VOCABULARY EXERCISES

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 479.

I. Make the words negative by using the prefix dis- .

Use your dictionary if necessary:

ability, engaged, possess, pleasure, connect, comfort, satisfactory, obey, qualify, agree, continue, approve, like, honest, appear, adjust, advantage.

II. Complete the following sentences:

1. Money is not only ameans of exchange but is also ... . 2. In economic theory, labour is ... . 3. The work undertaken by a mother in caring for her children may be hard work, but ... . 4. As a scientist, the economist is interested in ... . 5. Although he is aware of the services which people provide for no financial reward, ... . 6. In economics, money is ... . 7. Labour is not concerned with distinctions of social class, ... . 8. When we talk about «the national labour force», ... .

III. Combine the sentences by using «not only», «but also».

This combination creates a contrast:

Pattern:Money is a means of exchange.

Money is a means of measuring men's labour.

Money is not only a means of exchange,

but also a means of measuring men's labour.

1. The economic system is the sum-total of our individual economic activities. The economic system is the general situation which influences our individual activities. 2. This scheme is acceptable to both the management and the trade unions. This scheme has government approval. 3. The government has set up a new economic commission. The government has begun to consider a change in the law very seriously. 4. The factory is producing less every year. The factory is losing valuable workers. 5. The situation interests economists considerably. The situation has certain features which make it highly unusual.