6. Choose the best options to fill in the blanks.

Listening 

1. Listen to four speakers talking about their shopping habits. Match speakers 1-4 with the item below that they are most likely to buy. 

an album               an electronic device                   earrings

a guitar                 an e-book                   some potatoes         a dress

Speaker 1: ________________

Speaker 2: ________________

Speaker 3: ________________

Speaker 4: ________________

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2. Listen again. Match speakers 1-4 with sentences A-E. There is one extra sentence. 

A  Speaker _____ buys something which is not often used today 

B  Speaker_____ spends money online. 

C  Speaker _____ only saves money by buying a lot of something 

D  Speaker _____ pays for things with somebody else's money. 

E  Speaker _____  is running out of space for all the things he / she buys. 

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Speaking 

3. Work in pairs. There are plans to open new businesses in your town. Which one of the shops and services below would be most successful and why? Why are you rejecting the other options? Write notes below. 

baker's             charity shop           clothes shop               estate agent's

jeweller's           takeaway

Choices: ________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Reasons for rejecting other options:  __________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Reading 

4. Read the three texts. For each text, choose the correct answer (a, b or c). 

Best TV moments

The highlight of last night's television was the first episode of the reality show Secret Millionaire. The idea behind the show is for a millionaire to take on a new identity and go into poor areas of their city to find three charities to give some of their money to. They spend a week working with the organisations, revealing their true identity at the end of the programme. At this point, they give each of the charities a cheque for tens of thousands of pounds. Last night's show had more drama than usual - you'll have to watch to find out why - but finished with millionaire music producer David King donating £50,000 to the charities he had worked with. 

1 The author of the text wants to 

1. give advice to millionaires on what to do with their money.

2. give an opinion on a TV programme. 

3. explain how reality shows can be good for society. 

What’s in a sofa?

When three students bought a sofa from a charity shop, they got more than they paid for. When they brought the sofa home, they discovered an envelope full of 20noteshiddenunderthecushions.Theycontinuedtolookandfoundmoreenvelopes!Bythetimetheyfinished,theyhadover20noteshiddenunderthecushions.Theycontinuedtolookandfoundmoreenvelopes!Bythetimetheyfinished,theyhadover40,000. At first, the students began to talk about what they would do with the money. One said he would buy his mum a new car. But when they found a woman's name on one of the envelopes, they knew that they had to give it back. They called the woman who was so delighted to hear from them that she gave them $1,000 for returning her money. 

2 What was the students' first idea when they realised they had $40,000? 

1. To split up the money and spend it 

2. To find the person who it belonged to

3. To call the charity shop about the sofa 

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3 The text gives readers 

1. some information about different kinds of bank accounts 

2. tips on how to manage your money as a student 

3. a number of reasons why they should open one particular account.

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5. Look back at questions 1-3 in exercise 4. Explain in your own words why the other options are not correct. 

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Writing

7. Imagine that you are saving up to buy a new electronic device. Write a blog post describing how you have managed to save money. Include this information:

1. what you want to buy 
2. three methods you have used to save money
3. what you are going to do when you have enough money to buy the device

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