ESL Finance Vocab

If I ask you, "Can I borrow your phone?" I want to...

• use your phone, and then return it

• wash your phone

• sell your phone on Ebay

• take your phone and keep it

To lend something is to...

• lock it up

• finish it

• let someone borrow something

• take something from someone

If I take a risk with my money, I could possibly

• get more money

• lose all of my money

• put my money in a savings account

• both 1 and 2

If you invested $5 into the "Sickmeyer Food Drawer Store," then you...

• You bought $5 worth of mildly nutritious snacks, like Belvita Biscuits or granola bars.

• You gave Ms. Sickmeyer $5 as a gift, because she is a delightful teacher who is under compensated for her job.

• Gave $5 to Ms. Sickmeyer to buy food now, but she will pay you back that and more when she makes $ with what you gave her.

• You bought $5 worth of snacks to start a competing business, "Students for Higher Sodium Levels Snacks."

Seeing someone fall down the stairs and feeling sorry for them is an example of....

• Compassion

• Sympathy

• Empathy

• being a sociopath

When a friend tells you they are concerned because their mom is very sick, and your dad was really sick two years ago, you might feel...

• Compassion

• Sympathy

• Empathy

• Be a sociopath

If you notice a student on your bus keeps wearing shoes with holes in them, and you secretly slip a gift card to a shoe store in their backpack, you might have felt....

• Compassion

• Sympathy

• Empathy

• Be a sociopath

If you go to your grandmother's funeral and find yourself laughing while they lower the casket, you could be

• feeling compassion

• feeling sympathy

• feeling empathy

• a bit of a sociopath

A place to sleep, someone who loves you, and some food are examples of

• needs

• wants

• nice things if you can get them

• words from a children's book.

Which of the following is a want and not a need?

• clean water

• fruits/vegetables/grains

• Warmth when it is cold outside

• toilet paper