5 Money Photocopiables

5.1 Vocabulary
1 Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.

1 I normally pay by on 6 Do you accept payment

the internet. by card?
a cash card b credit card c bank card a debit b direct c balance
2 The U.S. dollar is the world’s most 7 Pay for your purchases at the
important . cash .
a currency b cash c money a machine b register c box
3 I need to some cash 8 Banking provides a lot of tax
from the ATM. for the government.
a pull out b remove c withdraw a profit b turnover c revenue
4 Taxi companies in India have introduced a 9 I need to get some money out of the
cashless system. cash .
a pay b paying c payment a service b dispenser c device
5 Restaurant staff like to be paid cash 10 Online payments are an important part of
in . the system.
a pocket b hand c bank a financial b money c business

2 Reorder the phrases to make questions.

1 do people use / in your country? / what currency 4 by credit card / in restaurants? / can you pay
2 accept / does public transport / credit cards? 5 you tip / how should / waiters?

✁ 3 pay for / taxis? / how can you 6 withdraw cash? / easy to / is it

Student A Student B
3A Work in pairs. You are visiting Buenos Aires. 3A You work in Buenos Aires. Your partner is visiting
Use the questions in Exercise 2 to ask your on business. Use the information to answer his/her
partner how to pay. questions.
BUENOS AIRES
Currency: Argentine peso
Currency: Trains: cash only
Public transport: Taxis: most = pesos; some = U.S. dollars
Restaurants: luxury restaurants = cashless
Taxis:
payments
Restaurants: Tipping: waiters = cash (but cashless tipping also
Tipping: possible)
Cash dispensers: Cash dispensers: ✔ (city centre); ✘ (outside centre)
Other information: Other information: (give some extra information)

B Work in pairs. You are visiting Melbourne. Use the

B You work in Melbourne, Australia. Your partner
questions in Exercise 2 to ask your partner how to pay.
is visiting you on business. Use the information
to answer his/her questions.
MELBOURNE

Currency: Australian dollar

Currency:
Trains: cash and cashless payments
Public transport:
Taxis: cashless payments (some)
Taxis:
Restaurants: all restaurants = cashless
payments Restaurants:
Tipping: waiters = cash (but cashless tipping Tipping:
also possible) Cash dispensers:
Cash dispensers: ✔ (many)
Other information:
Other information: (give some extra information)
✁

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5.2 Grammar
Student A Student B
1 Read each phrase aloud. Your 1 Read each phrase aloud. Your
partner (Student B) will tell you partner (Student A) will tell
the matching phrase. you the matching phrase.
use less water make staff happy
buy new equipment can travel quickly to clients
get company car find ways to save money
offer higher salary help the environment
spend more on advertising get more customers

✁
hire a new accountant need new software

✁
2 Use the phrases to make suggestions using the first conditional.
1 We can change electricity supplier. (save $300+)
If
2 Let’s reduce the number of employees. (cut costs)
If
3 We reduce the amount of materials. (reduce the quality)
If
4 Change supplier (be cheaper)
If
5 We can buy cheaper paper. (save money)
If

3 You run a small coffee shop with your partner. You need to make your business
more successful. Look at the proposals in the table. Using the first conditional, say
how each proposal will have a positive or negative effect on the business. Then
add three proposals of your own.

Proposal Effect

move: beach ➞ railway station get more customers

coffee in each cup – reduce %

cleaning staff – two cleaners one cleaner

cheaper cake supplier

hire a new accountant

4 Work with another pair. Discuss the effect of each proposal on your coffee shop
and try to agree on the two best ways to make more money.

If we move from the beach to

railway station, ...

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