Vocabulary & Listening

Money and shopping

1 Where would you go to buy the following items? Match them with these shops or stores.

fish market • florist’s • stationer’s • butcher’s grocery shop/supermarket • pharmacy fruit and vegetable shop • pet shop • newstand jeweler’s • candy store • hardware store electronics store • barker’s/bakery • antiques dealer

1 a bunch of tulips

2 some wholemeal bread rolls

3 some paperclips and glue

4 a pound of organic chicken breast

5 a tube of antiseptic cream

6 a pound of Granny Smith apples

7 a tin of cat food

8 an armchair from the 1930s

9 a comic book

10 a pair of earrings

11 a packet of fruit pastilles

12 a screwdriver

13 some fresh sardines

14 a can of tomatoes

15 a laptop charger

2 Underline the odd one out in each list and explain why.

1 expensive / dear / cheap / costly

2 thrifty / lavish / stingy / penny-pinching

3 discount / bargain / cheap / rip-off

4 stingy / indulgent / generous / extravagant

5 reduce / lower / raise / cut

6 spend / put aside / save / hoard

3 Match the two halves of the sentences.

1 I wouldn’t work there if I were you,

2 The company was in so much debt

3 David got ripped off

4 I went to the sales and

5 It turns out that the painting

6 He’s so stingy

7 Kevin’s new house must have

8 You haven’t got any a n loose change on you, have you? b n blew a month’s wages in one day. c n cost him an arm and a leg. d n it had to declare bankruptcy. e n they pay peanuts. f n Jan picked up at the sale is worth a fortune. g n at the restaurant last night. h n he wouldn’t even buy me a drink.

Collocations relating to money

4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs from the box.

pay back • be worth • refund • waste run out of • raise

1 There was a button missing on the shirt, but the shop was unwilling the money.

2 We money at the end of our vacation, so we had to sleep at the airport!

3 The money you lent me last week? I’ll it next week, don’t worry.

4 During the event last Friday, the charity money for the new community center.

5 That sculpture a lot of money; don’t touch it!

6 You don’t want to money on another pair of sneakers, do you?

Listening

5 32 CERT You will hear five people talking about shopping. Choose from the list (A-H) what each speaker says. Use the letters only once. There are three extra letters.

A I always find good bargains.

B I go shopping as often as possible.

C I never go shopping.

D I regret not being able to sew.

E I wish I didn’t have to shop with other people.

F It would be nice to be able to buy more things, but I can’t afford to.

G It would be good to be more organized about shopping.

H Shopping is something to do once a year only.

n Speaker 1 n Speaker 2 n Speaker 3 n Speaker 4 n Speaker 5

How to make money and travel full time

Your take on it

1 Pairwork How do you think you could make money and travel full time?

2 Form compound nouns from these words. Are they used for money, travel or both?

1 camper boat

2 narrow clips

3 full- making

4 movie- media

5 social time

6 web photography

7 stock site be • bring • buy • create • have • interview make • record • sell • take • travel

3 Complete the collocations with these verbs. More than one answer may be possible.

5 Watch the video again and complete the sentences with the verbs from ex. 3 in the correct form.

1 We’re going to talk about how we an income and around the world.

2 The important thing about successful is working from where you are happy.

3 The first thing that I do that in a little bit of money is stock photography.

4 People can go on the website and your images; you don’t have to do anything.

5 You can drone video clips and put them on as stock.

6 a store online was the perfect place to be able prints.

7 We had a really cool idea where we were going a podcast.

8 We wanted to go around and people who were living alternative lifestyles.

Life Skills: Career/Work

● How to make money doing something you like

4 Watch the video and decide if the sentences are true (T) or false (F).

1 Bee and Theo have been travelling since 2014.

2 They always travel in a camper van.

3 They make money doing creative things.

4 They created their website in a day.

5 Theo uses a drone to take video clips.

6 They don’t sell things on their website.

6 Make a list of all the things you like and you are good at.

• talking to people

• listening to music

7 Pairwork Tell each other about the things on your lists.

I’m good at talking to people and I really enjoy listening to music…

8 Pairwork Discuss ways in which you could make money doing things you enjoy.

If you organized events, you could combine networking with people and hosting live music events.