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| 4-G) Money (Sterling Languages) |
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UNIT 4 lesson G |
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On this video you will learn different ways to read prices in English, from the longest to the shortest way.
MONEY
Written 
$ 25 / ₤10 / € 5
Spoken twenty five dollars / ten pounds / five euros
Written $ 25.12 / ₤10.45 / € 5.50
Spoken twenty five dollars, twelve cents (or "cent") / ten pounds, forty-five pence / five euros, fifty cents
or we can also say: twenty five dollars, twelve / ten pounds, forty-five / five euros, fifty / five fifty.
Note: in America you can also use "AND" and say $2.50 = two dollars AND fifty. In the UK that is less usual.
In the UK, 1 pound = 100 pence
singular: penny / plural: pence
1 penny, 2 pence, 5 pence
in colloquial English we can say:
1 quid = 100p (one hundred "pee")
In the US, 1 dollar = 100 cents
but in colloquial English we can say:
1 buck = 100 pennies
1 penny (= 1 cent), 2 pennies (=2 cents)
NOTICE
In the UK, a penny is 1/100 pounds, and the plural is "pence"
In the US, a penny is a colloquial term for "a cent" and the plural is "pennies"
Vocabulary about money
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