In the shops
READING
1 Read and listen to the dialogues. Where are the people? Choose the correct answer for each dialogue.
2 Complete the dialogues with the words and phrases in the list.
3 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Act out the dialogues.
VOCABULARY
Numbers 100+
1 Match the words with the numbers. Then listen, check and repeat.
LOOK!
When a number is more than 100, we use the word and:
one hundred and twenty
two hundred and sixty-five
LOOK!
We don’t use the word and for numbers 20–99.
twenty-five
NOT twenty and five
seventy-three
NOT seventy and three
2 Listen and write the numbers.
VOCABULARY
Prices and currencies
1 Say these prices. Listen and check.
1 £15.00 2 $25.00 3 €230.00 4 £9.99 5 $21.95 6 €72.50
LOOK!
$ = dollar(s) £ = pound(s) € = euro(s)
£2.50 – In everyday English, we say two pounds fifty not two pounds and fifty pence.
2 Listen and look at the prices. Choose the one you hear.
3 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.
£400.00
£90.00
£2.25
£3.50
£200.00
£15.00
£8.50
£3.80
FUNCTIONS
Buying in a shop
1 Read these questions and answers. Who says them? Customer or shop assistant?
2 Use the questions and answers from Exercise 1 to complete the dialogue. Listen and check.
3 SPEAKING Act out the dialogue with a partner.
TRAIN TO THINK
Exploring numbers
Read, think and write the answers.
Susan, Ian and George go shopping. Susan has got £20. Ian has got £12 and George has got £2. Susan spends £1.40 at the book shop and £3.30 at the supermarket and £8.30 at the café. Ian spends £3.80 at the post office and £2.20 at the chemist’s.