In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. Budgeting helps us save. Saving can be done by (1) _________ income and expenses. If your expenses (2) _________ your income, it means you are unable to prioritise your expenses. First, it is important to (3) _________ your expenses according to the priority. This will definitely help you to (4) _________ where most of your expenses are done. The money left after limiting the expenses is your saving and after that you can think of your (5) _________ .
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.
categorise
The sentence: 'First, it is important to (3) _________ your expenses according to the priority.'
The clue is the phrase that follows. 'According to the priority' calls for a verb of sorting or arranging into groups — you cannot do something 'according to priority' unless you are ranking or classifying.
Categorise means to place things into classes or categories, which is exactly what arranging expenses by priority amounts to.
Why the others fail:
Confirm means to verify or make certain. One can confirm a figure, but confirming does not act on priority at all.
Shape means to give form to something. It suits clay or an argument, not a list of expenses.
Disarrange means to disturb an existing order. It is the direct opposite of sorting by priority, and would contradict the advice the passage is giving.
The answer is categorise.
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