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Currency from                                     We write                                 We say

 

1. Italy                                                               a.                                                     A. dollar

 

2. The UK                                                          b.                                                    B. pound

 

3. Japan                                                             c.                                                    C. yen

 

4. The USA                                                        d.                                                    D. riyal

 

5. Saudi Arabia                                                 e.                                                    E. euro

Working English.

Look at how we say large numbers.

 

800 eight hundred         80 000 eighty thousand          50 000 000 fifty million

 

When we use an approximate number, we add - s and of.

 

There are hundreds of currencies / thousands of banks / millions of people in the world.

 

Look at how we say these numbers

 

157                     a / one hundred and fifty-seven

579                    five hundred and seventy-nine

5 790                 five thousand seven hundred and ninety

57 901                fifty-seven thousand nine hundred and one

5 790 000          five million seven hundred and ninety thousand

 

When we talk about exchange rates, we can say the decimal point (.).

 

$1.34                  There are one point three four US dollars to the euro.

 $239.34              There are two hundred and thirty-nine point three four dollars.

 

My Notes

Match the countries 1 - 5 with the currency symbols a - e and how to say the currency A - E

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