B1.30: Personal budget

Presupuesto personal

Listening & reading materials

Practice vocabulary in context with real materials.

B1.30.1 Diálogo

Sueños de casa propia: Hablemos del presupuesto

Homeownership dreams: Let's talk about the budget


B1.30.2 Cultura

El gestor y la cuenta bancaria

The manager and the bank account


Vocabulary (7)

 El presupuesto: The budget (Spanish)

El presupuesto

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The budget Show

 Los intereses: The interests (Spanish)

Los intereses

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The interests Show

 Gastar (to spend) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Gastar

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To spend Show

 Invertir (to invest) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Invertir

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To invest Show

 El préstamo: The loan (Spanish)

El préstamo

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The loan Show

 Mensualmente: Monthly (Spanish)

Mensualmente

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Monthly Show

 Anulamente: Cancellationally (Spanish)

Anulamente

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Cancellationally Show

Exercises

These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.

Exercise 1: Oraciones subordinadas sustantivas: de infinitivo y flexionadas

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

Grammar: Noun subordinate clauses: infinitive and inflected

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revisar, reunir, revise, invertir, calculéis, gastar, reduzcan

1. Calcular:
Es fundamental para vosotros que ... los intereses del préstamo antes de aceptar la oferta.
(It is essential for you to calculate the loan interest before accepting the offer.)
2. Revisar:
Es importante ... el presupuesto mensualmente para evitar gastos innecesarios.
(It is important to review the budget monthly to avoid unnecessary expenses.)
3. Invertir:
El gerente propone ... en nuevos intereses para aumentar las ganancias anualmente.
(The manager proposes investing in new interests to increase profits annually.)
4. Gastar:
Los clientes prefieren ... el dinero del cheque en vez de transferirlo a la cuenta.
(Customers prefer to spend the money from the cheque rather than transfer it to the account.)
5. Reducir:
El director exige que se ... los gastos mensualmente.
(The director demands that expenses be reduced monthly.)
6. Reunir:
Mi objetivo es ... el presupuesto necesario para pagar la hipoteca antes de la fecha límite.
(My goal is to gather the necessary budget to pay off the mortgage before the deadline.)
7. Revisar:
El banco me sugiere que ... la cuenta antes de autorizar el préstamo.
(The bank suggests that I check the account before authorising the loan.)
8. Invertir:
Queremos ... el dinero de la cuenta en un fondo con intereses más altos.
(We want to invest the money from the account in a fund with higher interest rates.)

Grammar

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B1.30.3 Gramática

Oraciones subordinadas sustantivas: de infinitivo y flexionadas

Noun subordinate clauses: infinitive and inflected


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