Conversation Sentences: Money & Shopping

Please remember that some questions about money may be considered to personal t ask anyone wh is not a very close friend or a family member.
* About how much did you spend on presents last year?
* About how much d you usually spend each day?
* Are you a price conscious shopper?
* Are you good at saving money?
* Are you saving money t buy something?
  • If so, what are you planning t buy?
  • How much will it cost?
  • How much longer will you need t save before you can buy it?
* D banks pay a higher percent of interest here or in your country?
* D you compare prices at different stores when you shop?
* D you enjoy shopping?
* D you ever buy second-hand things? ("used things")
* D you ever give money t charity?
  • How often d you give t charity?
  • How much d you give?
* D you gamble?
* D you give tips at a restaurant in your country? How about t taxi drivers?
* D you have a credit card?
* D you have a credit card? If so, d you have more than one?
* D you have more than one bank account?
* D you have t pay a sales tax in your country?
* D you invest in the stock market?
* D you often put money in the bank?
* D you sometimes buy things that you don't need?
  • If so, give some examples.
* D you sometimes give money t charities?
* D you think that money can buy love?
* D your parents give you an allowance? (Did your parents give....?)
  • How much? (Maybe not a good question t ask.)
  • What d you use it for?
  • How often d they give it t you?
* Have you ever been in debt? (Have you ever owed money t people?)
* Have you ever bought a lottery ticket?
* Have you ever found any money? If so, what did you d with it?
* Have you ever given money t a beggar?
* Have you ever given money t a homeless person?
* Have you ever had any money stolen from you?
* How important is money t you?
  • If you had n money, d you think you could be happy?
* How many different kinds of coins are there in your country? What are they?
* How much did you spend last week?
* How much did you spend yesterday?
* How much d you have t spend t eat a good meal at a restaurant in your country?
* How much d you spend on food each week?
* How much d you think it costs t fly t Guam?
* How much d you think it costs t stay at a hotel in London?
* How much d you usually spend each month on entertainment?
* How much d you usually spend each month on food?
* How much d you usually spend each month on transportation?
* How much does it cost t get a haircut in your country?
* How much does it cost t ride a bus in your country?
* How much is a liter of gasoline in your country?
* How much money did you make on your first job?
  • (How much money d you think you will make on your first job?)
* How much money did you spend yesterday?
  • Where did you spend it?
  • What did you spend it on?
  • D you often spend that amount in one day?
* How much money did your parents give you for an allowance when you were ten years old?
* How much money d you have on you now? (Maybe not a polite question t ask.)
* How much money d you have with you now? (Maybe not a good question t ask.)
* How much time did you spend the last time you went shopping?
* How often d you g shopping?
* If someone gave you a lot of money, what would you d with it?
  • If someone gave you a million dollars, what would you d with it?
* Some people say that "money makes the world g around." D you agree? Why or why not?
* What bank d you use?
* What d you need t buy next?
* What d you spend most of your money on?
* What d you spend the most money on each month?
* What d you want t buy next?
* What is something that you have bought recently that cost a lot of money?
* What is something that you have bought recently that was a good bargain?
* What is something that you have bought recently?
* What is something that you want t buy, but don't have enough money t buy.
* What is something that you want t buy, but think you never will.
* What is the average salary in your country?
* What is the most expensive thing you've ever bought?
  • How much did it cost?
* What is your opinion of discount stores?
* What kind of things d you often shop for?
* What kinds of things are you saving your money for?
* What store did you like best and what store did you like least?
* What was the last thing you bought for someone else?
* What was the last thing you bought for yourself?
  • Where did you buy it?
  • Why did you buy it?
* What was the last thing you spent money on?
* What's the most expensive thing you have ever bought?
* What's the most expensive thing you've ever bought?
* What's the most money you have spend on one thing?
* What's the most money you have spent on something t eat?
* What's the most money you have spent on something t wear?
  • What did you buy?
* What's your favorite place t shop?
* What's your favorite shopping area or store?
* Where did you buy ___? (your shoes / your watch / etc.)
  • How much did you pay?
  • When did you buy it/them?
* Where d you keep your money?
* Where d you usually buy food?
* Where is your favorite shopping area?
* Which costs more, a hamburger in America or a hamburger in your country?
* Which costs more, your telephone bill or your electric bill?
* Which d you prefer, large stores or small stores?
* Which d you think is more important, love or money?
* Which store d you g t the most often?
  • Where is it?
  • Why d you like t g there?
* Wh d you often g shopping with?
* Wh d you spend money on?
* How d you think money helps make us happy?
* D you think money is more important than love?
* How much money d you want t earn each month?
* What qualities must a person have t make BIG money?
* Should children get an allowance (pocket money) from their parents?
* When d you get your allowance?
  • How long does it last?
  • Is it enough money?
* How d you usually spend your money? What d you usually buy?
* How much should you give t your children?
* How much d you give t your children?
* D you ever give money t beggars on the street? Why or why not?
* D you ever give money t charity? Why or why not?
* If you found 100,000 won (or local currency) in a bag on the street, what would you do? Keep it?
* What are you saving your money for?
  • D you want t buy something special?
* Wh takes care of the money in your house?
* When you buy something, d you "shop around" and g t many stores t compare prices?
* When you buy something, what is most important t you: price, quality, fashion trend, status/image?
* Explain these proverbs: What d they mean? Say them in other English words.
  • The best things in life are free.
  • Time is money.
  • Save your pennies for a rainy day.
  • Money talks.
  • You can't take it with you when you go.
  • Money doesn't grow on trees
* Your rich uncle just died and gave you 50,000,000 won. (or local currency)
  • How would you spend it?
  • What would you buy?
  • Would you spend it on yourself, put it in the bank or buy something for your family?
  • Would you spend it all?
* What is the most you have ever spent on a gift?
  • What was it?
  • Wh did you give it to?
  • What was the occasion?
* If you had t save money, what can you d without?
  • I would stop spending money on ___.
* If you needed t earn some extra money, how would you d that?
* What d you d if you can't get the clerk's attention at the store?
* Is it easier t return items in the U.S. or in your country?
* If you can't find an item at the store, d you find a clerk and ask for help, or d you leave and g somewhere else?
* If you don't want help when the clerk asks if you need help, what d you say?
* Is it OK t bring children t the market or the department store?
* Is it bad if one person or company controls the market that it specializes in?
  • For example, is it wrong for Microsoft t control most of the operating system software in the world?
  • D you consider companies like Microsoft and people like Bill Gates smart and shrewd?
* Some questions about Taxation.
In New Zealand at the moment the government is thinking of imposing a "flatulence tax" on farmers for the livestock they own, as the flatulence contributes t Ozone depletion (supposedly).
  • What is the most ridiculous tax in your country, past, or present?
  • D you think taxes in your country are to high/low?
* What about New Zealand Taxes? / What about taxes here?
  • What is the effect on the economy of high taxation?
  • What is the effect on the economy of low taxation?
  • What are some of the different kinds of taxes your country has?
  • If you were the ruler of your country, what would you d t change the taxation system?
* What is the funniest tax you can think of t introduce?

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