The Reading / Listening - Money Worries - Level 0

Money cannot buy happiness. Financial planning experts found that six in ten people needed over $100,000 a year to stop worrying about money. Around half of the people said they needed $200,000 a year to feel happy. The experts said just 12 per cent of people think they are rich. A third of millionaires feel financially secure.

More than 3,000 adults answered questions about money worries. Half of the adults said they were "rich". The experts said many rich people aren't feeling confident about their financial situation. The experts added that a $100,000 salary gives people a stable lifestyle. It no longer means financial success or happiness.

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    Money Worries - Level 1 Money Worries - Level 2   or  Money Worries - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/23/only-33percent-of-millionaires-consider-themselves-wealthy-report-finds.html
  • https://www.cbsnews.com/news/income-salary-you-need-to-stop-worrying-money-edelman/
  • https://www.aol.com/heres-much-money-americans-think-130017383.html


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. Money cannot
  2. Financial planning
  3. six in
  4. stop worrying
  5. Around half
  6. they needed $200,000
  7. A third of
  8. feel financially
  1. a year
  2. about money
  3. of the people
  4. buy happiness
  5. millionaires
  6. experts
  7. secure
  8. ten people

Paragraph 2

  1. More than
  2. answered questions
  3. Half of
  4. feeling
  5. their financial
  6. a $100,000
  7. a stable
  8. It no longer means financial
  1. salary
  2. success
  3. situation
  4. about money worries
  5. lifestyle
  6. the adults
  7. confident
  8. 3,000 adults

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

(1) ___________________ happiness. Financial planning experts found that (2) ___________________ people needed over $100,000 a (3) ___________________ worrying about money. Around (4) ___________________ people said they needed $200,000 a year (5) ___________________. The experts said just 12 per cent of people think they are rich. (6) ___________________ millionaires feel financially secure.

More than 3,000 adults answered (7) ___________________ worries. Half (8) ___________________ said they were "rich". The experts said (9) ___________________ aren't feeling confident (10) ___________________ situation. The experts added that a $100,000 (11) ___________________ a stable lifestyle. It no longer means financial (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Moneycannotbuyhappiness.Financialplanningexpertsfoundthatsixi
ntenpeopleneededover$100,000ayeartostopworryingaboutmoney.
Aroundhalfofthepeoplesaidtheyneeded$200,000ayeartofeelhappy.
Theexpertssaidjust12percentofpeoplethinktheyarerich.Athirdofmil
lionairesfeelfinanciallysecure.Morethan3,000adultsansweredquesti
onsaboutmoneyworries.Halfoftheadultssaidtheywere"rich".Theexp
ertssaidmanyrichpeoplearen'tfeelingconfidentabouttheirfinancialsit
uation.Theexpertsaddedthata$100,000salarygivespeopleastablelif
estyle.Itnolongermeansfinancialsuccessorhappiness.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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Free writing

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Answers

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