De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
You are going to read a text about the history of money.
On your own
Read the text and fill in the words.
In your group
Compare your answers.
Money
Money is anything that is commonly accepted by a group of people for the exchange of [1] __________, services, or resources. Every country has its own system of coins and paper money. In the beginning, people bartered, that is, they exchanged things or services for other things or services, i.e., a bag of rice for a bag of beans. However, what happened if you couldn’t agree what something was [2] __________ in exchange of what you had or if you did not want what the other person had. To solve that problem humans developed what is called commodity money. A commodity is a basic item used by almost everyone. In the past, salt, tea, tobacco, cattle and seeds were commodities and [3] __________ were once used as money. However, using commodities as money had other problems. Carrying bags of salt and other commodities was hard, and commodities were difficult to store or were [4] __________. Metals objects were introduced as money around 5000 B.C. By 700 BC, the Lydians became the first in the Western world to make coins. Countries were soon [5] __________ their own series of coins with specific values. Metal was used because it was [6] __________ available, easy to work with and could be recycled. [7] __________ coins were given a certain value, it became easier to compare the cost of items people wanted. Some of the earliest known paper money dates [8] __________ to China, where the issue of paper money became common from about AD 960 onwards. With the introduction of paper [9] __________ and non-precious coinage, commodity money evolved into representative money. This meant that what money itself was made of no longer had to be very [10] __________. Representative money was backed by a government or bank’s promise to exchange it for a certain amount of silver or gold. For example, the old British Pound bill or Pound Sterling was once guaranteed to be redeemable for a pound of sterling silver. For most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the majority of currencies were based on representative money through the use of the gold [11] __________.
Tip!
There are many ways to work on your vocabulary in Wozzol.
You can say or copy the words out loud.
Click in Wozzol on the red arrow for the different options.
The most important thing is that you don't do this for too long, because then you don't learn anything anymore.
In two 10-minute sessions you learn more than in half an hour.
Irregular Verbs
Check out the knowledge base below and study the following irregular verbs:
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
Read the questions and decide which 5 you are going to discuss in your group.
How important is money for you?
Would you like to have more of it?
Should there be a limit on how much money one person can accumulate?
What would life be like without money?
What would you use to pay for something if money didn't exist?
What's the best way to make a lot of money fast?
Have you ever been without money?
Would you be willing to give all of your money away?
How much money do you usually spend every day, week, month?
What's the best, worst thing you've ever spent your money on?
Does money make you happy?
Step 6 - Writing
On lending money to a common friend
Read the text and write a reaction.
Your reaction should be about 80 words. You write the reaction on your own.
Form groups of three or four.
Read each other's texts and comment on them.
Using the comments, improve your text.
Choose the best text in your group and read it aloud in class.
Everyone hands in their work for grading.
Read the text.
I had a hard time these days because it seems I have to tell a lie to turn down my friend's request of borrowing 100 dollars from me again.
In fact, he owes me 300 dollars already, which he lent from me in August, 2011. And he once disappeared from my life for 5 months. I couldn't reach him by any means.
But lying is a big headache for me. I can never tell a tactful lie, even a white one.
I just considered him as my friend, you know, the definition for friend can vary.
But my family members are all against me lending money again to him.
There are at least four possible ways out. Consider all of them. Give an advantage and a disadvantage for each solution. Use complete sentences. So, if you were in my shoes, what should you do? You may add another solution of your own.
I trust him as usual, because everyone needs help when in trouble. What do I say?;
I tell a lie to refuse him (what lie?);
I refuse without lying. What do I tell him?
I lend him the money, but I tell him about my doubts. What do I tell him?
Open the worksheet in google docs: Reaction. Make a copy of the worksheet in your own account (File - Make a copy ...) or download the worksheet (File - Download as).
Step 7 - Evaluation
Fill in the schedule and answer the questions below.
Activity
Fun
Boring
Easy
Hard
I already know this
New
Listening
Reading
Vocabulary
Grammar
Speaking
Writing
What have you learnt in this period?
Answer the following questions:
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Toelichting
Deze les valt onder de arrangeerbare leerlijn van de Stercollectie voor Engels voor tweetalig onderwijs, leerjaar 1, 2 en 3. Dit is thema 4 'Money'. Het onderwerp van deze les is: Lending and borrowing money. In deze les staat geld (uit)lenen centraal. Daarnaast wordt ook de geschiedenis van geld besproken. De onregelmatige werkwoorden in deze les zijn: to lead, to leave, to lend en to let. In de grammaticaopdracht wordt comparisons (vergelijkingen) behandeld.
Leerniveau
VWO 2;
HAVO 1;
VWO 1;
HAVO 3;
VWO 3;
HAVO 2;
Leerinhoud en doelen
Engels;
Eindgebruiker
leerling/student
Moeilijkheidsgraad
gemiddeld
Studiebelasting
1 uur en 40 minuten
Trefwoorden
arrangeerbaar, comparisons, engels, geld (uit)lenen, geschiedenis van geld, lending and borrowing money, stercollectie, tto123
Deze les valt onder de arrangeerbare leerlijn van de Stercollectie voor Engels voor tweetalig onderwijs, leerjaar 1, 2 en 3. Dit is thema 4 'Money'. Het onderwerp van deze les is: Lending and borrowing money. In deze les staat geld (uit)lenen centraal. Daarnaast wordt ook de geschiedenis van geld besproken. De onregelmatige werkwoorden in deze les zijn: to lead, to leave, to lend en to let. In de grammaticaopdracht wordt comparisons (vergelijkingen) behandeld.