In Australia I will need a lot of budget because I have to buy many things.
First of all budget is countable, and since you’ve written ‘a lot of’, then there should be an ‘s’ on budget. But there’s another problem. Budget has 2 meanings that are potentially useful in this situation:
1. Budget as a sum of money that has been set aside for a particular purpose:
In Australia I will need a large budget because I have to buy many things.
2. Budget as a document containing a list of items:
In Australia there will be many items on my budget, and so I will need a lot of money.
In both of these examples..
Often students who are preparing for IELTS feel they have to do everything to avoid repetition, and so they use budget instead of ‘money’. However, budget is not synonymous with ‘money’. When you’re talking about money and comparing how much things cost, it’s safer to use words like ‘money’, ‘cheap’, ‘expensive’, etc.
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