Work in pairs Now read through this extract from a business textbook, which deals with a related topic. Fill each gap with one of these words.

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Add verbs in the correct form to the following sentences.

Raw materials are...........from the ground and then either..........., or……………..into finished goods. Before finished goods are sold they often have to be …………, ……., ……. etc.

another basic business countries economic fishing fully labour major most per cent primary productive secondary services work workers

Divisions of economic activityAlthough the structure of each country is different, their economies can be shown to have similar sectors. When speaking of 1)…………….or economic activity, commentators normally recognize three 2)…….'sectors':

• primary - agriculture, fishing, mining, construction

•3)……….- crafts and manufacturing

• tertiary -4)………, including education, banking, insurance, etc.

The occupational StructureThe types of activities that most 5)…………..are occupied in differ, sometimes dramatically, from one country to 6)………and from one time to another. In 7)………developing countries (and in all 8)…………before the 19th century), the vast majority of the workforce 9)………..in the agricultural, or 10)……., sector. Their work is almost entirely manual, and most of the country's 11)…………….power is concentrated on the 12)………task of feeding the population. In 13)……developed countries far more of their 14)………..resources are directed towards other 15)…………activities. In the United States and Canada, for example, only 4 and 7 per cent, respectively, of all employed persons work in agriculture, 16)…….., and mining, compared to more than 70 17)…….in India.