal verb in italics?

It's a good idea to set money aside each week so you have money for emergencies

• to reduce

• to save

• to put it in the bank

Which of the following phrasal verbs mean: to reduce sth?

• shop around

• get by

• cut down

What's the meaning of the underlined phrasal verb in italics?

When a friend lends you money, you should pay it back as quickly as possible.

• to owe money to someone

• to ask for a loan

• to return to someone

  the same amount of money that

  you borrowed from them

What's the meaning of the underlined phrasal verb in italics?

It's okay to splash out and buy yourself some luxury items from time to time.

• to spend a lot of

  money on something you don’t

  usually buy

• to save some money to buy sth special

• to have no more money left

Which of the following phrasal verbs mean: to have just enough money to survive?

• chip in

• rip off

• get by

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What's the meaning of the underlined phrasal verbs in italics?

After eating out, you should see what the bill (1.)comes to and then everybody should (2.)chip in to pay it.

• (1.) to wait to see the price of sth)

  (2.) to pool

• (1.) to reach a

  particular total when everything is

  added together.

  (2.) to contribute with money

• (1.) to arrive at a conclusion

  (2.) to lend money to someone

 

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What's the meaning of the underlined phrasal verb in italics?

It's important to shop around and compare prices before you buy something..

• To find bargains

• to buy things from different shops

• to go to different

  shops (online or otherwise) to

  contrast prices

 

Which of the following phrasal verbs mean: to no longer be in a

shop because they have all

been bought?

• run out of

• sell out

• rip off

Does the phrasal verb run out of something mean – to no longer have

(something) because you’ve

used it all?

• TRUE

• FALSE

• I HAVE NO CLUE

What's the meaning of the underlined phrasal verb in italics?

Some shops try to rip teenagers off by charging high prices for badly-made clothes.

• to cheat someone by

  making them pay too much

• to offer someone a discount

• to offer someone a great deal because of the bad quality of the product.