Warm-up Discussion: Money Matters
Discussion questions.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity OR pair work.
Duration: 10-20 minutes, depending on the size and ability of your class.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
Word Library: Money Matters
Vocabulary list and useful phrases.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Vocabulary that students should remember at this level.
Useful everyday phrases that students can remember to understand native English speakers.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
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Fill The Gaps
Student Activity.
Teacher’s Key included.
Find the correct words and fill the gaps.
Match the Column: Money Matters
Where do I belong?
The teacher’s Key is included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Students match the words in the column on the right with the correct word in the left column.
Duration: 10 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
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Ask & Answer
Asking and answering questions.
Student activity.
Grammar Worksheets: Money Matters
Student Activity.
Teacher’s Key included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Individual task. Fill in the gaps and write some sentences.
Duration: 15+ minutes depending on the students’ ability.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
Quick-think Vocabulary: Money Matters
Class contest.
Teacher’s key included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity. Encourage creative thinking.
Duration: 10-20 minutes.
Level:Pre-intermediate – Advanced
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Comparatives & Superlatives
Student Activity.
Individual task. Fill in the gaps with the correct comparative or superlative.
Match the Column: Money Matters
Where do I belong?
The teacher’s Key is included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Students need to match the definition in the column on the right with the correct word in the left column.
Duration: 5-10 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
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Pronouns
Student Activity.
Teacher’s Key included.
Individual task. Fill in the gaps with the correct pronouns.
Story: A Dollar Bill Adventure
An article that the students need to read and comprehension questions.
Teacher’s Key included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Reading and comprehension exercise.
Duration: 10+ minutes
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
Fix The Spelling: Money Matters
Students put the letters in the correct order.
Students then put the words in alphabetical order.
The teacher’s key is included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Beginner – Intermediate
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Will & Won’t
Fun predictions & mini conversations.
Teacher-student activity OR pair work.
Quiz: Money Matters
Test students’ grammar, vocabulary, and general knowledge.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity OR a student activity.
A fun, general knowledge, grammar, and vocabulary test.
Make sure students know how to read a “fill the gaps” sentence to their classmates and how NOT to reveal the answers.
Duration: 10 – 30 minutes, depending on student ability.
Level: Basic – Beginner
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More Grammar Practice
Student Activity.
Teacher’s Key included.
Individual task. Fill in the gaps and write some sentences
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Discussion
Discussion questions.
Teacher-student activity OR pair work.
Get In Line: Money Matters
Put the letters in the correct order.
Students unscramble the words and then make a sentence with the words.
The teacher’s key is included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity & mini discussions.
Duration: 5-15 minutes.
Level: Beginner – Intermediate
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Underline The Correct Word
Students choose the correct word and underline it.
Teacher’s key included.
Student activity OR a teacher-student activity in a small class.
News: Money Matters
Students write some simple sentences about the lesson topic in a box.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
This activity can be extended into an easy conversation between two students OR the teacher can ask random students to read what they wrote.
Duration: 10-15 minutes, depending on your students’ abilities and how much you want to extend the activity.
Level: Beginner – Intermediate
Choose a Column: Money Matters
Where do I belong?
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity.
Teacher reads a list of random words; students choose which column they belong to.
Duration: 5-8 minutes.
Level: Intermediate – Advanced
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Multiple Choice
Multiple choice.
Teacher’s Key included.
Student activity, or a teacher-student activity in a small class.
Can You Name 3: Money Matters
Fun thinking.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity OR pair work.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
1-Minute Challenge: Money Matters
Speaking activity.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Pair work and fluency practice.
A student challenge to talk about any topic for one minute or more.
Duration: 10-30 minutes, depending on your students’ ability.
Level: Pre-intermediate – Advanced
Collocations: Money Matters
Research, vocabulary expansion, mini conversations.
Teacher’s Key: some collocations that they ought to know.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
A student challenge to find meaningful collocations.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Pre-intermediate – Advanced
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Pronouns
Student Activity.
Teacher’s Key included.
Individual task. Fill in the gaps with the correct pronouns.
Fill The Gaps: Money Matters
Student Activity.
Teacher’s Key included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Find the correct words and fill the gaps.
Reading and pronunciation practice.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Intermediate – Advanced
