unit 3

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unit 3

ROLLING IN MONEY

What is unit 3 about?

• conditionals ( zero, first, second and third)
• vocabulary related to money
• CAE listening part 4
• writing a report
• verb patterns ( objects, reflexives and reciprocals)
• reading and use of English part 8
• verb collocations
• asking for and giving clarification
• real world: personal finances

getting started

Which expression best summarises your general attitude towards money?

1. You can't take it with you - spend it now!
2. Money doesn't buy happiness.
3. Money makes the world go round.

What do you do if you need money to buy something expensive?

1. save up until you have the money you need.
2. Borrow the money from a bank or pay for it on your credit card.
3. Arrange to pay for it in instalments on direct debit.

What would you do if you suddenly inherited a huge sum of money?

1. Treat yourself to luxuries, like an expensive house or a sports car.
2. Invest it wisely so that you never had to work again.
3. Donate some of it to your favourite charity.

Amrit found a €50 note on the pavement outside a shop. he handed it over to the shop assistent in case the owner cane in to claim it. What would you have done if you had found it?

1. Exactly the same as Amrit.
2. Handed it in at the police station instead.
3. Kept it and treated yourself to something nice.

what vocabulary related to money from the questions and answers is useful to know?

grammar

zero conditional

If /when + present simple, present simple

used when something is always true ( scientific facts) 

first conditional

If + present simple, will + infinitive

Used when something only becomes true when the condition is met.

second conditional

If + past simple, would + infinitive

used when something is not true now and the chance of it ever becoming true is very small or non-existent.

third conditional

if + past perfect , would have + past participle

used when something was not true in the past.

now do the exercises

Do the exercises on pages 42-43

vocabulary about money

to file for bankruptcy

to squander your money

lucrative

a rip-off

a booming economy

to take out a business loan

expenditure

direct debit

profit

an increase

to break even

property

stock

proceeds

to retire

prosperity

affluent

an overdraft

business 

do exercises 1-4

If you do not have the time to do these exercises in class, you will have to do them for the next lesson.

grammar- verbpatterns  objects

direct object = lijdend voorwerp

indirect object = meewerkend voorwerp

In een Engelse zin krijg je eerst het meewerkend voorwerp en dan het lijdend voorwerp

The man gave the girl a ring.

with a preposition: The man gave a ring to the girl.

verbs that take a direct/indirect object + to

bring, give, lend, offer, owe, show, teach, tell, write

She showed the child the latest technology.

She showed the latest technology to the child.

verbs that take a direct/indirect object with for

buy, find, get, make, order, save

They found her a new home.

They found a new home for her.

verbs that take a direct/indirect object + from

borrow , take

She borrowed a book from him.

reflexive pronouns

Deze voornaamwoorden verwijzen naar het onderwerp van de zin en benadrukken dat iemand iets zelf doet.

myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves, yourselves

He blamed himself for having lost all the family's money.

reciprocal pronouns

Een reciprocal pronoun geeft aan dat twee of meer mensen iets doen of gedaan hebben en dat ze beiden de voordelen en gevolgen van die actie op hetzelfde moment kregen. 

each other (more commonly used)

one another

They gave each other a present at Christmas.

note:  They blamed themselves vs They blamed eachother