Cover of the textbook New Total English Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 12 - Money for the textbook New Total English Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education

Question

  1. In pairs, discuss which things from the box you can see in the photos.
  2. What is the difference in meaning between each pair of words from exercise 1a?

Answer

a)

  • Main photo → coins
  • Top photo → a bill
  • Middle photo → a cash till; cash
  • Bottom photo → a discount

b)

  • A bargain is something which is cheaper than you expected. A discount is when money is taken off the usual price.
  • A coin is made of metal and a bank note is made of paper.
  • A cashpoint is a machine in or outside a bank or shop and you can take money out of it. A cash till is used in a shop or restaurant, and it's where the money you have paid is put.
  • A credit card is a small plastic card which allows people to buy goods without using cash and pay for them later. Cash is coins and notes.
  • A currency is the money of a country, e.g. pounds, dollars, and an exchange rate is the price at which we buy and sell money.
  • A receipt is what we get after we buy something and a bill is a price of paper that tells us how much we have to pay.
  • A wallet is for notes or bank cards and a purse is for coins.