A waste of time

[Simon]

Test No. errors/elem-1 "Much information", question 6

I think it is a spend of money to buy cigarettes.

(a) it is
(b) spend
(c) of money

Test No. errors/elem-1 "Much information", answer 6

I think it is a waste of money to buy cigarettes.

Correct entry: waste
The error was: (b) spend
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Is sentence "I think it is waste of money to buy cigarettes"

[Torsten]

Hi Simon,

Yes this is the correct sentence:
I think it is a waste of money to buy cigarettes.

TOEIC listening, photographs: Testing electronics

[DEA38Ru]

Is the answer "spending" absolutely incorrect here? Though I guess I should use the "unuseful spending" expression for instance to give the sentence the same sense as it is in the case of using "waste".

[Beeesneees]

'Spending' is absolutely incorrect. There is no such word as 'unuseful'.
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