Vocabulary

AT THE BANK
No matter where you live, opening a bank account is one essential part of life, but you have to check around to find out what services a bank provides. Please write sentences using the following:

apply for a credit card
buy traveler's checks
cash a check
check your account balance
deposit money
exchange money
fill out a withdraw slip
open a checking account
open a savings account
order checks
pay off a loan
pay your bills online
rent a safety deposit box
review your bank statement
take out a loan
talk with a bank teller
talk with the bank manager
transfer money
use a debit card
withdraw money

What particular banking services are most important to you in your current situation? Look around and see if there are banks in your area that might meet your needs, and write a short paragraph about why you bank with them.


PREPOSITIONS

Prepositions are important words. We use individual prepositions more frequently than other individual words. In fact, the prepositions of, to and in are among the ten most frequent words in English. Here is a list of 70 of the more common one-word prepositions. Many of these prepositions have more than one meaning. Please refer to a dictionary for precise meaning and usage.

aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
amid
among
anti
around
as
at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
besides
between
beyond
but
by
concerning
considering
despite
down
during
except
excepting
excluding
following
for
from
in
inside
into
like
minus
near
of
off
on
onto
opposite
outside
over
past
per
plus
regarding
round
save
since
than
through
to
toward
towards
under
underneath
unlike
until
up
upon
versus
via
with
within
without