Mazes - The Spending : 13

Monday, 24 May 2021

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You transfer 400,000 euros to pay for the house. The next day you go to collect the keys, but the seller has gone! The house was not really for sale – you have lost your money. The police say they cannot help! Do you:

a. Employ a private detective to try and get your money back. Go to 10

b. Go back to the ship. Forget it. You got the money easily, and you have lost it easily. That’s life! Go to 14

Here is a list of words related to business and finance used in the maze. You could focus on some or

business bank to employ to resign company manager to retire court lawyer interest in competition colleagues insurance salary boss to sue bills risk to invest full-time/part-time to run a business property business expand a business making money transaction to gamble Functional language pre-teaching It can really help the flow of conversation if students are confident in using functional language. In this activity, students will be discussing, negotiating and making decisions. They may also be arguing, disagreeing and changing their minds! Think of the different expressions and structures we use when we do these things; for example: "I think we should . . ." "That's a good idea but . . ." "What about . . ." "Let's . . ." "I don't agree with . . . " "I've changed my mind."