Money Money from the first coin to the phone in your pocket: what money is and why people accept it, coins and notes, the world's currencies, barter in the playground, pocket money and chores, wants and needs, saving up, silly buys and peer pressure, prices and change, and the tricks of offers and bundles.
The money course of Mova's primary school: 42 lessons, 642 sentences, each sentence with its syntax tree and pragmatics. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 (Mova corpus 0.4).
1 What money is and why people accept it 12 sentences · A £5 note is only a bit of paper or plastic, yet the sweet shop takes it for five £1 bags of sweets, because… 2 Coins and notes: pounds and pence, dollars and cents 16 sentences · Tip a piggy bank onto the carpet and you see a jumble of coins; the size of a coin does not tell you its val… 3 Money around the world: euros, hryvnias, yuan and more 15 sentences · Every country chooses its own money, called its currency: Ukraine has the hryvnia (₴), China the yuan (¥), J… 4 Swaps and barter in the playground 14 sentences · Barter is swapping things without using money, like two football cards for one Pokémon card in the playground. 5 Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones 15 sentences · Money has changed its shape many times, but its job has stayed the same: to buy, to save and to measure what… 6 Pocket money and earning it with chores 14 sentences · Pocket money, also called an allowance, is a small regular amount that parents give children so they can lea… 7 Wants and needs 14 sentences · A need is something you must have to live, stay healthy or stay safe, like food, water, a home, warm clothes… 8 Saving up for a game 12 sentences · Saving means putting money aside, week after week, until you have enough for something bigger than one week'… 9 The piggy bank and a jar for each goal 14 sentences · A piggy bank that is hard to open helps you save, because getting money out takes effort, so you do not spen… 10 Regret, silly buys and peer pressure 16 sentences · Jack spends his whole £10 on the fidget toy everyone has, and two days later nobody cares about fidget toys… 11 Prices and change at the till 16 sentences · At the till you pay, and if you gave more than the price, you get change back; doing the sum yourself means… 12 Offers: 3 for 2, buy one get one free, bundles 14 sentences · Shops put up offers to make you buy more: "3 for 2" means you take 3 and pay for 2, and "buy one get one fre… 13 Unit prices and sales that are not really sales 16 sentences · To compare a small pack and a big pack fairly, work out the price for the same amount, called the unit price… 14 Receipts, refunds, queues and self-checkout 13 sentences · A receipt is the paper or email that proves what you bought, when and for how much; Mum kept the receipt for… 15 Taking without paying: the consequences 16 sentences · Taking something from a shop without paying is called shoplifting, and it is stealing, even if it is only on… 16 In-game currency: coins and gems are real money 12 sentences · Games sell coins in packs that never quite match the prices: Ethan buys 1,000 V-Bucks for £7.99, but the ski… 17 Loot boxes and "free" skins 17 sentences · A loot box is a paid mystery prize in a game: you pay, it opens, and you only find out afterwards what you g… 18 Mum's card, in-app buys and subscriptions that renew 14 sentences · The "buy" button in a game or app on a family tablet is not pretend: it usually uses a real bank card saved… 19 Scams: free V-Bucks, fake giveaways, phishing texts 18 sentences · A scam is a trick to steal your money, your account or your private details, and scammers dress it up as a g… 20 Wages, salary and where family money comes from 16 sentences · Most family money comes from work: a salary is a fixed amount paid every month, so if Dad earns £2,000 a mon… 21 Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax 17 sentences · A bill is a letter or message asking a family to pay for something it uses: electricity and gas for light an… 22 The weekly shop and a family budget 16 sentences · A budget is a plan for how much a family will spend; the weekly food shop is where that plan meets real life… 23 When money is tight: "we can't afford it" 17 sentences · "We can't afford it" means there is not enough money left after the important things, like rent, food and bi… 24 Debt, loans, credit cards and interest 16 sentences · To borrow is to take money now and promise to give it back later; the money you still owe is called debt. 25 Saving for holidays and big things 15 sentences · Big things like a holiday, a boiler or Christmas cost more than a family has spare in any one month, so fami… 26 A bank account and a debit card 14 sentences · A bank account is a safe place for money: the bank keeps a careful record of how much is yours, and you can… 27 Interest on savings and cash machines 16 sentences · When you keep money in a savings account, the bank pays you a little extra called interest, a thank-you for… 28 What a bank does with your money and why banks lend 14 sentences · A bank does not just sit on your money: it lends money to other people and businesses, charges them more int… 29 Jobs and what people earn 16 sentences · Most grown-ups get their money by working: they swap their time and skills for pay, either by the hour or as… 30 Why some jobs pay more 15 sentences · Pay is not a score for how good or important a person is; it mostly depends on how many people can do a job… 31 The lemonade stand: cost, price, profit and loss 13 sentences · Every business, from a lemonade stand to a giant company, works on one simple sum: money in, minus money spe… 32 The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss 17 sentences · A school fair is a small business day: every stall has costs, takings and, if it is planned well, a profit t… 33 Adverts and how they work on you 17 sentences · An advert is a message paid for by someone who wants you to buy something, and it is made very carefully to… 34 Inflation explained with a chocolate bar 15 sentences · Inflation means prices in general going up over time, so the same pound buys a little less each year. 35 Unemployment: when jobs are lost 18 sentences · Unemployment means not having a paid job when you want one; it can happen to anyone, often through no fault… 36 Taxes and the government's budget 16 sentences · Taxes are money that people and businesses must pay to the government, and they pay for things everybody sha… 37 Trade, tariffs, rich and poor countries 17 sentences · Trade is countries buying and selling things to each other, and it is why your banana says "Ecuador", your T… 38 Crypto and the stock market, simply 18 sentences · The stock market is a place where people buy and sell shares, which are little bits of real companies; if th… 39 Lending, sharing, charity and tipping 15 sentences · Money is also about how we treat each other: lending to friends, paying back, sharing, giving to charity and… 40 Gambling and honesty with change 17 sentences · Gambling means betting money on something you cannot control, like horses, scratchcards or a claw machine, a… 41 Olympiad: best buys and change at the till ★★★ 16 sentences · This olympiad lesson mixes the shop lessons of the course - prices, change, offers and unit prices - into pu… 42 Olympiad: saving plans and offers too good to be true ★★★ 13 sentences · This last olympiad lesson mixes saving up, piggy-bank jars, bank interest, subscriptions, loans and scams in… ← previous Medicinenext → Myths↑ back to the school This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/