General English

S7
Lesson 4
 UNIT 8: MONEY (continuation)

LISTENING 1

Task 1

Look at the pictures. Where are they? What are they doing?

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Task 2

Listen to the statements (A-D) and choose the one that describes each picture.

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 Grammar
Talking about trends

Trend (a change in direction) in sales, prices, etc could be described in various ways.

1. 2.
3.

rise/go up/increase rise/go up/increase slowly/gradually/steadily rise/go up/increase

sharply/dramatically

4. 5. 6.

fall/go down/drop fall/go down/drop slightly/gradually/steadily fall/go down/drop

sharply/dramatically

Note well:

1. Prices have increased sharply.

2. There has been a sharp increase in prices.

3. The COVID-19 cases have fallen dramatically in Burkina Faso.

4. There has been a dramatic fall in COVID-19 cases in Burkina Faso.

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Task 1

Match the adverbs to their meaning

1. dramatically A. little

2. sharply B. at the same rate

3. steadily C. suddenly

4. slightly D. very suddenly

Task 2

Provide the preterit forms of the words.

Infinitive Past simple

Rise
Fall
Go up
Go down
Increase
Decrease

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Task 3

Match the sentences with the graphs below.

a. sales fell steadily for 6 years.

b. sales fell for a few years and then increased.
c. sales decreased a little, and then rose steadily. They fell again for a year and then
increased sharply.
d. sales increased steadily for 6 years.

1 2.

3. 4.

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Using Prepositions

1. Verb + by + size of change

Profits rose by 12%.

2. Verb + from ...to... (from + previous level to + new level)

Prices dropped from $550 to $350.

3. Noun + of + amount of change

a rise of 10%

a fall of 3.5 million

4. Noun + in + what is changing

an increase in population

a fall in profits

Task 4

Complete the sentences with the missing prepositions.

1. Sales rose…………10% last year.

2. The price of diesel has increased ………. 545 FCFA ………. 650 FCFA per litre.
3. There was a rise…………5% in the value of the shares.
4. There has been gradual fall ………….. the price of diesel.
5. There has been a steady increase………………the profit.

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 Vocabulary
Phrasal verbs

They are combination of verbs and prepositions which are used together. Sometimes the original
meanings of the verb can change.

Examples

run after, come across, run out of

Phrasal verb Meaning Example sentences

1. Bring something out To produce something to sell They keep bringing out
to the public smaller phones.

2. Bring something forward to change the date or time of The elections were brought
an event so that it happens forward by three months.
earlier than planned

3. Look after to take care of or be in charge

somebody/something of someone or something If you look after your
clothes, they last a lot longer.

4. Look something up to try to find a piece of If you don't know what the
information by looking in a word means, look it up in a
book or on a computer dictionary.

5. Take out something To withdraw

(money)
6. Turn something/someone to refuse an offer or request He offered her a trip to
down Australia but she turned it
down.

7. Set something out to give the details of Your contract will set out the
something or to explain it, terms and conditions of your
especially in writing employment.

8. Set something up to prepare something for use, I need one or two people to
especially by putting the help me set up the equipment.
different parts of it together

9. Work something out 1. to do a calculation to get an 1. We need to work out the

answer to a mathematical total cost of the project.
question
2. to understand something 2. I can’t work out what
really happened.

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Exercise 1

Match the phrasal verbs to their correct definitions

Phrasal verb Definitions

1. Work out a) To bring to an earlier time or date

b) To get something ready to be used
2. Look after especially equipment
c) To introduce new products to the
3. Bring forward public
d) To search for something in a book
4. Set up
or computer
5. Bring out e) To take care of someone or
something
6. Look up f) To understand something

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Exercise 2

HAS YOUR CAR (1) BROKEN DOWN? DO YOU NEED TO (2) CARRY OUT
EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO YOUR HOME?

(3) Take out insurance coverage under our new Home Protection policy and our professional

services will be on hand 24 hours a day to (4) deal with those difficult moments.

Just call your local branch and an advisor will (5) go through the benefits and give you a quote.

Look at the advertisement. Which of the verbs (1-5) could be replaced by the following
synonyms or meanings?

A. make B. purchase C. handle

D. discuss/explain E. had mechanical problems

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Exercise 3

Complete the sentences with phrasal verbs below.

bring out take up look after take out work up

turn down look up bring forward set out set up

1. I’d like to (withdraw)………… $500 please.

2. So, how many people (responded to) ……………. our offer of free checking?

3. I still can’t (understand) ……………………….why my bank has charged me extra on

my overdraft.

4. Mr. Lu is the person who (handles) ………………… loan applications.

5. Mailmart has announced that it will be (introducing) ……………………….a new online

payment system in the fall.

6. Can you (check) ………….. the bank reference code in the directory?

7. The government has decided to (advance) …………….. the date for submitting tax

returns.

8. The bank has (refused) ………….. my application for a loan.

9. The exact conditions are (explained) ……………. in detail in the contract.

10. You need to provide proof of identity before you can (open) ……………..an account.

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 This is the end of the lesson.

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