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Daily Life - Coins and Money (C0356)

A: Help me organize these coins.

B: That’s a lot of money! What did you do? Break

the piggy bank?

A: Yeah, I’m gonna go to the bank and change it for

bills, but first I have to separate them into little

piles.

B: Ok, I’ll find all the quarters and dimes while you

sort the nickels and pennies.

A: Great, then we can add everything up and take it

to the bank.

B: I found some coins that are not from here.

A: Oh yeah, those are from my trip to London. I have

a couple of different pence, but in all it won’t add

up to one pound.

B: Are you sure the bank will change these coins for

you?

A: Hopefully!

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c 2011 Praxis Language Ltd.Key Vocabulary

coin N a small round piece

of money usually made

from met

piggy

bank

N a small container used

to store coins

bill N form of money that is

made from paper

quarter N a coin worth one fourth

of a dollar

dime N a coin worth one tenth

of a dollar

nickel N a coin worth one twentieth of a dollar

penny N a coin that is worth one

cent or one one hundredth

Supplementary Vocabulary

Mint V To make or fabricate

coins

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c 2011 Praxis Language Ltd.Treasury N A place in which private

or public funds are kept

Safe N A large metallic vault

used to store money

safely

Bling N Slang term used for

money, gold and jewelery

Money

Press

N Machine that prints

and produces bills

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