There are always money based sections in coursebooks, but I like to find something to pad it out and broaden the lesson around the subject, so I have a few money based speaking and vocabulary activites I’d like to share. 
I have previsouly made worksheets for these lessons, which you can download further down the post.
1. Phrasal Verbs
Let’s face it, the majority of students (and teachers) hate phrasal verbs. But when it comes to money, we use a lot of phrasal verbs (splash out, cough up etc.) and they are quite commonly used in colloquial English, so they shouldn’t be ignored.
My first sheet is a verb matching exercise. The phrasal verb is written on one side in the infinitive, with an contextual example underneath. The definitions are mixed up on the right and the students have to match them up.
Have a look: Money phrasal verb1
2. Speaking
This activity can take up to 45 minutes if you allow it to. Download the worksheet and cut up the questions.
Hand out one question to each student. Tell them to mingle and ask as many people as possible their question. Encourage them to ask follow up questions and get a conversation going out of it.
Sit the students back down, and ask a few of them to read out their questions, ask them for their answer, along with a few others. Try to get some debating going on if the question allows it.
There are, of course, loads of ways you could use these cards… Split them up into groups and get small discussion groups going on.
You can download the questions here: money questions
I hope you can use these in your lessons! Let me know hoe it goes and if you have any suggestions. Have fun!
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