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Video Watch – Money

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Speaking

Ask and answer the questions on money.

1. How good are you at saving money?

2. What do you do to try and save money?
3. What do you spend most of your money on?
4. How important is money to you?
5. How much money have you spent today?
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Matching: Section 1

Watch the video. Listen to four people being interviewed about money. Match
the speaker to what they said.

Write the correct letter: E, J, P, R.

E = Edwin
J = Jemma
P = Paul
R - Rosalind

1. Finds it hard to save money to buy a house.

2. Saves money by not drinking a lot of alcohol.
3. Is good with money but spends most of it.
4. Cycles to work to save money.
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Matching: Section 1

Answer Key

Write the correct letter: E, J, P, R.

E = Edwin
J = Jemma
P = Paul
R - Rosalind

1. Finds it hard to save money to buy a house. R

2. Saves money by not drinking a lot of alcohol. E
3. Is good with money but spends most of it. P
4. Cycles to work to save money. J
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Gap Fill: Section 2

Watch the next part of the video. Listen to four people being interviewed about
money. Complete the missing gaps.

What do you spend most of your money on?

Paul: Entertainment, I guess. Books, going out, 1.________, perhaps like that. And after
that, if there’s any left, maybe eating out.

Rosalind: Probably alcohol! No, that’s not it! What do I spend most… No, probably 2.
____________. I, yeah, save up for holidays and flights to places and going out to, yeah,
exhibitions and the theatre and … experiences rather than things. Yeah.

Edwin: Food, I guess. Nice food. I like to eat well, and I don’t usually go cheap with food. I
usually like to 3. _______ nice food.

Jemma: I’d say travel a lot because I don’t live, I don’t live in England, I live in Australia, so
I have to normally pay each year to come back and that’s quite expensive. And then also
trying to get a normal holiday as well, in as well. And probably 4. __________ would be my
demise as well.
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Gap Fill: Section 2

Answer Key

What do you spend most of your money on?

Paul: Entertainment, I guess. Books, going out, 1. cinema, perhaps like that. And after
that, if there’s any left, maybe eating out.

Rosalind: Probably alcohol! No, that’s not it! What do I spend most… No, probably 2.
travel. I, yeah, save up for holidays and flights to places and going out to, yeah,
exhibitions and the theatre and … experiences rather than things. Yeah.

Edwin: Food, I guess. Nice food. I like to eat well, and I don’t usually go cheap with food.
I usually like to 3. buy nice food.

Jemma: I’d say travel a lot because I don’t live, I don’t live in England, I live in Australia,
so I have to normally pay each year to come back and that’s quite expensive. And then
also trying to get a normal holiday as well, in as well. And probably 4. clothes would be
my demise as well.
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True or False: Section 3

Watch the video. Listen to four people being interviewed about money.
Answer the true or false questions.

1. Paul thinks money is not important in our lives.

2. Jemma has lived in England and Australia.

3. Rosalind feels that money is more important than people.

4. Edwin believes that a lot of people think money is very important.

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True or False: Section 3

Watch the video. Listen to four people being interviewed about money.
Answer the true or false questions.

1. Paul thinks money is not important in our lives. False

2. Jemma has lived in England and Australia. True

3. Rosalind feels that money is more important than people. False

4. Edwin believes that a lot of people think money is very important. True
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Where does your money go? Discuss with your partner how you spend your
money. See if you have similar or different ways of spending money.

Category Amount Spent

Transport
Going to the supermarket
Mobile phone recharge
Clothes and shoes
Entertainment (movies, going out etc)
Coffee shops and restaurants
Beauty products and salons

 How different are your spending habits?

 
 Do you think what you spend your money on is typical of someone of your age?

 Do you think the way people spend money in Vietnam is changing?