Reading Building 2 – Unit 13

A Penny Saved – Comprehension Questions

A. Answer the questions from the article.
1. Is there something special that you want to buy, but you don’t have the money
for? What?
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2. Do you get an allowance?
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3. How much money do you save?
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B. Read the article on page 78 and make short answers.

4. Why might somebody want to start saving money? (They might want to save money if…)
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5. Why can’t some people save money?
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6. How do some lucky people get money?
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7. What are three part-time jobs that a student can do?
a. …………………………………………………………………
b. …………………………………………………………………
c. …………………………………………………………………
8. If you don’t want to do a part-time job, what is another way that you can make
money?
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9. What are the benefits* of saving money? (*good things)
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10. What’s the number one way to save money?
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A Penny Saved – Vocabulary Questions
1. Do your parents give you a weekly allowance? How much do they give you? Is that
enough?
2. Is it a waste of money to buy expensive clothes? Why or why not?
3. Do you think it would be better to learn English in a group class or with a private
tutor?
4. What chores do you have to do at home? What about at school?
5. What are some ways that students can earn money?
6. Do your parents ever ask you to babysit your younger brother/sister?
7. In the UK it is lucky to find a four-leaf clover. What is something that is lucky in
Taiwan?
8. Which is more important, saving money or having fun?
9. What will you do as soon as the teacher leaves the classroom?
10. What is a hobby that few people in Taiwan have ?
11. What do your parents do to make money? (What are their jobs?)
12. Do you think high school students should be allowed to have a part-time job?
13. Why do your teachers give you extra homework?
14. Who will choose what university you go to, you or your parents?
15. If you had a weekly allowance, do you think that you would be able to spend it
wisely?
16. If you save NT$200 every week for a year, how much would it add up to?
17. How often do your school teachers ask you to help them out with something?
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2. If you spend your money ___ _______ ___ you get it, then you will
1. There's ___ ______ ______ ____ _________ to start saving money.
never save any money.
4. If your family has young kids, you can offer to ____________ when
3. Do you think your parents spend their money _________?
the adults are busy.
5. In the UK, many kids work to ______ a little money.
7. What things could you do to make a little _______ money?
6. ______ kids in Taiwan are allowed to have a job.
8. If you want to save money, you need to stop ___________ it on things
you don't need.
9. Another way to make a little money is to do some _________ around
the house, for example you could wash the dishes.
9. When you are shopping, you should _________ carefully so that you
don't waste your money.
10. Some students make money by being a _______ and teaching younger
students
11. Only very _______ people win money or are given money.
12. If you spend 30 minutes a day playing phone games, that _____ ___
to 182 hours in one year.

13. Getting a ______-______ job is something that many American

students do.

14. If you _______ NT$100 a week for ten years, it will add up to
NT$52,000.

15. Lots of children get a small ____________ from their parents every

month.