Money Vocabulary — Interactive Quiz

Your challenge: 30 questions across four sections.

Choose the best answer for each gap. Check your answers to see explanations, then try again to improve your score.

Part 1 — Money verbs

Choose the verb that best completes each situation.

1. My aunt will ______ me her car for two weeks while mine is being repaired.

2. I ______ £40 a month for a new laptop.

3. We can’t ______ a holiday this year, so we’re staying at home.

4. The mechanic ______ me £180 to repair my scooter.

5. If you buy lunch every day, you ______ a lot of money.

6. I had to ______ some money from my brother until payday.

7. She ______ part of her salary in a small local business.

8. This jacket ______ €120, which is more than I want to pay.

9. He works at weekends because he wants to ______ extra money.

10. I ______ my friend €25, so I’ll pay her back tomorrow.

Choose the correct preposition.

11. I paid ______ cash because the shop didn’t accept cards.

12. We spent €60 ______ groceries at the weekend.

13. My cousin invested her savings ______ a food truck.

14. Could you lend €10 ______ me until tomorrow?

15. I borrowed a charger ______ my colleague.

16. The café charged us €4 ______ a bottle of water.

17. I’m trying to get ______ debt before the end of the year.

18. She paid ______ the new phone in six monthly instalments.

Choose the noun that fits the situation.

19. The shop gave me a ______ showing the total I had to pay.

20. I plan how much I can spend each month using a ______.

21. The money taken by the government to pay for public services is called ______.

22. The bank lent them money to buy an apartment. They took out a ______.

23. The amount a worker regularly receives for their job is their ______.

24. I tapped my card on the reader to make a ______.

25. You pay regularly to protect yourself against certain risks with ______.

26. The bank may ask you to pay extra money for borrowing money. This is ______.

Choose the particle that completes the phrasal verb.

27. I took £30 ______ at the cash machine.

28. Can I pay you ______ next Friday?

29. I have to live ______ my parents while I’m at university.

30. It’s hard to live ______ one salary in a big city.

Review the explanations carefully and repeat the quiz to strengthen your vocabulary.