5. PRICES AND SHOPPING Practice the way we write and say prices in US currency. AMERICAN ENGLISH BRITISH ENGLISH WRITTEN SPOKEN WRITTEN SPOKEN $1.00 A dollar £1 A pound 50c Fifty cents 50p Fifty p $1.99 A dollar ninety- nine £1.99 One pound ninety - nine $16.40 Sixteen- forty/ sixteen dollars and forty cents £16.40 Sixteen pounds forty
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8. SHORT ANSWERS Short answers Long answers 1. Do you like learning English, Ana? Yes. Yes, I do. I love it. It´s the lenguage of Shakespeare. 2. Are those new jeans You're wearing? No. No, they aren´t. I´ve had them for ages. 3. Do you know what time it is? No. No, I don´t . I´m sorry. 4. Can you play any musical instruments? Yes. Yes, I can, as a matter of fact. I can play the violin.
9. A VISIT TO THE DOCTOR Illnesses Symptoms I have a cold. I can´t stop sneezing, and my nose is runny. I have the flu. I have a temperature, my whole body aches, and I feel awful. I twisted my ankle. It hurts when I walk on it. I have diarrhea I keep going to the bathroom. I have a sore throat. My glands are swollen, and it hurts when I swallow. I have food poisoning I keep throwing up, and I have diarrhea.