7. Answer the video quiz questions:

1) What happens to people who win the lottery?

a) They become very happy.

b) Their personal relationships become worse.

c) They go into debt.

d) They become even richer later in life.

e) They make a lot of new friends.

2) What would readers do if they won the lottery?

Answer the question using your own words

3) Why generally doesn't money make us happy?

a) We don't have enough. b) We spend it on ourselves c) We spend it on other people

4) What was the experiment in Canada about? With a partner, explain the rules and the results.

Answer the question using your own words

5) How were the results different in Canada and Uganda?

Answer the question using your own words

6) The overall connection between charity and happiness worldwide was...

a) Positive b) Negative c) No effect

7) Briefly explain the experiment in Belgium. What did they do? What were the results?

Answer the question using your own words

8) What project does Michael Norton present as a good start to handle money in a different way?

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9) If money can't buy happiness, you're not spending it right. - How do you understand this statement?

Answer the question using your own words

PRESENT PERFECT

1. Finished events connected with the present. It often expresses the idea of achievement or experience.

The shop has just opened.

Have you ever eaten litchi?

Has he ever been to London?

just, recently, ever, already, never, today, this week /morning/afternoon

It’s possible to change the sentences from Present Perfect into Present Indefinite with the same meaning

I’ve broken my leg. = My leg is broken.

2. Finished events: news, changes (between the past and present), shows the differences between the past and present

There has been a fire…

She has got much slimmer since last year.

The population of this city has increased since 1990.

3. Finished events with expressions of time “up to now”

I’m sure I’ve never met him before.

Has he come yet?

I have spoken to her already.

ever, never, before, already, yet meaning “at some/any time up to now”

4. Repetition and continuation up to now with for and since

I’ve seen this movie many times/ lots of times.

I’ve done three exercises since 4 o’clock.

We’ve known each other for 5 years/ages.

once, twice, many times

for + a particular time

since + a duration of time

PAST PERFECT

1. “Earlier past”

They had done it by Thursday.

When we arrived at the party, she had already gone home.

by (a sub clause of time – before smb did smth/when smb did smth)

2. “Unrealized hopes, wishes”

She had intended to explain the problem, but she ran out of time.

He had hoped to finish the project, but it took him much more time.

3. Actions introduced by the past verbs of saying: for the actions which happened before the moment of speaking or thinking

She told them that she had finished her project.

I wondered who had left the door open.

I thought she had sent the letter already.

FUTURE PERFECT

1. For the actions which will have been done, completed or achieved by a certain time in the future

I’ll have finished this book by Monday. I’m nearly at the end.

The tourists will have seen the museum by lunchtime.

We won’t have graduated from the University until 2012.

2. To say what we think or guess will have probably happened

It’s no use phoning – he’ll have left by now.

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

The situations which started in the past and are still going on. It has “up to now” focus.

It’s been raining since October.

I’ve been working here for 12 years.

The DIFFERENCE between the Present Perfect Continuous and Present Perfect

the PPC focuses on the situation/action itself, looking at it as a continuous activity

the PP focuses on the idea of completion and result

I’ve been painting.

She’s been learning the irregular verbs since 7 p.m.

I’ve painted two rooms since morning.

She has learnt 35 verbs already.

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

An action over a period up to a past time

I had been playing tennis since 5 p.m. I was tired.

They had been watching that movie only for half an hour when their friend came.

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

A continuity of the future achievement

She’ll be teaching for 20 years this summer.

He’ll have been playing football for 2 hours when you come.