Cover of the textbook Cutting Edge Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 14 - Writing for the textbook Cutting Edge Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Araminta Crace from Pearson Education

Question

Read the notes that a student made about one of the statements above. Which statement do they apply to? Tick the points that support the statement and cross the points that are against it.

Answer

  • Statement: Money can't buy happiness.
  • Best things in life are free (love, good health, friends) ✓
  • Many millionaires seem to be unhappy ✓
  • Difficult to be happy if you have no money ✗
  • Life is stressful if you can't afford clothes / food, etc. ✗
  • Ideal = happy with enough money (not too much and not too little) ✓