UNIT 6 All ABout Pocket Money

UNIT 6: READING & LISTENING (PULSE 2 PAGE 68)
ALL ABOUT POCKET MONEY

STEP 1: READ

EXERCISE 1
Look at the magazine article. On what day of the week do some teenagers work?

Answer:
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EXERCISE 2
Are the sentences true or false? Correct the false statements.

1 Teenagers only get money from their parents. True / False

2 Children aged 11 and 12 have part-time jobs. True / False

Teenagers spend most of their pocket money on sweets and True / False
3 chocolate.

4 More girls buy computer games than boys. True / False

5 Boys spend less money on mobile phones than girls. True / False

STEP 2: LISTEN

EXERCISE 3
Listen to a radio programme about pocket money. Who doesn’t get money from his
or her parents?

Answer:
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EXERCISE 4
Listen to the radio programme again. Then, complete the table below.

Name Age Way of making money What he/she does
with the money

Ben Buys sweets

Lily 16
Harry
Does odd jobs for
people

ANSWERS

EXERCISE 1
Look at the magazine article. On what day of the week do some teenagers work?

Answer:
Saturday

EXERCISE 2
Are the sentences true or false? Correct the false statements.

1 Teenagers only get money from their parents. True / False

Many teenagers have Saturday jobs.

2 Children aged 11 and 12 have part-time jobs. True / False

Children over the age of 13 have part-time jobs.

Teenagers spend most of their pocket money on sweets and
3 chocolate. True / False

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4 More girls buy computer games than boys. True / False

More boys buy computer games than girls.

5 Boys spend less money on mobile phones than girls. True / False

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STEP 2: LISTEN

EXERCISE 3
Listen to a radio programme about pocket money. Who doesn’t get money from his
or her parents?

Answer:
Lily

EXERCISE 4
Listen to the radio programme again. Then, complete the table below.

Name Age Way of making money What he/she does
Ben with the money
Lily
Harry 13 Does chores around Buys sweets
the house.

Works in a
16 Buys clothes.

restaurant.

15 Does odd jobs for Saves it.
people

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