Mazes - The Spending : 18

Monday, 24 May 2021

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Your property business starts well. After a few months, it is making a lot of money. You have new friends in Spain, and you love the Spanish lifestyle. The only problem is the work – you are working 12 hours a day! Do you:

a. Sell the business, put the money in a bank where it will earn 3% interest a year, and retire to live a quiet life without worries or work. Go to 19

b. Keep the business and employ a manager to look after the business day-to-day. Go to 27

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."