MONEY MATTERS!

1. Work in pairs. First, answer the question and write your answer. Then, ask your
partner and write his/her answer.

1. How do you usually pay for things at the moment?

- Cash
- Credit card
- Paypal

My answer: Credit Card

My partner’s answer

2. How do you think we will pay for products in ten years?

- We’ll use cash and credit cards
- We’ll use online banking for everything
- We won’t use money

- My answer: online banking for everything

- My partner’s answer

3. What do you think you’ll spend most money on in the next year?
- On holidays and travel
- On clothes
- On food
- My answer: On Clothes
- My partner’s answer

4. Will the cost of electricity ….

- Go up?
- Go down?
- Stay the same
- My answer: Go up
- My partner’s answer

5. Do you think most people’s salaries will…

- Go up
- Go down
- Stay the same
- My answer: Go down
- My partner’s answer
Complete the table with the words about money. You can use a dictionary to help you

Earn Save Investment Payee Lender

Earnings Loan Pay Investor Savings

VERB NOUN (PERSON) NOUN - THING

Bank Banker Banking
1.Earn Earner earnings
2. invest investor investment
3. lend loan lender
4. Pay payee Payment
5. Save saver savings

Complete the sentences with one of the words in the table:

1. – Will you invest in technology?

- Yes, I think it’s a good ……………investment……………..
2. - Will bankers make a lot of money next year?
- Yes, the ……banking…………baking industry always makes money!
3. – Most people’s earnings won’t increase for another two years
- But people will ………earn……..more in ten years’ time
4. Will you save money for the future?
Yes, I have a ………savings………….account at my bank.
5. Will the bank lend you money you buy a new car?
No, they won’t give me a ……loan……….

What things can you do to save money every day?

Avoid eating out

Write your own sentences using the following words or expressions: