Wants and needs Lesson 7 of the money course of Mova's primary school: 14 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: the lesson at school .
0 A need is something you must have to live, stay healthy or stay safe, like food, water, a home, warm clothes and a coat in winter; a want is something nice that you could live without, like a trampoline or a new game. 2 People often say "need" when they mean "want": nobody dies without the new FIFA, and calling it a want helps you decide calmly instead of in a panic. 3 Some things are a need in a basic form and a want in a fancy form: shoes keep your feet dry, but the extra £60 for a famous label pays for the look and the name. 4 A need is something you must have to live, stay healthy or stay safe. 5 A want is something you would like but can live without. 6 The basic needs are food, water, a home (shelter), clothes and safety. 7 When money is limited, families pay for needs first and wants only if money is left. 8 Food is a need, but sweets and treats are wants. 9 Saying "I need it" about a game or toy is usually exaggerating; it is a want. 10 Something can be both: plain shoes are a need, while expensive branded trainers are a want. 11 A shop's own-brand product is often almost the same as the famous brand but cheaper, because you pay extra for the name and the adverts. 12 Wanting things is normal and fine; the skill is deciding what comes first. 13 A trade-off is giving up one thing to get another. 14 Grown-ups face wants and needs too: a broken fridge that keeps food safe comes before a bigger telly. ← previous Pocket money and earning it with choresnext → Saving up for a game↑ back to Money This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/7-wants-and-needs/