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Post-reading Exercises

Ex. 1. Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions.

A. There are lots of different ways you can get money. Here are five:

earn it steal it win it inherit it find it

Of these five, which are the most common? Put them in order.

B. There are also lots of things you can do with money. Here are six:

lose it spend it give it away invest it save it waste it

Of these six, which give you the most pleasure and happiness? Put them in order.

C. Now think of adjectives for each of the following:

Someone who …

… earns / steals / wins / inherits / finds / loses / spends / gives away / invests / saves / wastes …

… a lot of money

Ex. 2. Fulfill the following tasks.

A. Put the words below on the scale on the right.

often

sometimes

hardly ever occasionally

quite often

always

…………………

…………………

…………………

…………………

…………………

never

B. Now ask your partner the following questions:

Example:

You: Do you lose money?

Your partner: I hardly ever lose my money.

  1. Do you ever find money?

  2. Do you give money to strangers in the street if they ask you for money?

  3. Do you carry a lot of money on you when you go out?

  4. Do you pay for things with a credit card?

  5. Do you tip waiters?

  6. Do you keep your money in a wallet or purse?

  7. Do you keep a record of the money you spend?

  8. Do you check your change in shops?

  9. Do you think money grows on trees?

C. Which of your partner’s answers were surprising?

Ex. 3. You have £500. If you think one of the following sentences is correct, you can bet up to £50 that it is correct. If you think a sentence is wrong, you can bet up to £50 that it is wrong. You do not have to bet £50 each time. If you are right, you double your money. That means that you could finish with a maximum of £1,000. The winner is the person with the most money at the end. Now study the sentences and place your bets.

  1. I have much money.

  2. I’m afraid I’ve forgotten my wallet at home.

  3. I’ve run out of money.

  4. Could you borrow me £50?

  5. I really need £50, but I could make do with £30.

  6. I’m study economic at university.

  7. It’s not worth to spend a lot of money.

  8. I’ve got a brand new car.

  9. I bought it last week because my other one was completely damaged.

  10. It you’ve got the money, you might as well spend it.

  11. I’ve saved £100 since the last three months.

  12. I’m afraid I haven’t money enough to buy that coat.

  13. I feel like a drink. Could you lend me 50 pence?

  14. I’m afraid but it’s too expensive.

  15. I didn’t learn anything on the course; I think I lost my time and my money.

Ex. 4. Look at the following list of items; how much does each cost in your country? Put them in order (from the most expensive to the cheapest) and then compare your answers with your partner.

a meal for two at a medium-priced restaurant ……

the last pair of shoes that you bought for yourself ……

two fillings at the dentist ……

20 litres of petrol ……

a bottle of whisky ……

50 stamps for letters to England ……

a carton (200) of American cigarettes ……

two copies of this book ……

Ex. 5. Rewrite the following sentences, using one of the verbs below for each sentence. The meanings of the sentences must remain the same. Use your dictionary to look up any new words, and look carefully at any example sentences in your dictionary; they will help you with the grammatical constructions you will need.

borrow afford rent earn sell cost

Example: I bought it from John. – John sold it to me.

    1. How much did you pay for that watch?

    2. Could you lend me a pen?

    3. I’m afraid that car is too expensive for me.

    4. Ma salary is about £15,000 a year.

    5. He’s going to let his house to some friends.

Ex. 6. Joanna went shopping with £1,000. Read the text and then answer this question: from the original £1,000 how much money did Joanna have left?

First of all she bought herself a computer as she’d wanted one for ages. The retail price was £400f but, as she bought it in a sale, she got 10% off; she then had to pay a further 15% VAN (value added tax). After that she went to a boutique where she got a jacket and matching skirt for £85, a raincoat for £64 and a silk scarf, which cost her £11. In another sale she got a very smart coffee maker reduced from £45 to £35, plus a decanter and set of six wine glasses for 25% less than the normal price of £80. Half of what she had left went on presents for her family, and she then finished her spending spree with half a dozen music cassettes at £7 each, and a small oil painting. The man in the shop wanted £50 for the painting but she persuaded him to sell it for £40. Oh yes, I almost forgot to mention £5 that she spent on lunch and the taxi fare home, which cost her another £10 including the tip.

Ex. 7. How quickly can you answer these questions? Write down answers to all of them in one minute, then go back and check. If possible, ask someone else the same questions.

  1. Is the currency in America called the dollar?

  2. Is a five-pound note worth less than a fifty-pence piece?

  3. If you lend something to someone, do they borrow it?

  4. If you waste money, do you use it well?

  5. Is “sterling” a currency?

  6. If you “can’t afford” something, do you have enough money for it?

  7. Does “cost of living” mean the same as “standard of living”?

  8. If someone tells you a hotel is reasonable, is it very expensive?

Write down the approximate price of six things in you country, e.g. daily newspaper, a short bus journey, a cup of coffee in a bar / café, a ticket for the cinema, a takeaway hamburger, a pair of jeans, etc. Do you think the price is expensive, reasonable, cheap? Compare your answers with someone form the same town, and if possible, someone from a different country.

Ex. 8. Answer the following questions using complete sentences.

  1. What do you spend your money on?

  2. How much does a doctor earn in your country?

  3. Do you save any money? If so, how (bank, cash)?

  4. Is it easy to open a bank account in your country? How much do you need to start?

  5. Do you owe money? Who to? When will you pay back the money?

  6. Is there something you want to do but can’t afford to?

  7. Do you often lend money? Who do you lend it to?

  8. Do you often borrow money? Who do you borrow it from?

  9. Are you in debt, broke, hard-up or well-off?

  10. How much do you need to make ends meet?

  11. Do people in you country receive a state pension when they are old? How old are they when they begin to receive it?

  12. What bills do you have to pay?

  13. How much pocket/money did you receive when you were 12 years old?

  14. In your country, what percentage of a person’s income is taken in taxes?

Ex. 9. British teenagers spend their money on different things. Here are three of them: Susanne, Charlie and Matthew. Read the information.

Susanne has been getting £10 every week from pocket money, presents and small weekend job. Charlie’s been getting £12 – most of it from a weekend job. Matthew has been getting £4 pocket money.

Susanne: I don’t spend anything on alcohol or cigarettes because I don’t smoke or drink. I usually spend about £1.00 on make up and I put £2.50 toward my holiday. I live horse-riding and I go on a riding holiday each summer with a friend. I go on holiday with my family too but they pay for it. The riding is a extra holiday so I pay for it myself. I spend about £3.50 when I go out to the cinema or the sports center. It’s difficult to find something cheap to do at the weekend! I buy a CD every two weeks – they cost £6.00.

Charlie: My holiday is football – I play in a team and I go to watch big football matches; it costs about £2.50 a week. I usually spend something on clothes – about £3.00 and I like to buy a CD every week. If I’m lucky I save something usually about 50p a week!

Matthew: I don’t save anything. I spend everything on going out. My parents buy my clothes and pay for holidays and everything like that. I don’t smoke or drink.

Ex. 10. Conduct a survey among your friend and see what Belarusian teenagers spend their money on.

Ex. 11. Read the following proverbs. Match them with their Russian equivalents. Make short stories to illustrate some of them.

1. Never spend your money before you have it. 2. In for a penny, in for a pound. 3. Money is power. 4. Money is the root of all evil. 5. Much coin, much care. 6. Time is money.

1. Деньги – это сила. 2. Лишние деньги – лишние хлопоты. 3. Взялся за гуж, не говори, что не дуж. 4. Время – деньги. 5. Не говори гоп, пока не перепрыгнешь. 6. В деньгах корень всех зол.

Ex. 12. Comment on the following quotations:

  1. “Savings is a very fine thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you.”

Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965) English statesman, writer and prime-minister.

  1. “Money is meaningless after a certain point. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts.”

Aristotle Onassiss (1900 – 1975), Greek millionaire.

  1. “A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.”

Bob Hope (b.1904), English-born American comedian.

  1. Public money is like holy water. Everyone helps himself (Italian proverb).

  1. “An accountant is a man hired to explain to you that you didn’t make the money you did.” (Anonymous).

  1. “Money can’t buy everything. For example: poverty.” Nelson Algreen.

  1. “Money has only one use – to give one independence form his enemies.” Humphrey Bogart.

  1. “Ready money is Alladin’s lamp.” Lord Byron.

  1. “Money makes a man.” John Clarke.

  1. “Money is coined liberty.” Fyodor Dostoevsky.

  1. “Money isn’t everything, according to those who have it.” Malcolm S.Forbes.

  1. “Money is paper blood.” Bob Hope.