Poverty vocabulary- hw check

The number of deprived children is increasing.

The number of children facing ........................... is increasing.

There is much less illiteracy in the world than there used to be.

There are far fewer ............................ people in the world than there used to be.

It is wrong to deny people their basic human freedoms.

........................ of people's basic human freedoms is wrong.

There are more ​ (a)   people in the city than before. The problem of ​ (b)   in the city is increasing.

• destitute
• destitution
• empoverish
• breadline
• hand to mouth

Some people in a (a)   income bracket claim that they are living in ​ (b)   (c)   simply because they have fewer material possessions than their neighbours.

• middle
• poverty
• relative
• upper class
• wealthy lifestyle

1 Millions of people still live below the poverty............................. .

1 Food and s............... are two of the most important human needs. WRITE WHOLE WORD

6His family were once quite ​ (a)   , but in the last few years they have become increasingly ​ (b)   .

• affluent
• impoverished
• destitute
• friendly
• prosperity
• wealth

An increasingly large number of families are living on the bread ............................. .

It can be hard for students to make ............. meet