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Let's learn some words and phrases to help us talk about money.

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Video

In this film Jess, Nazia and Filip visit a shop and find out what they can buy with Jess's money.

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Key words

comes in lots of different notes and coins.

  • come in 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, 拢1 and 拢2.

  • come in 拢5, 拢10, 拢20 and 拢50. Some Scottish banks make 拢100 notes too.

Coins
UK coins from 1p to 拢2

1p - or

2p - or

5p - or

10p - or

20p - or

50p - or

拢1 -

拢2 -

Scottish notes
Scottish bank notes, from 拢5 to 拢50

拢5 -

拢10 -

拢20 -

拢50 -

Other money items

It's useful to know about other ways to pay for things and where you keep your money.

A card, a mobile phone, a purse and a wallet, labelled 1 to 4
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Activities

Ordering activity

Listening activity

All coins, put together to form the shield found on the reverse of the pound coin.
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These coins form the shield found on the reverse of the pound coin.

Did you know?

You can put a 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p coin together to create the shield found on the 拢1 coin.

All coins, put together to form the shield found on the reverse of the pound coin.
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These coins form the shield found on the reverse of the pound coin.
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Using money

You can use different notes and coins to make the same amounts.

The comparative values of coins and notes, in pence and pounds

Examples:

There is only 1 way to make 1p:

  • one 1p coin

There are 2 ways to make 2p:

  • one 2p coin
  • 1p + 1p
2p can be made up of one 2p coin or two 1p coins

How many ways are there to make 5p?

5p with question marks
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Make a sentence

Ask how much something costs

  • To find out how much something costs you can say:

A box of chocolates and a question mark next to money, in a thought bubble
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How much is the chocolate?
  • You can also say:

_

Example:

A box of chocolates and a question mark next to money, in a thought bubble
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How much is the chocolate?

Try to ask how much these things are:

A cupcake and a price tag with a question mark on it

A basketball and a price tag with a question mark

A book and a price tag with a question mark

Say how much something costs

A 拢3 price tag
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It's three pounds ( 拢3 )
  • To say how much something costs you can say:

_

Example:

( 拢3 )

A 拢3 price tag
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It's three pounds ( 拢3 )

Practice saying these prices:

A tag with 50p on it

A tag with 25p on it

A tag with 拢7 on it

A girl points at chocolate with a price tag of 拢2
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The chocolate is two pounds ( 拢2 )
  • You can also say:

_

Example:

( 拢2 )

A girl points at chocolate with a price tag of 拢2
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The chocolate is two pounds ( 拢2 )

Look at this shop picture:

A shop interior with items priced. Hairbrush is 拢3. Ball is 拢5. Pencil is 拢1

Now find the three items below and say how much each one costs.

A pencil

A giant stripy ball

A hairbrush

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Challenge

Practise using next time you're at a shop.

Can you ask your parents or a shopkeeper how much things cost?

Two girls at a shop till
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