LISTENING CREDIT/DEBIT CARD

 

 

 

 

 

Plastic money

 

1             Before listening:

a     do the extra vocabulary worksheet Places: the bank from the ‘extras’ page first.

b     which sentence below is true for you?

·        I don’t have any credit /debit cards, I only use real money.

·        I have a card but I’m very careful with it.

·        I have quite a lot of cards and use them a lot.

·        I use my cards all the time! I don’t have any money left!

 

 

3      Listen for detail: listen again and decide if the following sentences are True or False. Put a tick (ü) in the correct column.

	True	False
a Emily doesn’t have a credit card	x
b She mainly uses the card to withdraw money from a bank cash machine	x
c All shops take debit cards		x
d Emily uses her card to buy things online	x
e She buys plane tickets online	x
f She buys books and clothes online		x
g She worries about using her card online	x
h When she was a student somebody stole her card	x
i The person used her card to buy first class plane tickets with her card	x
j Emily never got the money back from the bank	x
k The last time Emily used her card was 2 days ago	x
l Emily thinks using a card is easier than using real money	x
m Emily thinks her card is real money	x

 

 

 

 

4      After listening: writing. Do you think credit / debit cards are a good thing? Or do you think they make too many problems for people? Complete the sentences with your opinion.

 

I have 1 number of credit / debit cards.

 

I think cards are a good / bad thing because  are good because it is easy to carry money and it makes it easy for you to pay in different places, but with it you can pay online                           

 

 

Another reason is   less likely to be robbed