Conversation Questions: Money and Success
Money and success is a high-stakes speaking topic — culturally sensitive, personally consequential, philosophically rich. The questions in this worksheet move from financial-habit description (How do you budget your monthly spending?) into reflective territory (Does money buy happiness? What does success mean to you?). Learners build the values-discussion speaking fluency B1+ Cambridge Speaking rewards.
This worksheet builds B1–B2 speaking fluency through money and success discussion.
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What’s inside:
- 20 open conversation questions sequenced from concrete to philosophical
- Pre-discussion vocabulary box with money and success terms
- Follow-up question patterns to develop values-based reasoning
- Speaking-frame phrases for opinion, qualification, and contrast
- Teacher Notes with pair-work setup and timing
Common challenges: Cultural sensitivity around money discussion — questions designed to allow general answers rather than specific amounts. Vocabulary: budget, save, invest, splurge, financial goals, work-life balance, fulfilment. Philosophical hedging: for me personally, in my opinion, on balance.
For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B1–B2, in intermediate and upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study with a partner. Maps onto Cambridge B1 Preliminary (PET) and B2 First (FCE) Speaking. Part of the Conversation Questions collection — the natural next step is Conversation Questions: Work and Career.
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