How much is it?

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the wordsVocabulary exercise
4. 4Check the wordsVocabulary
5. 5US moneyVocabulary
6. 6Check your understandingReading comprehension
7. 7Listen: Zoe's messageListening comprehension
8. 8Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
9. 9One or more?Grammar exercise
10. 10How do we make plurals?Grammar exercise
11. 11Plural nounsGrammar rule
12. 12Write the pluralsGrammar exercise
13. 13At the yard saleVocabulary exercise
14. 14Say it rightSpeaking practice
15. 15Role-play: at the yard saleSpeaking practice
16. 16Let's talkDiscussion
17. 17Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: which word?Vocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: my yard saleGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: a price listDiscussion

Words

• dollar/ˈdɑːlər/

  money in the US and some other countries: $1 = one dollar

• cent/sent/

  a small amount of money: 100 cents = $1

• 
  bill/bɪl/

  paper money, like a $10 bill

• 
  coin/kɔɪn/

  metal money, like a quarter (25 cents)

• 
  price/praɪs/

  how much money you pay for something

• cheap/tʃiːp/

  not expensive: it is not much money

• 
  expensive/ɪkˈspensɪv/

  it is a lot of money

• 
  buy/baɪ/

  to get something and pay money for it

• sell/sel/

  to give something to a person who pays you for it

• 
  free/friː/

  with no price: you pay $0

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about money.

1. What money is in your country? Dollars, euros, pesos…?
2. What is cheap in your country?
3. What is your favorite store or market?

Grammar rule

Plural nouns

One → two or more

Rule	One	More than one
most words: + s	a book, a toy, a key	books, toys, keys
after s, x, sh, ch: + es	a box, a bus, a dish, a watch	boxes, buses, dishes, watches
consonant + y: y → ies	a city, a baby	cities, babies
some words: f or fe → ves	a knife, a shelf, a wife	knives, shelves, wives
a new word	a man, a woman, a child, a person	men, women, children, people

a / an is only for one: a book, but books (not a books). And with a vowel + y, just add s: toys, keys, days.

Three sounds for -s

• /s/: books, cups, cents
• /z/: toys, dollars, bills
• /ɪz/, a new syllable: boxes, watches, prices