A waste of money

Objectives
✔ Vocabulary: Money
✔ Grammar: Object pronouns
✔ Pronunciation: connected speech: linking
Warm up
Vocabulary
Money
 sell buy
/sel/ /baɪ/
sold bought
/səʊld/ /bɔːt/
give get
/ɡɪv/ /ɡet/
gave got
/ɡeɪv/ /ɡɑːt/
 pay cost
/peɪ/ /kɔːst/

paid cost
/peɪd/ /kɔːst/
1 You see something you want in a shop. You want it, but you don’t need it. Do
you…
a) walk out of the shop ? b) buy/sell it and then never use it ?
2 You have a lot of things at home. You don’t need everything. Do you…
a) buy/sell things in the internet ? b) give things to friends ?
3 How much did you pay/cost for your last coffee or tea ? Do you think it was…
a) too much ? b) the right price ?
4 How much does transport pay/cost you every week ? Is this…
a) too much ? b) OK ?
5 It’s your birthday. You get/give an expensive gift, but you hate it. Do you…
a) keep it but never use it ? b) give it to someone else ?
A B C

D E F G

1 cash A 2 a cash machine D 3 change E 4 a cheque C

5 a coin B 6 a credit card F 7 a receipt G
Listening
Shopping mistake
Match the words
a hat A drums E
a lamp B a tent C
an exercise bike D
Match speakers 1-5 with
objects A-E
1 __
C 2 __
D
3 __
A 4 __
E
5 __
B
 The shopping mistake

• wrong size • too small

• didn‘t use it • too big
• didn‘t like it • broke it
• it didn’t work • wrong color
Grammar
SUBJECT AND OBJECT PRONOUN
New women’s boots, size 38. Black leather.
I got the boots in Madrid but the boots are wrong size.

DVD of Beyoncé Live at Roseland

I saw Beyoncé at the Roseland concert in New York City in 2011.
Beyoncé was fantastic – I really like Beyoncé – and the DVD is great
too, but I never watch the DVD because I don’t have a DVD player.

For sale: Honda 500T

I bought my Honda 500T in 2004. My Honda 500T is a beautiful
motorbike but I don’t use my Honda 500T much now.

A signed photo of Brad Pitt

I met Brad Pitt in Sydney last year. Brad Pitt gave me two photos and I
want to sell one of the photos.
Speaking
Talk about something that was a waste of money

• something big you bought last year

• something you really want to buy now
• something you sold because you didn’t like it
• something you gave to someone for free
Reading
The right gift
 Which countries are the sentences about ?

1 Send a thank you note. The US

2 Peaches are good. China
3 Don’t give four gifts. China and Japan
4 People often give ‘activities’. The UK
5 It isn’t OK to open gifts immediately. Thailand
6 People don’t like getting eight flowers. Russia
7 Red roses are sometimes a bad idea. Mexico
8 51, 101 and 501 are good amounts for money gifts. India and Tibet
Which activities are in the photos
• hot-air balloon trip • chocolate-making class
• theatre evening • bird-watching tour
• driving a Formula-1 car • dinner for two
• salsa lessons • one-to-one tennis class
• sushi-making class • day at a beauty spa
WRAP UP