Spending Money

SPENDING MONEY VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR 1. Match the containers with the things you would expect to buy in them. can carton sack bottle box jar packet tube

potatoes crisps wine toothpaste soup jam cream matches

2. Circie the odd-one-out. Write a sentence giving your reason. 1 money

aluminium

silver

iron

gold

Money is the odd-one-out because it is the only one that isn’t the name of a metal 2 nylon

furniture

iron

wood

glass

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beer

cheese yogurt

cream

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packet

box

bowl basket

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bucket mug

sack

jug

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6 heap

pile

bit drop

piece

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3. Match the food with the amounts. a slice a piece a pinch a litre a rasher

milk bacon bread cake salt

of

4. Underline the uncountable words in the list below. newspaper

box

present

money

advice

item

furniture

toothpaste

symphony

weather

accommodation

journey job

rubbish

music

trousers

research

bucket

news

fun

medicine

diet

information

5. Complete the sentences with words from the list in activity 4. 1. Her house is full of beautiful, antique _________________. 2 We’re going to the south coast so I’ve sent off for a holiday _________________ brochure. 3 I haven’t had any _________________ from them since they left. 4 A lot of people write letters to the _________________ column of the magazine. 5 The children had such _________________ at the playgroup that they’ll be going again on Saturday. 6

Scientists are collecting _________________ in order to improve _________________ forecasting techniques.

6. Write sentences with five uncountable nouns from the list in activity 4. 1 __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 2

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5

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