20. TEST 4 – SHOPS & SHOPPING 02

The difference between the cost and the selling price is usually the_____.

  

• advantage

• increase

• profit

• winnings

 What do you usually_____ for delivering things?

    

• demand

• price

• cost

• charge

That price list is out of date, so it will only_____ you.

  

• mistake

• mislead

• misplace

• miscarry

Price increases are now running at a(n)_____ level of thirty per cent.

    

• highest

• uppermost

• record

• top

Food prices have been_____ steadily for at least twenty years.

   

• raising

• growing

• lifting

• rising

They have_____ prices on trainers so let’s go and buy some today.

    

• reduced

• descended

• increased

• cut off

We were_____ for the electrical items we bought in the sale.

   

• overdone

• overpaid

• overcharged

• overstated

Our local supermarket charges a lot to_____ groceries.

    

• bear

• carry

• bring

• deliver

When the time came to_____ the bill at the hotel she found her purse had been stolen.

• pay out

• pay

• pay for

• pay up

The price of fruit has increased recently_____ the price of vegetables has gone down.

     

• when

• whether

• whereas

• otherwise