Introduction: 

These are activities to introduce and practise phrasal verbs related to money. Students match the phrasal verbs to their definitions and play a board game.

Level: B2

Time: 70 minutes

Objectives:

1. To introduce phrasal verbs related to money.
2. To try and define the phrasal verbs using the context provided.
3. To match the phrasal verbs to their definitions.
4. To answer and ask questions about money whilst playing a board game.

Materials (Click on the worksheets below to download the PDF files):

1. Money Money Money Worksheet and Board game, one per student.

Procedure

1. Write ‘“Money often costs too much” Ralph Waldo Emerson’on the board. Ask students to discuss the quote in pairs and give examples from their own lives, books, films etc.
2. Hand the students Money Money Money Worksheet.
3. In pairs, students try to first define the phrasal verbs (in bold) without looking at the definitions. Monitor and encourage students to keep trying but do not give them correct answers at this stage. The majority of my students managed to get 80% of the answers right, just from context.
4. Individually, students match the definitions (a-l) of the phrasal verbs in sentences 1 to 12 and write them down in the spaces provided.
5. When the students have finished, they compare their answers with a partner.
6. Check the answers as a class.
7. Next put the students in groups of 2 or 3, and give them a copy of Money Money Money board game and a die.
8. Players must first complete the empty squares with phrasal verbs. Each player describes a situation with a particular phrasal verb in mind but without using the phrasal verb itself, e.g. Last week I went shopping and I spent a huge amount of money in Lush and Body Shop. I just couldn’t resist all those deliciously smelling potions and concoctions. When the other student(s) guess the phrasal verb is splash out they all write it down in the same square. Students continue until they have filled in all the squares. It’s a great way to start recycling vocabulary and personalising the activity straight away.
9. Now players take it in turns to throw the die twice – the first throw indicates which column they should use, and the second throw indicates which row, to obtain the question /phrasal verb.
10. When a player lands on a square all three players must answer the question from that square in as much detail as possible. Encourage students to ask each other additional questions to obtain more information. When a player lands on a square with a phrasal verb they must use it to form a question for their partner(s), e.g. Have you ever been ripped off?
11. The game continues in the circle going left.
12. At the end, ask students what they found out about their classmates.

Fast finishers:

1. Ask students to write down some money tips/ financial advice for other students using the phrasal verbs studied, e.g.  Make sure you put some money aside each month.

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