Money collocations

make win
earn raise donate find
withdraw steal

save lose
spend pay back invest
lend waste borrow
inherit owe

1. Match the collocation with the correct definition

 earn a) receive money from somebody who has died
 raise b) take money out of a bank account
 donate c) use money on something you don’t ne
 steal d) buy e.g. shares in a company
 win e) give sb money that they must return
 find f) get money from people for a purpose
 lose g) give money to an organization
 spend h) keep money for future use
 save i) give money back to sb you borrowed from
 lend j) give/pay money for something
 borrow k) not have any longer; not gain
 invest l) have to pay sb the money they gave you
 withdraw m) get money by working
 waste n) take money from sb without permission
 inherit o) get money in the lottery, quiz show etc.
 pay back p) get money from sb that you must return
 owe q) discover by chance

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 2. Write the opposites
2 3. Write the synonyms
a) lend –
a) make –
b) lose (2) –
b) gain –
c) spend (2) –
c) collect –
d) donate –
d) give back –
e) pay back –
e) put aside –
f) waste –
f) be in debt –
g) deposit –
g) mug -

4. Gap fill exercise – use some of the verbs from above in the correct form

a) Ian __________ some money in the book he had taken from the library.

b) How much money did your parents __________ you for the car?

c) You should be careful when you ___________ money from an ATM, because
someone might be behind you planning to __________ it from you.

d) When her father died, she ____________ € 1,000,000.

e) Peter ______________ jackpot and he _______________ all the money within

a year.

f) My uncle ____________ money for rainy days all his life. He _________ as
little as possible.

g) When I was a student I had to _______________ lots of money from the bank.
I __________ all the money back last year, so now I don’t _______ the bank
anything.
h) When I was younger, I _______________ some money in a company. It was a
smart move since they have been very successful and I’m a rich man now.

Created by Gordana Popovic

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The key:

1.

 earn a) receive money from somebody who has died

 raise b) take money out of a bank account
 donate c) use money on something you don’t need
 steal d) buy e.g. shares in a company
 win e) give sb money that they must return
 find f) get money from people for a purpose
 lose g) give money to an organization
 spend h) keep money for future use
 save i) give money back to sb you borrowed from
 lend j) give/pay money for something
 borrow k) not have any longer; not gain
 invest l) have to pay sb the money they gave you
 withdraw m) get money by working
 waste n) take money from sb without permission
 inherit o) get money in the lottery, quiz show etc.
 pay back p) get money from sb that you must return
 owe q) discover by chance

2. Opposites 3. Synonyms

a) lend – borrow a) make - earn

b) lose (2) – win; find b) gain - win

c) spend (2) – save; earn c) collect - raise

d) donate – steal d) give back – pay back

e) pay back – owe e) put aside - save

f) waste – save f) be in debt - owe

g) deposit – withdraw g) mug – steal

4.
a) found b) lend c) withdraw, steal d) inherited e) won, wasted f) saved, spent
g) borrow, paid back, owe h) invested

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