The Reading / Listening - Money Worries - Level 1

Can money buy happiness? U.S. financial planning experts conducted a survey on money. They found that six in ten people needed over $100,000 a year to stop worrying about money. Around 50 per cent of the people said they needed an annual salary of $200,000 to feel happy. The experts' report stated that 12 per cent of Americans think they are wealthy. It also reported that a third of millionaires said they felt financially secure.

More than 3,000 adults answered questions about money worries. Half of the people thought they were "rich". They had between $500,000 and $3 million. The experts said: "Many Americans, even those who are affluent, aren't feeling very confident about their financial situation." They added that a $100,000 salary today simply means a stable lifestyle. It no longer means financial success or happiness.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Money Worries - Level 0 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. experts conducted a
  2. six in
  3. stop worrying
  4. Around 50 per cent
  5. an annual salary
  6. Americans think they
  7. a third of
  8. financially
  1. are wealthy
  2. of $200,000
  3. ten people
  4. secure
  5. about money
  6. millionaires
  7. survey on money
  8. of the people

Paragraph 2

  1. answered questions
  2. people thought they
  3. even those
  4. feeling very
  5. their financial
  6. a $100,000
  7. a stable
  8. It no longer means financial
  1. situation
  2. who are affluent
  3. success
  4. lifestyle
  5. about money
  6. confident
  7. salary
  8. were "rich"

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

(1) ___________________ happiness? U.S. financial planning experts (2) ___________________ on money. They found that six in ten people needed over $100,000 a (3) ___________________ worrying about money. Around 50 per cent of the people said they needed (4) ___________________ of $200,000 to feel happy. The experts' report stated that 12 per cent of Americans think (5) ___________________. It also reported that a third of millionaires (6) ___________________ financially secure.

(7) ___________________ adults answered questions (8) ___________________. Half of the people thought they were "rich". They had between $500,000 (9) ___________________. The experts said: "Many Americans, even those (10) ___________________, aren't feeling very confident about (11) ___________________." They added that a $100,000 salary today simply means a stable lifestyle. It no longer means financial (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

U.S.financialplanningexpertsconductedasurveyonmoney.Theyfoun
dthatsixintenpeopleneededover$100,000ayeartostopworryingabou
tmoney.Around50percentofthepeoplesaidtheyneededanannualsala
ryof$200,000tofeelhappy.Theexperts'reportstatedthat12percentof
Americansthinktheyarewealthy.Italsoreportedthatathirdofmillionai
ressaidtheyfeltfinanciallysecure.Morethan3,000adultsansweredqu
estionsaboutmoneyworries.Halfofthepeoplethoughttheywere"rich".
Theyhadbetween$500,000and$3million.Theexpertssaid:"ManyAm
ericans,eventhosewhoareaffluent,aren'tfeelingveryconfidentaboutt
heirfinancialsituation."Theyaddedthata$100,000salarytodaysimply
meansastablelifestyle.Itnolongermeansfinancialsuccessorhappines
s.

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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