Money and Friendship: Who Pays?
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Money and Friendship: Who Pays?

Explore money and friendship in this B2 ESL video lesson. Adults practice listening comprehension and money vocabulary. Discussion and role-play tasks help learners express opinions and make polite requests.

Skills

  • Can evaluate different attitudes toward money in friendships and negotiate paying and repayment politely.
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Based on CEFR
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1

Read the situations. Decide whether you would ask for your money back: always, sometimes, or never.

Compare your choices with a partner and explain what could affect your decision.

  1. You buy a friend a $4 coffee.
  2. You pay $12 for a friend’s drink after they promise to repay you.
  3. You cover a friend’s $30 lunch because they forgot their wallet.
  4. You buy a $10 movie ticket for a friend who regularly pays for yours.
  5. You spend $8 on someone’s snacks for the fifth time this month.
  6. You pay for a friend’s birthday dinner.

Together, complete this sentence:

“Asking a friend to repay you is reasonable when…”

2

Match the words and phrases to their meanings.

3

Watch and choose the right summary.

4

Watch again and choose if the statements are true or false.

5

Complete the sentences using the words and phrases.

6

Read these opinions. Which one do you agree with the most and why?

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