The gap-fill exercise below should test whether you can describe numbers accurately. I'll put the correct answers in the 'comments' area tomorrow.
UK Household Expenditure in 2009
Household ______ ______ highest in the transport category, ______ £63 a week. This included £21.10 per week ______ purchase of vehicles, £31.80 on the operation of personal transport (such as petrol, diesel, repairs and servicing) and £10.50 on transport services such as rail, tube and bus fares.
Food and non-alcoholic drink purchases ______ £51 to weekly household expenditure - £13.10 of which ______ ______ on meat and fish, £3.70 on fresh vegetables, and £3.00 on fresh fruit. Non-alcoholic drinks ______ ______ £4.00 ______ weekly expenditure, and £2.10 per week was spent on chocolate and confectionery.
Fill the gaps with the following words:
spent, spending, for, on, at, of, accounted, contributed, was (x2)
Household _spending__was_ highest in the transport category, ___at___ £63 a week. This included £21.10 per week __on____ purchase of vehicles, £31.80 on the operation of personal transport (such as petrol, diesel, repairs and servicing) and £10.50 on transport services such as rail, tube and bus fares.
Food and non-alcoholic drink purchases contributed £51 to weekly household expenditure £13.10 of which was spent on meat and fish, £3.70 on fresh vegetables, and £3.00 on fresh fruit. Non-alcoholic drinks accounted for £4.00 of weekly expenditure, and £2.10 per week was spent on chocolate and confectionery.
Posted by: Kai | December 29, 2011 at 09:33
spending was
at
on
contributed
was spent
accounted for
of
Posted by: Maya | December 29, 2011 at 09:33
Hi Simon,
I am very pleased to post my answers here at the first time:-)
was accounted
at
for
spending
was contributed
spent of
on
Posted by: Ai | December 29, 2011 at 09:40
Hi Simon,
Here are my answers:
1. accounted for
2. spending
3. of
4. at
5. was spent
6. was contributed
7. on
Thank you very much for your exercise.
Posted by: UT | December 29, 2011 at 10:59
1. Spending
2. was
3. at
4. for
5. contributed
6. was
7. spent
8. accounted
9. of
10. on
Posted by: VVietNam | December 29, 2011 at 11:09
Spending was at
For
Contributed
Was spent
Accounted for
Of
Posted by: sanam | December 29, 2011 at 11:30
spending was
at
on
contributed
was spent
accounted for
of
Posted by: josh | December 29, 2011 at 13:02
Hi Simon,
my answers:
spending was
at
on
contributed
was spent
accounted for
of
Posted by: Aika | December 29, 2011 at 14:06
My answers are as follows:
1-spending was
2-at
3-on
4-accounted
5-was spent
6-contributed for
7-of
Posted by: Ruth W. | December 29, 2011 at 14:24
Hi Simon
My answers are
1-spending was
2-at
3-on
4-contributed
5-was spent
6-accounted for
7-of
Thank you
Posted by: Ghyath | December 29, 2011 at 18:42
Hi Simon
spending
accounted
of
to
was
was
spent
contributed
on
for
Posted by: Sisam | December 29, 2011 at 20:19
hi simon
happy to start for my trail
I am here to give my opinions on your Qs
spending, was
at
on
accounted
was spent
contributed for
of
Regards
Posted by: tesfit | December 29, 2011 at 20:56
Hi dear Simon,
My answers are:
spending was
at
on
contibuted
was
spent
accounted for
of
Posted by: Nafiseh | December 29, 2011 at 21:09
Hi Simon,
Many thanks for your lessons. Here's my answer.
was spending, at,on, contributed, was spent, accounted for, of
Posted by: Laila | December 30, 2011 at 00:34
Hi Simon,
My answers are
1.was spending
2.at
3.on
4.contributed
5.was spent
6.accounted for
7.on
Posted by: Lilly | December 30, 2011 at 02:29
1.spending was
2.at
3.on
4.contributed
5.was spent
6.accounted for
7.of
Posted by: Sunny | December 30, 2011 at 03:05
Hi~ Simon
Here below are my answers.
1.spending was
2.at
3.on
4.contributed
5.was spent
6.accounted for
7.of
Posted by: Kelvin | December 30, 2011 at 04:10
Hi Simon
spending was
at
on
contibuted
was spent
accounted for
of
Posted by: Mh | December 30, 2011 at 07:59
Hi sanam
If you like send me a message to practise
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Posted by: Milad | December 30, 2011 at 08:20
Hi Simon
My answers are:
1.Spending
2.Was
3.At
4.For
5.Contributed
6.Was
7.Spent
8.Accounted
9.For
10.On
Posted by: bobur | December 30, 2011 at 10:56
Hi Simon,
on my opinion the answers are:
spending
was
of
on
contributed
was spent
accounted for
at
I would like to ask you what is your opinion about a problem I faced today. I did a reading test and later I noticed that on a "heading-paragraph matching" task if I link a heading to a paragraph incorrectly, I exclude the used heading as an option. Then later when I reach to a paragraph which is the right choice for the already used heading I try to find the most suitable one from the remaining and it leads to another mistake.
Do you have any advice for this problematic situation?
Thanks.
Posted by: Mitko | December 30, 2011 at 15:30
CORRECT ANSWERS FROM SIMON:
spending was
at
on
contributed
was spent
accounted for
of
...
Hi Mitko,
My advice is to 'keep an open mind' about the answers. In other words, you can never be completely sure that you've got the right answer, so it might be best to check the ones you've crossed out just in case.
Posted by: Simon | December 30, 2011 at 16:03
Thank you for your answer Simon.
I wish you a happy new year!
Posted by: Mitko | December 30, 2011 at 18:00
Hi,
My answers are as follows:
* accounted for
*spending
* of
* at
* was spent
* was contributed
* on
It's my pleasure to post my answers here on your blog. This exercise is really great indeed, thank you very much! TheIELTSSolution.com
Thank you.
Posted by: TheIELTSSolution | January 03, 2012 at 08:21
The graph below show the proportion of the population aged 65 and over between 1940 and 2040 in three different countries ?
Posted by: SOMA | January 03, 2012 at 15:36
Hi Soma,
Are you asking for advice about that question?
Posted by: Simon | January 04, 2012 at 11:31
Yes please ! Simon what kind of sentences shell I us to talk about predicted dates ???? For example in my second paragraph I wanted to say that it is clear that the precentages of the poulation for elderly people in all three countries are expected to see a significant increase by the year 2040. Japan predicted to see the highest rose ! Is that ok Simon ??
Posted by: SOMA | January 04, 2012 at 20:09
When I reread what I wrote I feel like the word * see * is not suitable to use I mean I am sure there is better word to use instead of * see * ?? BDW simon My IELS test is on next saturday I practiced a lot through your lessons they are very usful although I only found your website last weeek :( Honstly I still don't feel like am ready to take the exam but no choise I have to do it :( I hope I achieve what I am aiming for which is 7 Or 7.5 or 8 ! God Help Me :)
Posted by: SOMA | January 04, 2012 at 20:18
Hi Soma,
Your sentences with "see" are really good: "are expected to see a significant increase" is exactly what I would write! Just write "Japan IS predicted to see..."
You can also write "experience" instead of "see", or you can miss the word "see/experience" completely e.g. "The proportion of... in Japan is expected to rise to... in 2040."
Good luck on Saturday!
Posted by: Simon | January 05, 2012 at 16:43
Hi Simon
Can I say Household __was____ _'the_____ highest' in the transport category instead of 'hightest'
Thanx
Christina
Posted by: Christina | January 13, 2012 at 13:02
Hi Christina,
Have a look at this lesson:
http://ielts-simon.com/ielts-help-and-english-pr/2011/12/ielts-grammar-highest-or-the-highest.html
Posted by: Simon | January 16, 2012 at 11:43