Connected speech in Financial English collocations
The expressions below are all written based partly on their pronunciation in rapid speech. Rewrite them with normal written spelling and gaps between words, writing the whole thing each time.
- savings account
- current account
- pay off the debt
- a boom in demand
- mergers and acquisitions
- break even in the third year of business
- boom and bust
- take a stake in the company
- cooperation between teams
- diversify into other financial products
- manage to make ends meet
- reach a peak
- a surge in interest rates
- source of income
- cash out with an IPO
- fill in the application form
- only just keep afloat
- level off at seven hundred and five
- profit and loss account
- bleeding red ink
- return on investment
- real estate investment trust
- run out of cash
- invest in start-up businesses
- take out a loan
- write off bad debts
- core area of business
Check as a class or with the answer key.
Ask about any which you don’t understand, are not sure how to pronounce, etc.
Without looking above, mark the areas on the next page where the pronunciation is different from how it is written above when it is spoken quickly in natural speech. Other changes not above are also possible, and not every change there is necessary every time.
Check as a class or above. Different answers are possible, so check if you made other changes.
Answer key
- savings account
- current account
- pay off the debt
- a boom in demand
- mergers and acquisitions
- break even in the third year of business
- boom and bust
- take a stake in the company
- cooperation between teams
- diversify into other financial products
- manage to make ends meet
- reach a peak
- a surge in interest rates
- source of income
- cash out with an IPO
- fill in the application form
- only just keep afloat
- level off at seven hundred and five
- profit and loss account
- bleeding red ink
- return on investment
- real estate investment trust
- run out of cash
- invest in start-up businesses
- take out a loan
- write off bad debts
- core area of business
Test each other on the phrases:
- say one as it is written on the first page and see if your partner can write it
- say one as it is written on the first page and see if your partner can say it back slowly and carefully
- say one slowly and carefully as it is written on this page and see if they can say it back with (at least some) connected speech
- show one of the lines on this page to your partner and see if they can say it with (at least some) connected speech
- say one as it is written on the first page and see if your partner can say what it means
- say one as it is written on the first page and see if your partner can repeat it back in an example sentence
Ask about any which you can’t explain or make example sentences for, working together to make suitable explanations and context each time.
Financial English collocations
Without looking above, match words from the left and right of the same section to make finance words that often go together.
- savings/ current account
- pay and acquisitions
- a boom operation between teams
- mergers even in the third year of business
- break in demand/ and bust
- take in interest rates
- co- into other financial products
- diversify ends meet
- manage to make of income
- reach off the debt
- a surge a peak
- source a stake in the company
- cash afloat
- fill area of business
- only just keep estate investment trust
- level in/ out the application form
- profit in start-up businesses
- bleeding red ink
- return on and loss account
- real off bad debts
- run off at seven hundred and five
- invest investment
- take out a loan
- write out of cash
- core out with an IPO
Check above. Other matches are possible, but there is probably only one way of matching everything, so please check if you made other matches.
