Slide 1: LEVEL: Intermediate (B1) TYPE OF ACTIVITY: Group competition SKILLS: Reading and speaking
AIM
• To speak about money matters by revising money-related vocabulary.
LEXICAL AND GRAMMATICAL AREA
• • Vocabulary related to money matters. Second conditional.
TASK Playing the Money Matters board game in groups of three or four players. PREPARATION AND MATERIALS • Make a copy of the Money Matters board game per group. • Make a copy of the two sets of cards in different colours: the Question cards and the Speaking cards. Each deck contains thirty cards. • Every group must have a die, and a counter per player. TIMING + 50 minutes. PROCEDURE • Divide the class into groups of three or four players and give each group: the Money Matters board game, the two decks of cards, a die and three or four counters, as appropriate. Players decide who starts the game by rolling the die. The player who gets the highest number goes first. Players take turns continuing clockwise. Players throw the die and move their counter as many places as the die shows. Players must do what the square where they have landed says. If they land on a square with an interrogative sentence, they must answer the question. If players land on a square with a question mark, the other students must pick up one Question Card and ask him/her a question. If the answer is correct, the game proceeds. If the answer is wrong, the player returns to his/her previous position. If players land on a square with some bank notes, they must pick up one Speaking Card and speak about the given topic for two minutes. If the player’s speech lasts less than two minutes, he/she goes to his/her previous position. If not, the game proceeds. The first to get to the finish square is the winner of the game. After picking up the cards, they should be placed on the bottom of the pile, face down so that it may be used again.
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Slide 2: What would you do if you had ₤ 1 million?
2 minutes
Do you like going bargain hunting? hunting?
2 minutes
What would you do if the shop assistant gave you too much change?
2 minutes
What would you do if you found ₤ 500? 500?
2 minutes
What would you do if your best friend were a gambler?
Is the lottery a national pastime? pastime? Why / why not?
2 minutes
2 minutes
2 minutes
“The rich are always happy”. happy”. Do agree? you agree?
Should teenagers get a monthly allowance? Give reasons.
Would you ever take out a loan? holiday loan? Why / why not?
2 minutes
What would you do if you were a beggar? beggar?
2 minutes
Would you ever give money? away money? Why / why not?
Slide 3: What word means “amount of money that you borrow to buy a house”? MORTGAGE
If you are in the ______, you owe more money than you have. than RED
“the What word means “the largest amount of money you can win in a game decided by chance”? JACKPOT
What word is missing in the following sentence? “He ______ me £100 that I wouldn’t do it” BET
“machine What word means “machine which you put money into and gives you money if three of the same picture appear”? FRUIT MACHINE / SLOT MACHINE
Finish the proverb: ”. “Money doesn’t grow on ______ ”. TREES
What verb means “take money out of a bank account”? WITHDRAW WITHDRAW
If you are ______, you have no money. BROKE
What expression means “the result of chance and you don’t have any control over it”? LUCK OF THE DRAW
What word is missing in the following sentence? “Against the ______, he won the lottery twice” ______, won ODDS
Slide 4: A new ______ of the bank has been opened in Liverpool Street. BRANCH
highestWhich is the highest-value note that you can get in Sterling pounds issued by the Bank of England? England? FIFTYA FIFTY-POUND NOTE
What word means someone”? “to have to pay money back to someone”? TO OWE
In the past, a sterling pound was equal to 20 … a) ounces b) shillings c) pences SHILLINGS
this? What is this?
I ______ my CD player to Dave yet. and I haven't got it back yet. LENT
A PIGGY BANK
What is this?
I had to take out a ______ to buy my car. car. LOAN
A COIN / A PENNY
“amount What expression means “amount of money children”? that parents give regularly to their children”? POCKET MONEY
charges The shop charges less ______. if customers pay in ______. CASH
Slide 5: We left a ______ because the waiter was really friendly. friendly. TIP
A beggar asked for some spare c______. CHANGE
What is this? this?
What word means “a bank account in which you keep money that you want to save for a period of time, and which pays you interest on the money you have in it”? SAVINGS ACCOUNT
A CHEQUE
“a What word means “a machine outside a bank account”? that you use to get money from your account”? CASH MACHINE / CASHPOINT / ATM (AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE)
The ______ is a system in Britain in which people try to win money each week by guessing games. the results of football games. POOLS
“an What word means “an amount of money that according you must pay to the government according to etc. your income, property, goods etc. and that is services”? used to pay for public services”? TAX
When his grandmother died, he ______ a fortune. INHERITED
“the What word means “the money that you earn from your work or that you receive from investments, etc”? investments, the government, etc”? INCOME
The ______ for the meal came to £75, including wine. BILL
Slide 6: Spanish lottery. Talk about Spanish Christmas lottery.
Talk about the most generous person known you have ever known.
credit Talk about credit cards: pros and cons. cons.
Can the lottery ruin your life? Give reasons.
Talk about online banking: advantages and disadvantages.
Would you lend a friend £1,000? Why / why not?
Talk about the meanest person known. you have ever known.
econs. Talk about e-shopping: pros and cons.
Should teenagers work to get money? Give reasons.
Talk about the luckiest person known. you have ever known.
Slide 7: If you hit the jackpot, what would you do?
Talk about the unluckiest person known. you have ever known.
Does money make the world go round? Give reasons.
happiness? Can money buy happiness? Give reasons.
Is money the root of all evil? Give reasons.
men” “Women waste more money than men”. agree? Do you agree?
“The spend”. “The more you earn, the less you spend”. Do you agree?
Should students get a loan to pay for their studies at university? Give reasons.
Is it good to give money as a present? present? Why / why not?
Talk about the advantages and disadvantages of gambling.
Slide 8: If you won the lottery, would you quit your job?
“Having a job is like winning the lottery”. Do you agree?
Would you ever commit a crime for money? Why / why not?
Which is better being a saver or a spender? Give reasons.
Could you live without money? Give reasons.
“Health is better than wealth”. Do you agree?
A Yiddish proverb says you “With money in you pocket, you are wise, handsome and you sing well, too.” Do you agree? Why / why not?
Should housewives / househusbands get a salary? Give reasons.
If banks didn’t exist, would we need to invent them? Why / why not?
“The best things in life are free”. Do you agree?
