Unit 6

Prices
There were three ways of saying prices and amount of money in English. £8.50 can be said
‘eight pounds and fifty pence’, ‘eight pounds fifty’, and ‘eight fifty’. In this unit you will hear
all three ways. This will help you to learn and recognize them.
Activity 1

Now listen to tape and check that you said them correctly.
Activity 2
Listen and tick the price you hear
1 V 4 7 10

2 5 8

3 6 9

Activity 3
Listen to the cashier add up these restaurant bills. Did he enter the correct prices? Put a tick
or cross in each box.

Activity 4
Listen to a customs officer at Heathrow Airport asking David Carter how much he paid for
the things he bought on holiday. Write the correct price next to each item and what its values
is in pounds.

10
Activity 5
Listen to people comparing the prices of things in three different cities. List the cities from
the most expensive (1) to the least expensive (3).
1 London 1 4 Chicago
Paris 2 San Francisco
Madrid 3 Phoenix
2 New York 5 Mexico City
London Los Angeles
Tokyo Hong Kong
3 Singapore 6 Rio
Tokyo Washington
Honolulu Jakarta

Paying
Activity 1
Listen to people paying for things in a department store. How do they pay for each item? Tick
the correct box.
Shopper 1 Shopper 2 Shopper 3 Shopper 4
Barclaycard
Access
American Express
Personal cheque V
Traveller’s cheque
cash

Activity 2
Listen to people changing traveller’s cheque at a bank. How much money do they want to
change? How many of each kind of note do they want?

X7

Activity 3
Listen to people thinking about buying the things below. Will they buy the item, buy
something else, or not buying anything? Tick what you think the will do.

1 2 3 4 5 6
will buy
will buy something V
else
won’t buy anything

Activity 4
Listen to the questions about money and prices and choose the best response.
1 V It’s only £45. 5 The ring’s cheaper.
Yes, I like it very much. The ring’s very cheap.
2 No, this is the cheapest. 6 £2.50 is enough.
Yes, it is. Yes, we should.
3 No, £1,550. 7 I’m sorry.
No, I won’t. Oh, did you?
4 The green one. 8 Oh, I’m sorry. Let me check it again
Not more than £50. That’s okay.