Level(s)
[B1-B2]
Section(s)
Conversation
In this class the student will talk about Money
Talk more about the subject with follow-up questions (why, where, when? how?)
This class can be divided in 2
- Can you explain these proverbs in other words?
- The best things in life are free.
- Time is money.
- Save your pennies for a rainy day.
- Money talks.
- You can't take it with you when you go.
- Money doesn't grow on trees.
- About how much did you spend on presents last year?
- About how much do you usually spend each day? (on gas, food, bus, coffee, sweets…)
- Are you a price-conscious shopper?
- Are you good at saving money?
- Are you saving money to buy something?
- If so, what are you planning to buy?
- How much will it cost?
- How much longer will you need to save before you can buy it?
- Do banks pay a higher percent of interest here or in Usa?
- Do you compare prices at different stores when you shop?
- Do you enjoy shopping?
- Do you ever buy second-hand things? ("used things")
- Do you ever give money to charity?
- How often do you give to charity?
- How much do you give?
- Do you give tips at a restaurant in your country? How about to taxi drivers?
- Do you haggle when you shop?
- Do you have a credit card?
- Do you have a credit card? If so, do you have more than one?
- Do you have more than one bank account?
- Do you have to pay a sales tax in your country?
- Do you invest in the stock market?
- Do you often put money in the bank?
- Do you sometimes buy things that you don't need?
- If so, give some examples.
- Do you think that money can buy love?
- Do your parents give you an allowance? (Did your parents give...?)
- How much? (Maybe not a good question to ask.)
- What do you use it for?
- How often do they give it to you?
- Have you ever been in debt?
- Have you ever owed money to people?
- Have you ever bought a lottery ticket?
- Have you ever found any money? If so, what did you do with it?
- Have you ever given money to a beggar?
- Have you ever given money to a homeless person?
- Have you ever had any money stolen from you?
- How important is money to you?
- If you had no money, do you think you could be happy?
- How much does it cost to get a haircut in your country? Here?
- How much does it cost to ride a bus in your country? Here?
- How much is a liter of gasoline in your country? Here?
- Which costs more, a hamburger here or a hamburger in your country?
- If someone gave you a million dollars, what would you do with it?
- When did you open your first bank account?
- How old were you when you earned your first salary? What did you spend it on?
- Do you think that it is right for someone to beg for money?
- When you buy something, what things are most important to you: price, quality, fashion trends, status, or image?
- Do you have more than one bank account? Are you good at saving money?
- Have you ever bought a lottery ticket? Did you ever gamble?
- How much did it cost you to fly to here from your home country?
- If you had to save money, what could you do without? "I would stop spending money on ___".
- Why are poorer people in many cases more generous than rich people?
- If you don't want help when the store clerk asks if you need help, what should you say to them? (Hint: You can say, "Thanks, I'm just looking.")
- Do you think taxes in your country are too high/low? What are some of the different kinds of taxes your country has?
- What was the last thing you bought for someone else? Why did you buy it?
- What's the most money you have spent on something to wear?
- Who takes care of the money in your family's home?
- What qualities must a person have to make "big money"?
- What is the quickest way to make a lot of money?
- Does having a lot of money make a person more attractive?
- In a restaurant, do you think the man should always pay for the woman?
- How much pocket money should a 13-year-old get?