Match the two parts of the sentences.

1. I borrowed €5,000 c

2. She Invested $2,500 af

3. He earns ￡ 25,000 a
4. They owe ce
5. I don’t think I can afford b
6. I spend nearly €50 per week d

a) in income a year from the property that he owns, but he

doesn’t have a salary.
b)this house - it’s too expensive, and I have too many debts,
c) for my new car.
d) on coffee.
e) me €100 for a loan I gave them last month,
f) from her savings in a new company.
 Vocabulary: Money

capital expenses income profit

How to make money

A business’s __capital___is anything it uses to make money. The money a

company earns is called __income___ After a business pays its _expenses____ the
remaining money is _profit____.
The Woman’s Rabbit Association earns _income____ by selling rabbits. We can
guess that one of the company’s _expenses____ is rabbit food. If the company can
reduce the cost of rabbit food, it will increase its _profit____.The rabbits are an
important part of the business’s _capital____ so the association takes good care of
them.
Exercise no. 2:
Match 1-8 to a-h.
1 We work every day a He looks really worried.

2 We’re working every day b so we’ll have to think about getting

a new one.

3 What does Mark think about c except Saturdays and Sundays.

4 What is Mark thinking about? d with this new project?

5 What does Jenny manage e because of a lorry drivers’ strike.

6 How is Jenny managing f this month.

We have a problem with our

7 g the move to Atlanta office?
distributor

8 We are having a problem with our h to keep everyone happy?

distributor
Complete these sentences with the present simple or the present continuous of
he verbs in brackets:

1. Carlos usually __sits____(sit) in the main office, but today he __is

working____ (work) at home.
2. What time _do you have to_____ (you/have to) leave home to get to
work?
3. Look at the woman over there. Why _is she sitting (she/sit)at John’s desk?
4. What __are you working on____(you/work on) at the moment? Anything
interesting?
5. What _does_Nadia think____ (Nadia/think)about her new boss?
6. You seem quite today. _Are you thinking_____ (you/think) about your
presentation?
7. How much _does a successful salesperson earns_____ (a successful
salesperson/earn) each year?
8. Hey, what __are you doing____ (you/do) in this room? This is for staff only.