Asking indirect questions about money

INDIRECT QUESTIONS

MONEY QUESTIONS

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1

Do you know...?

2

Can I ask you...?

3

Could you tell me...?

4

Do you mind me asking...?

5

Would you mind telling me...?

6

I'd like to know...

1

Choose one of these two questions to ask your partner. Don't forget to use an INDIRECT QUESTION. Your partner will need to speak for 1'30''.

• What can't money buy?
• How important is money in your life?
• Does money make the world go round?

6

Choose one of these two questions to ask your partner. Don't forget to use an INDIRECT QUESTION. Your partner will need to speak for 1'30''.

• Do you give tips at a restaurant in your country? How about to taxi drivers?
• What is the most expensive thing you've ever bought?
• Is it better to pay cash or by credit card?

5

Choose one of these two questions to ask your partner. Don't forget to use an INDIRECT QUESTION. Your partner will need to speak for 1'30''.

• Have you ever lent money to someone who didn't pay you back?
• What do you think about giving pocket money to small children?

• How much pocket money should a 13-year-old get?

4

Choose one of these two questions to ask your partner. Don't forget to use an INDIRECT QUESTION. Your partner will need to speak for 1'30''.

• Have you ever been charged too much in a restaurant?
• What would you do if you won a lot of money in the lottery?
• What do you spend the most money on each month?

3

Choose one of these two questions to ask your partner. Don't forget to use an INDIRECT QUESTION. Your partner will need to speak for 1'30''.

• Have you ever saved for something for a long time?
• When was the last time you got a bargain?
• What would life be like without money?

2

Choose one of these two questions to ask your partner. Don't forget to use an INDIRECT QUESTION. Your partner will need to speak for 1'30''.

• How much money do you spend each day?
• When was the last time you haggled? Where was that?
• Can money buy happiness?

Vocabulary

USEFUL VOCABULARY

• To haggle: to talk or argue with someone especially in order to agree on a price
• A bargain: something on sale at a lower pirce than its true value.
• To bid at an auction= to offer a particular amount of money for something, for ex. at an auction (=an event where things are sold to the person who offers the most money)
• To be charged: amount of money you have to pay

INSTRUCTIONS

Aim: to revise indirect questions in a conversation about money PROCEDURE 1. Speed-dating technique. Ask students to sit facing each other as for speed chatting.. Some students remain seated during the whole event ( in real speed dating, women remain seated). When the bell rings, students sit across another student and they use their questions to start a conversation. They need to keep on talking for 3 minutes. Then a bell rings and “men” need to stand up and move to their right to start a new conversation with a different partner and the whole process is repeated again. Instead of a bell so I use a Class Timer (here). 2. The idea is to combine the beginning of an indirect question you'll find by clicking on the numbers on the left, and a question about money you'll get by clicking on the numbers on the right. Ex. Can you tell me... When did you last got a bargain? Can you tell me when you last got a bargain?