APIEWriting: Pocket Money and Saving
Pocket money and saving
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🪙 Getting Ready with Words
Learn and practice 10 key words about pocket money and saving before you write.
📋 How to use this lesson
👩🏫 For Teachers:
1. Introduce key vocabulary with students before they start.
2. Check students' progress through the activities and review answers together.
🎒 For Learners:
1. Start with the vocabulary exercises below to practice the words.
2. Then move to the writing task in the next module when you finish.
Key Unit Words:
A Put the words in the right order
Write the complete sentence using all the words in the correct order.
1. Put these words in order:
2. Put these words in order:
3. Put these words in order:
4. Put these words in order:
B Fill in the blanks with a word bank
Choose the correct word from the box to complete each sentence.
5. My parents give me a [ ___ ] allowance of five pounds every Monday morning.
____ (Type a word from the bank)6. I keep my paper money safe inside a white paper [ ___ ] under my bed.
____ (Type a word from the bank)7. Try not to [ ___ ] all your pocket money on sweets in one day.
____ (Type a word from the bank)8. Mom opened a savings [ ___ ] for me at the bank so my cash stays safe.
____ (Type a word from the bank)9. We put all our extra coins into a glass [ ___ ] on the kitchen shelf.
____ (Type a word from the bank)C Choose the correct word
Select the option that best completes each sentence.
10. If a new video game costs £80 and you only have £5, it is too ___.
11. You can ___ money by cleaning the car or washing the kitchen floor.
12. The smallest British coin is a ___.
13. Do you have any ___ time this afternoon to help me clean the garage?
D Match a question to its answer
Read each question carefully and select the best matching answer.
✍️ Your Writing Task
Saving your pocket money step by step is the best way to get something special.
Instructions
Write a short message to a friend about something you want to buy. Say how you save your pocket money for it.
Length: 60–80 words
💡 Sentence Starters
☑️ Checklist: Remember to include
- 1. What you want to buy and why
- 2. One sentence with 'too' and 'to'
- 3. One sentence with 'it is' + adjective + 'to'
- 4. How you save or earn money
- 5. One thing that is hard
- 6. A plan for next month
📖 Read and Learn
Read this example message to see how to put all six sentence starters together.
Dear Sam, I want to buy a new blue bicycle for school. It is too expensive to buy right now because it costs eighty pounds. It is important to save my weekly pocket money in a glass jar. I am happy to wash my dad's car every Saturday to earn extra money. It is hard to stop buying sweets, but I put every penny in my jar. Next month I will have enough money to visit the bike shop.
🔍 Useful Phrases and Why This Works
Why this works: Use "too" before an adjective to show a problem, and "to" with an action word to say what cannot happen yet.
Why this works: "Weekly" tells your friend when you get money, and "save" shows you keep it safe instead of spending it.
Why this works: "Earn" tells your reader you worked for the money, and "extra" means getting more money than usual.
Why this works: This tells your friend one thing that is hard for you.
Why this works: This tells your friend your plan: next month you will have the money.
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