Money ESL Worksheets, Games and Activities
ESL Money Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Word Search, Matching, Unscrambling, Gap-fill - Elementary (A1-A2) - 30 minutes
This money vocabulary worksheet helps students learn and practice basic money-related vocabulary. Students begin by finding money vocabulary in a word search. Next, students match the money words from the word search to pictures. Students then unscramble words to form common verbs that are used to talk about money. After that, students complete sentences with the money-related verbs, changing the forms of the verbs as needed. In the last exercise, students read and complete a short story with the money-related words from the worksheet.
ESL Money Game - Vocabulary: Guessing, Gap-fill - Pair Work - Pre-intermediate (A2) - 25 minutes
In this money vocabulary game, students complete sentences with verbs, adjectives and nouns related to money. In pairs, students take it in turns to pick up a card and read the sentence on the card to their partner using the word 'blank' for the missing money word. Their partner then has one chance to guess the missing word by choosing a money verb, adjective or noun from the game board and saying it in its correct form. If the student guesses correctly, they score one point and write the word and point value in the correct column on the game board. If the student guesses the wrong word, they score minus one point and just write the point value in the column. Play continues until all the cards have been read out and guessed. The student with the most points at the end of the game wins.
ESL Banking Worksheet - Vocabulary and Reading Exercises: Gap-fill, Matching, Ordering, Binary Choice - Speaking Activity: Freer Practice - Pair Work - Upper-intermediate (B2) - 30 minutes
In this banking vocabulary worksheet, students learn and practice vocabulary related to banking and spending habits. First, students complete sentences with banking vocabulary from a box. Next, students categorize banking vocabulary, according to whether the words relate to things that are deposited or withdrawn from a bank account. After that, students put a bank conversation in the correct order. Following that, students match money-related words with their opposites. Students then read descriptions of people's spending habits and underline the correct words. Finally, students use the vocabulary from the worksheet to discuss money-related questions with a partner.
ESL Money Vocabulary Game - Vocabulary: Gap-fill, Betting - Upper-intermediate (B2) - 25 minutes
In this money verbs game, students complete sentences with verbs associated with money and then place bets on their answers. To begin, students complete sentences with money verbs from a box in their correct form. Students then bet between one to five points, depending on how sure they are about each answer, five being very sure and one being not at all sure. For each correct answer, students win the amount they bet. For each incorrect answer, students lose the amount. The student with the most points at the end of the game is the winner.
ESL Money Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Categorising, Listing, Matching, Gap-fill, Sentence Completion - Upper-intermediate (B2) - 30 minutes
This money vocabulary worksheet helps students to learn and practice verbs, nouns and adjectives related to money. To begin, students put money verbs into their correct category: ways of getting money, ways of using money, or both. Next, students write money nouns in the category they belong to: things you pay, places you put money, or forms of payment. Students then move on to categorize money adjectives. After that, students try to think of two possible answers for each money related question and then discuss their answers. Afterwards, students do a gap-fill exercise where they complete sentences with the money verbs, nouns and adjectives from the previous exercises. Lastly, students complete sentences about money with their own ideas using suitable prepositions.
ESL Money Phrasal Verbs Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Identifying, Matching, Listing, Gap-fill - Speaking Activity: Asking and Answering Questions, Freer Practice - Pair Work - Upper-intermediate (B2) - 40 minutes
In this free money worksheet, students learn and practice ten phrasal verbs related to money. Students start by reading sentences and underlining the money-related phrasal verbs. Next, students match the phrasal verbs with their definitions. After that, students write which phrasal verbs they could use to talk about different topics. Next, students do a gap-fill exercise where they complete sentences with money-related phrasal verbs in their correct form. In pairs, students then discuss ten money conversation questions to practice the phrasal verbs and report back their answers to the class. As an extension, have the pairs prepare a short dialogue using the money-related phrasal verbs from the worksheet and given scenario.
ESL Money Game - Vocabulary: Gap-fill, Matching - Group Work - Upper-intermediate (B2) - 25 minutes
In this money verbs game, students race to complete sentences with verbs related to money. The reader turns over a card and reads the sentence aloud to the players using the word 'blank' for the missing money verb. The players listen and then race to grab the correct money verb card to complete the sentence. The first player to grab the correct verb card from their set and give it to the reader, saying the verb at the same time wins and keeps the two cards. The player with the most cards at the end of the game wins.
ESL Money Vocabulary Worksheet - Reading and Vocabulary Exercises: Identifying, Matching, Gap-fill - Speaking Activity: Asking and Answering Questions, Freer Practice - Pair Work - Upper-intermediate (B2) - 50 minutes
This money vocabulary worksheet helps students learn and practice common money-related words. To start, students read two texts and underline all the money-related vocabulary. Students then match sentence halves together to form definitions of the money vocabulary. Next, students complete common collocations and phrases by deciding which money word from the worksheet best fits each pair of sentences. After that, students use the money vocabulary items to fill in gaps in mini-dialogues. In the last exercise, students discuss money-related questions in pairs or small groups.
