I have an exam in next week, so if anyone can help me to find my mistakes and to correct them.
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Try to put the right word in the blanks in these sentences.
Words are ( Economy, economics, economise, economic,economical,economically,economist) -
There are many _____ problems which we encounter every day - poverty, inflation, unemployment, etc.
(Economic) ? -
There is an old saying: “If two or three _____ are gathered together in one place, there you will find four or five options.”
(Economist) ? -
We need to ____ in order to keep cost at an acceptable level.
(Economise) ? -
The economic system of a country is usually called the national _______.
(Economics)? -
The study of _______ is of fundamental importance to the well-being of society.
(Economy)? -
We are looking for more ______ production methods.
(Economical)? -
If you want to save money for the old age, you must live very _______.
(Economically)? -
The prospect for the world ____ are very bleak at the moment.
(Economy) -
She doesn’t make a lot of money, but by various little ____ she has managed to buy herself a cottage in the countryside.
No cluee… -
_________ remain undecided about what action should be taken.
(Economist)? -
"________ is the only field in which two people can get a Nobel prize for saying the opposite thing.
(Economy)? -
It is unwise in the long run ___on quality.
No clue. -
The doubling of output can lead to _____ of scale up to 40%.
No clue. -
Present Simple vs Present Continuous.
A. This is a joke which illustrates marginal analysis* at work.Read the joke and fill in the blanks with the suitable tense.
An economist and a forest ranger (HIKE) ___ trough the backcountry of Montana. Rounding a bend in the trail, they (COME) _____ upon a ferocious grizzly bear. The bear (ADVANCE) _____ on them, whereupon the economist (DROP)____ his backpack, (PULL) ____ out his jogging shoes, and (START)_____ to put them on in place of his hiking boots. The forest ranger (LOOK) ______ at the economist and (ASK) _______, in a confused tone, “Why you (DO) _____ that? The bear can easily outrun a man.” The economist calmly (REPLY ______, “I ( NOT HAVE ) _____ to outrun the bear. I just (HAVE TO) _____ outrun you!”.
My answer => are hiking, come, advanced , dropped , pulled, start, looked , asked, did, replied, don’t have, have to.
- Present Simple Tense.
A. Fill in the blanks in the text.
People ( SATISFY ) _____ their needs and wants with products. A product ( BE ) ____ anything that can be offered to a market to satisfy a need or a want. Usually, the word product ( SUGGEST ) _____ a physical product, such a car, a television set, or a bar of soap. However, the concept of product ( NOT BE ) ______ limited to physical objects - anything capable of satisfying a need can be called a product. The importance of physical goods ( LIE ) not so much in owning them as in the benefits they ( PROVIDE ) . We ( NOT BUY ) _____ food to look at, but because it (SATISFY)_ our hunger. We ( NOT BUY) ____ a microwave to admire, but because it (COOK) ____ our food.
satisfy, is, suggests, is not, lie, provide, do not buy, satisfies, do not buy, cooks
- Correct form of the verb
A. Put the verb s in brackets into the correct form
____ ( REFLECT ) the binary nature of economics as a ‘social’ ‘science’, two types of statements and questions ___ ( CAN/MAKE) . The first ____ ( INVOLVE ): What ____ (BE)? Such statements or questions ____ (CALL) “positive”, i.e they _____ ( INVOLVE) no value judgments.The second _____ (INVOLVE) : What ______(SHOULD/BE)? Such statements and questions ____ (CALL) 'normative", i.e they ____ (INVOLVE) a value judgment. For example, it ____(BE) a positive statement to sa y that more than 15% of Canadian families ____ (LIVE) in poverty. It ____ (BE) a normative statement to say we, for reasons of ‘equity’, _____(SHOULD/INCREASE) welfare allowances to help them.
reflecting,can be made,involves,is,are called,involve,involves,should it be,called, involve, is, live, is, should increase.