Listening : The Wall Street Crash (video)

​The Wall Street Crash

​Answer the questions.
1 Why do people save money?

2 Where do you keep money that you save?

3 Do you know what this is? What happens here?

Multiple Choice

What happened to the economy in the USA after the First World War?

• It grew.

• It got smaller.

• It stopped growing.

Multiple Choice

What happened to the price of shares in the twenties?

• They fell.

• They rose.

• They stayed the same.

Multiple Choice

What day was Black Monday?

• 28.09.1929

• 28.10.1929

• 28.11.1929

Drag and Drop

Complete the sentences with the correct words or numbers.

During the 1920s, share prices on the US stock market​

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.

But when share prices​

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, people couldn’t pay back the money they had borrowed.

In​

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1929, the most important stocks started to fall in value.

On 24 October, people traded​

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shares.

A lot of people lost their​

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and savings.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

rose

fell

October

12.9 million

homes

14 billion

money

September

Labelling

Number the events in the order that they happened.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

1

4

2

5

6

7

3

Match

Match the following the sentences with the correct form of the verbs.

• If I haven't got any

  money, I usually_____some from my parents.

• I can't___

  a new bicycle, so I'm going to repair my old one.

• I ___Daniel £50 so he could buy a new phone last week.

• Daniel gave me £20 yesterday, but he still ___

  me £30.

• We're going to_____our house and move to Scotland next year.

borrow

afford

lent

owes

sell

• borrow

• afford

• lent

• owes

• sell