Which of these is not a way of describing someone who hates spending money?
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 552.
QUIZ
Lead-in. Explain these proverbs: What do they mean? Do they have Russian equivalents?
Unit 7 Money matters
§ 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
Ex. 1a) Work in pairs. How many questions in the quiz can you answer without using a dictionary?
♫ Ex. 1b) Listen and check. For each question you answered correctly, you win the figure stated. Who won the most?
1. What were first minted in ancient Lydia (part of what is now Turkey) about 2,600 years ago? £10
A automatic cash machines B coins C one-armed bandits D credit cards
2. Someone who has no money at all is often described as £25
A broke B broken C bust D shattered
3. Which of these might a child receive from his/her parents? £50
A a fee B a pension C pocket money D a subsidy
4. Something so valuable it cannot be bought can be described as £100
A valuables B priceless C worthless D pricey
5. If a company goes out of business because it cannot pay its debts, it … £ 250
A is in the black B breaks even C in the red D goes bankrupt
6. Which of these is money given to someone in authority to get them to do something dishonest? £ 500
A a tip B a bribe C a deposit D a ransom
£ 1,000
A flashy B stingy C tight-fisted D miserly