Get on Board - Worksheet 1

Read the following sayings about money and home ownership. Do they convey a positive or a negative view of money and owning a home? Draw the table below in your notebook, copy the sayings and tick the appropriate box. Discuss your opinion with a partner. 

1. The best things in life are free.

2. Money can’t buy happiness.

3. Money is power.

4. Money has no smell.

5. Money is the root of all evil.

6. Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.

7. If you live for having it all, what you have is never enough.

8. Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

9. Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become.

10. Owning a home is a keystone of wealth, both financially and emotionally.

11. He is not a full man who does not own a piece of land.

12. Don’t wait to buy real estate – buy real estate and wait.

13. You are not buying a house, you are buying a lifestyle.