Momey Matters

Video

Answer the questions

Speaking situation

Money Matters

1. How important is money to you?
2. What sorts of things do you like to spend spare money on?
3. What was the last thing you bought yourself?
4. If you won much money, what would you spend it on?
5. It is difficult to control your spending?

Describe something you bought that you had to save money for.You should say: • what it was • how long you saved money for it • how you saved the money and explain how you felt after you bought it.

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Discussion

make up sentences about the video clip

do the quiz

money in relationships

Watching the video

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backgroundinformation

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Before watching the video

12. Leonard / want / leave / but / Penny / want / stay / and / find / Howard / get / star

11. Bernadette / Howard / continue / argue / Howard / chore

10. Leonard / mother / emasculate / father / so / he / not / worry

9. Penny / worry / she / might / earn / money / Leonard / future

7. Bernadette / Leonard / start / argue / thing / they / waste / money

6. Bernadette / remind / Howard / she / make / significant / money / he

5. Leonard / Penny / visit / Bernadette / Howard / get / advice

4. Leonard / Penny / start / argue / who / should / keep / money

3. Penny / use / some / money / sell / car / get / massage / and / buy / picture / frame

2. she / sell / car / Leonard / give / her / because / company / give / her / new / car

8. Howard / get / allowance / based / complete / task / chore / chart

1. Penny / give / Leonard / envelope / full / cash

Make up sentences about the video clip using the words given. You can change the word form or add words, but you cannot change the word order. Use present or past tenses.

1. What is Penny worried about? Why is Leonard not worried?
2. Howard and Bernadette are having issues because Bernadette earns so much more money than Howard. Do you think Leonard and Penny will have similar issues if Penny earns more than Leonard? Why?
3. Do you think Howie will get the star?
4. How long do you think Howard's and Bernadette's marriage will last? In your opinion, what is at the root of their problems?
5. If you lend/give money to your partner (girlfriend/boyfriend), do you expect him/her to pay you back? Why?
6. Who makes more money in your family – your mother or your father?
7. Would you be okay with your wife earning more than you? / Would you be okay with your husband earning less than you?
8. What is a good way to motivate children (or spouses) to do chores? Do you like the idea of a chore chart with stars being connected to an allowance?
9. At what age did you start getting an allowance? How much was it?