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🪙 Unit: Pocket Money & Saving ⏱️ 12-Minute Lesson

happy to do, It is hard to do, for me to do, too ... to do

Learn four patterns: glad to help, hard to save, easy for me to spend, and too small to use.

📋 How to use this lesson

For the Teacher

Use this 12-minute guide to teach the four patterns and check answers together at the end of class.

Keep explanations simple and let students read the examples out loud.

For the Learner

First read the four rule boxes and look at the underlined words.

Next try the twelve practice questions from easy to hard.

Four Patterns to Learn

Notice the highlighted words in the notes and the underlined phrases in the examples.

happy / glad + to + action word

After words like happy, glad or ready, say to + action word. It tells what makes us feel happy or ready.

Keep the action word plain: never add -ing. Say "glad to help", not "glad to helping".

Example A

I am happy to earn a little extra money.

Example B

She was glad to help her brother with his chores.

It is hard / easy / wise + to + action word

Start with It is when you talk about doing something in general. Then say a word that shows how we feel about it: hard, easy, wise.

Then say to + action word. Say "It is hard to save". Do not say "It is hard for save".

Example A

It is hard to save when you see a nice game.

Example B

It is wise to put every penny in a safe jar.

Say who: for me, for Ben

To say who does it, put for + the person before to. Say for me, for Ben or for us.

Say for me, not "to me": "It is easy for me to spend", not "easy to me to spend".

Example A

It is easy for Ben to spend his weekly money.

Example B

It is smart for us to start a bank account early.

too big / too full + to + action word

too means more than we want, so we cannot do it. Put too before the describing word: too expensive, too full.

Then say to + action word. Do not add it at the end: say "too expensive to buy", not "too expensive to buy it".

Example A

The bag is too expensive to buy today.

Example B

This small envelope is too full to close properly.

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Pattern to remember

"It is hard to save money, but it is important to put a little in the jar every week."

Practice Exercises

Answer 12 interactive questions from easy to hard. Read the clue word in brackets.

Part 1

Choose the correct sentence

1. Which sentence is correct? (verb)

Think about the simple form of the verb after to.

____ I am glad to earning extra pocket money this week ____ I am glad to earn extra pocket money this week ____ I am glad earn extra pocket money this week

2. Which sentence is correct? (simple)

Notice the pattern with It is + adjective.

____ It is important to keep every penny in your money jar ____ It is important for keep every penny in your money jar ____ It is important keeping every penny in your money jar

3. Which sentence is correct? (person)

Remember the word we use before a person's name.

____ It is easy to Mia to spend all her weekly pocket money ____ It is easy with Mia to spend all her weekly pocket money ____ It is easy for Mia to spend all her weekly pocket money

Part 2

Join the ideas with too and to

Rewrite into one sentence. Leave out words like very, cannot, and do not put it at the end.

4. Join these two sentences into one: (small)

"The purse is very small. I cannot put my money inside."

The purse is ____ .

5. Join these two sentences into one: (expensive)

"This jacket is very expensive. Sam cannot buy it."

This jacket is ____ .

6. Join these two sentences into one: (cannot)

"The paper envelope is very thin. It cannot hold all the coins."

The paper envelope is ____ .

Part 3

Fill in the gaps

Type the missing phrase into the blank.

7. Complete the sentence: (open)

Use the correct form of the verb after the adjective.

It is smart ____ a savings account for your future goals.

8. Complete the sentence: (save)

Type the verb form needed after hard.

Sometimes it is hard ____ every extra penny you get.

9. Complete the sentence: (earn)

Include the person and the verb.

It is exciting for Leo ____ extra money by washing cars.

Part 4

Correct the error in a short message

Each chat message has one mistake. Type the corrected word or phrase in the box.

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Message from Alex: (verb)

"Hi! I am ready spending my weekly pocket money on a new toy."

Write the correct form for spending:

____

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Message from Liam: (person)

"It is very simple to me to drop each coin into my glass jar."

Write the correct words for to me:

____

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Message from Emma: (extra word)

"This big bank account fee is too expensive to pay it with my coins."

Type the one extra word in the underlined phrase:

____

Adjective + To-Infinitive: Happy To Help, Hard To Choose

happy to do, It is hard to do, for me to do, too ... to do

📋 How to use this lesson

Four Patterns to Learn

happy / glad + to + action word

It is hard / easy / wise + to + action word

Say who: for me, for Ben

too big / too full + to + action word

Practice Exercises

Choose the correct sentence

Join the ideas with too and to

Fill in the gaps

Correct the error in a short message

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