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b1B1 Intermediate EnglishTopic vocabularyVocabularyabout 18 min

Money and spending

Talk about earning, spending, saving and borrowing — budgets, bills, loans and money habits.

In this lesson you will

  • Use vocabulary for managing money
  • Talk about banking, bills and borrowing
  • Discuss attitudes to money

Learn

Earning: earn a salary, get paid monthly, a pay rise, income. Spending: spend money on, waste money, afford, a bargain, overpriced.

Saving and borrowing: save up for, put money aside, open a savings account, borrow from, lend to, take out a loan, get into debt, pay back, owe.

Banking and bills: withdraw cash, transfer money, pay by direct debit, check your balance, pay the bills (rent, electricity, phone).

borrow vs lend: you borrow from someone; someone lends to you: Can I borrow £10 from you? / Can you lend me £10?

Examples

  • I’m saving up for a new laptop.
  • He took out a loan to buy a car.
  • She owes me twenty euros.
  • Most of my salary goes on rent and bills.

Vocabulary

budget

a plan for spending money

debt

money that you owe

owe

have to pay back

loan

money borrowed from a bank

withdraw

take money out of an account

overpriced

too expensive for its value

Practice

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Can you ___ me some money until Friday?

Speaking

Talk about your money habits: what you spend most on, what you’re saving for, and whether you think young people should use credit cards.

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Writing

Write tips (100–120 words) for a student living alone for the first time: how to budget and avoid debt.

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Lesson quiz

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A plan for spending money is a…

Review

Key points

  • earn, spend on, save up for, afford.
  • borrow from / lend to, loan, debt, owe, pay back.
  • withdraw, transfer, balance, bills, budget.

What you learned

  • ✓ I can talk about money.
  • ✓ I know borrow vs lend.
  • ✓ I can give money advice.