Before you start this homework, it is a good idea to go back through the input of this unit. As you will send this homework to your tutor, there are no answers in the key.
There are three parts to this homework: vocabulary, grammar, text production.
Part 1: Vocabulary test
Checklist for vocabulary test
Have you completed all the vocabulary exercises on money and finance, and exercises on crime in Unit 8 of the course book?
If you are not sure of the meaning of any words, find it out before starting the test.
Make sure you put any verbs into the correct tense!
1. Assignment:
Complete the sentences with these words or expressions.
You do not need all of them.
balance | burglaries | arrested | loan | bribery | donate | charity | lie | spare | debited | theft | pay it off | spending | cheating | put aside | dishonest | living | grant | expert | budget | credit card | granted | kidnapping | debt | stolen | robbed | shoplifting | trial | lying | track | finances
1) When I got my first [. . .] I thought it was amazing. I bought so many things with it without really thinking, and consequently got into [. . .]. It was pretty serious. There was no way I could [. . .]. In the end I had to sell my car, my house and most of my things.
2) I [. . .] about 10 % of my salary each month, and I also have a strict [. . .] for what I can spend on food and entertainment. That helps me keep in control of [. . .].
3) I have an app that lets me know each time my bank account gets [. . .]. It helps me keep [. . .] of my money. I know what my bank [. . .] is, so this helps me to budget better.
4) I know I should, but I don’t [. . .] anything to [. . .]. I know there are lots of good causes, and there are many people less fortunate than me, but I don’t have money to [. . .].
5) My brother makes his [. . .] as an online financial [. . .]. He’s given me lots of useful advice.
6) It was a terrible holiday. Our hire car was [. . .] from outside the hotel, and we were [. . .] in the street by two men. They took everything.
7) There’s been an increase in the number of [. . .] in this area. A man was [. . .] coming out of our neighbours’ house with their TV the other day.
8) When I was younger I was caught [. . .] in the local supermarket and taken to the police station. It didn’t go to [. . .], though. They let me off with a warning.
9) We tend to take things like good public transport and safe drinking water for [. . .], but in many parts of the world these are luxuries.
10) [. . .] isn’t a crime, and nor is [. . .] in an exam. However, you shouldn’t do them as nobody wants to get a reputation for being [. . .].
<Pkt.>/24 pts
Part 2: Grammar test
Checklist for grammar tests (1 and 2)
Have you completed all the exercises on the First and Second Conditionals and the Third Conditional (should have + past particple) in Unit 8 of the course book?
Have you read the grammar review 8A and 8B on page 148 in Grammar Focus?
2. Assignment:
Choose the correct words to complete these sentences.
1) If the government decides/decided to raise taxes again, there would be huge public protests, I’m sure of it.
2) If I could change my job, I will/would definitely not be a teacher.
3) If it gets towards the end of the month and I’ve spent all my money again, I just stay in/would just stay in, eat bread and cheese and watch TV.
4) We couldn’t go on holiday last year. We shouldn’t spend/shouldn’t have spent so much money on clothes and things during the year, then it would have been different.
5) I have a very intelligent friend who probably won’t get the right results to go to university. She should study/should have studied harder at school; otherwise she’ll regret it in the future.
6) I wouldn’t get/wouldn’t have got into trouble with the police if I hadn’t been drinking.
7) If the internet goes/went down for a few days, it’s not a problem. I have plenty of other interests.
8) If I saw someone doing something illegal, I report it/I would report it to the police – probably.
9) If I had the time and money, I will/would love to have private piano lessons so that I could become a good player. I drove to work this morning and was late because of the traffic.
10) I should have gone by public transport. It would be/would have been quicker.
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<Pkt.>/10 pts
3. Assignment:
Add the missing form of the verbs to these sentences.
1) If I [. . .] you, I [. . .] put anything that is not true on your CV. Sooner or later people will find out.
2) I’m sorry. I [. . .] have told you I was going to be out. Then you [. . .] have come round to my house and wasted your time.
3) If the weather [. . .] improve in the next few hours, I don’t think we should go skiing.
4) If we [. . .] remembered to set the alarm before going out, perhaps the police [. . .] have come to the house when the burglars broke in.
5) If I [. . .] new clothes, I always make sure they are good quality so they will last.
6) If you [. . .] me that I [. . .] won £1 million on the lottery, I [. . .] believe you. I don’t play the lottery. That’s why.
7) If I [. . .] lots of English in my holidays in the US this summer, I definitely [. . .] improve my language skills.
8) If more people [. . .] less time worrying about themselves and [. . .] to help others who are less fortunate instead, the world [. . .] be a better place.
<Pkt.>/16 pts
Part 3: Text production
Checklist for writing a discussion
Remember to write roughly the right number of words (about 350). Count them and make a note of the number!
Your essay needs a separate paragraph for the introduction, conclusion, and several paragraphs for each new point in the body of the essay.
Start each paragraph with a signalling word (firstly, additionally, contrary etc.).
Make sure you vary your language (In my opinion, I firmly believe, I’m quite sure etc.).
Give examples to back your argument up.
Remember to use formal language, no abbreviations, and capitals where necessary.
4. Assignment:
Choose one of the following two options.
Option 1: text-based composition
Look again at the text ‘Is it time to give up on cash?’ on page 94 of the course book.
“In our bright, shiny, plastic, cashless society maybe things are not as wonderful as we think they are” (part of the final paragraph on page 94).
Explain the quote above in relation to the whole text of Is it time to give up on cash?
Comment on the advantages and disadvantages of a cashless society (own ideas).
Option 2: Discussion
“Social media has convinced us that the only way to be happy is to be rich and possess everything that you have ever wanted.” Discuss.
Write about 350 words.
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<Pkt.>/50 pts
Total <Pkt.>/100 pts
3.25
3.25
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