Name: Date: reading (10 marks) 1

people are losing their jobs. 

  10  The number of jobs available is predicted to go up next year. 

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT (10 marks)

3  In each of the sentences below, one word has been written using the wrong part of speech. Either a 

noun has been written where there should be an adjective, or an adjective has been written instead 

of a noun. Correct the sentences. 1 mark for each correct answer.

 1  

The country has been in a very poor finance state ever since the decline of the steel industry. 

 2  

We need to encourage consumers to buy goods manufacture at home, rather than spending 

money on foreign goods. 

  3  Houses have fallen in valuable over the past few years. 

  4  This is exactly the kind of investment our economic needs to avoid recession. 

 5  

She could not find work as an accountant so considered training for a new professional. 

4  For each of the sentences (1-5) below, choose the word or phrase from the box that can replace 

the word in bold without changing the overall meaning. You will not need to use all the words and 

phrases.1 mark for each correct answer.

balance    investment   development   market    return    occupation     stability    financial system   decrease

 1 The