XII. Match the column on the right with the definitions:
1________
2________
3________
4________
5________
6________
7________
8________
9________
10________
11________
12________
13________
14________
15________
16________
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mortgage
default
funds
variable
fixed
co-sign
cash advance
credit rating
credit evaluation
credit limit
annual
savings
chequing
afford
interest
net income
gross income
prime
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(a) Money.
(b) Stays the same over time.
(c) Guarantee a loan for somebody else.
(d) Money that you borrow on a credit card.
(e) A check to see how well you can pay back a loan.
(f) The maximum you can borrow.
(g) A loan to buy a house or property.
(h) A bank account you use to save money.
(i) Be able to pay for goods or pay back a loan.
(j) Changes over time.
(k) Not pay back a loan.
(l) The cost of borrowing money.
(m) An opinion on how well you can pay back a loan.
(n) Your income after you pay income taxes and expenses.
(o) The basic interest rate that banks use.
(p) A bank account you use for day to day expenditures.
(q) Yearly.
(r) Your income before you pay taxes.
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XIII. Match the words with their opposites:
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spend
variable
withdraw
borrow
default
purchase
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(a) deposit
(b) lend
(c) save
(d) sell
(e) fixed
(f) pay back
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XIV. Fill in a preposition to complete the sentence:
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| (1) If you owe money, you are ___ debt.
(2) If you have a savings account, you are keeping your money ___ the bank.
(3) If you take money out of your bank account, you are withdrawing funds ____ your account.
(4) If you move money from a savings account to a chequing account, you are transferring funds ___ chequing.
(5) When you give back money that you borrowed you are paying ___ your debts or paying ____ your debts.
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XV. Explain the difference using whereas:
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| (1) A savings account usually has a high interest rate, whereas a chequing account has a low interest rate.
(2) A fixed interest rate doesn’t change with time, ____________________________.
(3) Your gross income is your income before you pay taxes, ____________________________.
(4) A deposit is when you put money into your account, ____________________________.
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XVI. Fill in the gaps with the vocabulary items listed above each paragraph:
A.
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limit default
afford
| cash advance
funds
| debt
purchase
| pay back
interest
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Credit Cards
Credit cards are a convenient way to ___________ goods. They also come in handy when you have a shortage of ____________. If you need a little extra money for the weekend, you can take out a ___________ ____________.
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In spite of these benefits, credit card _________ can also cause serious problems for people. People spend more than they can _________. And because of the high _________ on money borrowed, the credit card debt becomes harder and harder to _______ _______. Eventually, some people are forced to ___________ on their payments. This is why credit card companies put a ________ on the amount that people can borrow.
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B.
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credit risk afford
| mortgage
co-sign
| savings
default
| credit evaluation
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| Mortgages
Most people don’t have enough in ___________ to purchase a house so they take out a house loan, which is called a _________. Before you get a mortgage, the bank will do a thorough ________ __________ to make sure you can __________ the loan. If the bank feels you are a ________ ________ they may ask you to find somebody else to __________ your
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mortgage. This person will be responsible to pay your mortgage if you __________.
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