Enjoy yourself

1. Complete the crossword.

A cross

1 I have a huge debt with the bank that I need to __ (3,3)

5 Nowadays, banks offer you a really good deal if you take out a ___ (4)

6 It is a good time to ___ in business in the Middle East (6)

7 I'm due to ___ some money when my uncle dies (7) 9 I can t borrow any more money from the bank, I am already ___ (9)

12 We'd love to buy a new car, but at the moment we really can't ___ it (6)

DOWN

1 Initially, the dot corn businesses did well and made a good__ (6)

2 I need to find a part-time job to help increase my ___ (6)

3 I pay a small amount each month into my ___ for when I retire from work (7)

4 Their family are very ___ , so they go on expensive holidays every year (4-3)

8 He was very ___ until he met their daughter. Now they live in a castle (4, 2)

10 If you want to ___ a lot of money, try for a job in a bank (4)

11 If you are paid hourly, you earn a weekly ___ (4)

JOKES

1. A guy says to his friend: "Guess how many coins I have in my pocket." The friend says, "If I guess right, will you give me one of them?" The first guy says, "If you guess right, I'll give you both of them!"

2. A: What do you call a deer with no eyes? B: No idea. (No Eye Deer.)

A: What do you call a dead deer with no eyes? B: Still no idea.

3. A. Meet my new born brother.

B: Oh, he is so handsome! What's his name?

A: I don't know. I can't understand a word he says.

4. Funny statement

If a man runs after money, he's money-mad;

if he keeps it, he's a capitalist;

if he spends it, he's a playboy;

if he doesn't get it, he's a never-do-well;

if he doesn't try to get it, he lacks ambition.

If he gets it without working for it, he's a parasite;

and if he accumulates it after lifetime of hard work, people call him a fool who never got anything out of life.

Riddles

1. Q: What are two things people never eat before breakfast?

2. Q: Why did the man throw a bucket of water out the window?

3. Q: Why did the man throw the butter out the window?

4. Q: Why did the man put the clock in the safe?

5. Q: What has two hands and a face, but no arms and legs?

Communicative fluency

Values continuum

Organisation Individuals, group

Preparation A handout for each student

Time 15 – 20 minutes

Procedure Step 1: Each student fills in the handout by marking on his agreement

or disagreement with each statement.

Step 2: The distribution of agreements and disagreements within the

group is revealed and differences of opinion are discussed.

Step 3: (optional) Students are asked to look at their handouts again and

note those statements where they agreed or disagreed very

strongly.

Variations Instead of statements (which can of course be adapted to any course

work being done at the time) proverbs or sayings can be used.