Reading: The other economy

From: Haarman, L, Leech, P & Murray J 1988, Reading skills for the social sciences, Oxford
University Press, Oxford.

Pre-reading vocabulary

The words in the chart all first appear in the text in the paragraph indicated.
Decide their class and write in the first column. Write the appropriate
definition or explanation from the Table 1 in the second column. An example
has been given.

Table 1:

a families (economic units) k depending on with confidence

b to offer goods or services at a lower cost l range of possibilities, opportunities

than competitors

c profits m balance, compensate for

d value-added-tax n money obtained by working

e pay-as-you-earn o people who live in houses which they have

bought

f working without an employer p rich, wealthy

g regular buyers q have enough money to buy something

h kept secret, hidden r local governments

i do-it-yourself s people who pay money to live in a house

or flat

j leading in a wrong direction t money received regularly (usually payment

for work)

Word Word Definition/explanation

 class

1. income (par.1, noun t. money received regularly (usually

line 4) payment for work)

2. DIY (1,7)

3. misleading (1,10)

4. relying on (2, 5)

5. offset (3,4)

6. scope (3,5)

7. households (3, 5)

8. earnings (3,6)

9. concealed (4,2)

10. self-employed
(6,3)

11. PAYE (6,5)

12. VAT (7,6)

13. gains (8,7)

14. customers
(8,10)

15. undercut (8,11)

16. owner occupiers

(10, 8)

17. well off (10,9)

18. afford (11,4)

19. councils (13,2)

20. tenants (13,3)

Reference

Underline the words listed below in the text and write the word, phrase or
concept referred to in the space provided.

1. which (par. 4, line 4)

2. it (5,9)

3. this (8,6)

4. either (8,7)

5. they (8,10)

6. none (9,3)

7. these services (10,8)

8. it (13,9)

9. them (13, 10)