Practice English Listening A1 Exercises – Prices

1 £56.50   2 £11.17   3 £69.09

4 £1067.00   5 £109.45   6 £198,000

7 £550.00   8 £15,670.00   9 £125,900

10 £1,350,000

1   That’s fifty-six fifty altogether.

2   That comes to eleven seventeen.

3   The total is sixty-nine pounds nine pence.

4   It costs one thousand and sixty-seven pounds.

5   That comes to a hundred and nine pounds and forty-five pence.

6   The price is one hundred and ninety-eight thousand pounds.

7   That’s five hundred and fifty pounds.

8   They cost fifteen thousand six hundred and seventy pounds.

9   It was sold for one hundred and seventy-five thousand, nine hundred pounds.

10   They sold it for one million, three hundred and fifty thousand pounds.

1 x   2 x   3 x   4 x

1   Now that’s eleven fifty for the main course, one twenty-five for the salad. The drinks were two pounds thirty and the dessert one ninety.

2   Your starters were five pounds sixty, and the main courses twenty seventy; drinks were six fifteen and the desserts cost four pounds and five pence.

3   Your main course was five seventy-five, the salad was one fifty, drinks were three pounds ninety and the dessert was two thirty-five.

4   The main courses came to fourteen pounds fifty, the salads were three pounds and the drinks two eighty.

watch    $140 = £10

calculator   $35 = £2.50

cassette recorder   $11,360 = £50

necklace   $91 = £25

Co   Excuse me sir, can I ask you where you’ve just travelled from?

David   Yes, from Hong Kong. And I’ve been to Tokyo and Singapore too.

Co   Is this your luggage? Can I look in your bag? Did you buy these things on holiday?

David   Yes, I did.

Co   How much did you pay for the watch?

David   Oh, let me see, I’ve got the receipts here. Yes, that was a hundred and forty Hong Kong dollars.

Co   One hundred and forty Hong Kong dollars. Right, that’s about ten pounds. And the calculator?

David   Oh, that was only, er, thirty-five dollars in Hong Kong.

Co   Thirty -five dollars. Erm, that’s about two pounds fifty. What did this cassette recorder cost?

David   The cassette recorder? That cost eleven thousand three hundred and sixty yen. I bought it in Tokyo.

Co   Eleven thousand three hundred and sixty yen – that must be about fifty pounds. Did you buy this necklace while you were away?

David   Yes I did, in Singapore. It cost ninety-one dollars.

Co   Right, that’s about, twenty-five pounds. So, ten pounds for the watch, two fifty for the calculator, fifty pounds for the cassette recorder and twenty-five pounds for the necklace. Right, so you spent more than eighty-seven pounds. Did you know that thirty two pounds is the most you can spend tax-free?

1    1   London

      2   Paris

      3   Madrid

2    1   Tokyo

      2   New York

      3   London

3    1   Tokyo

      2   Honolulu

      3   Singapore

4    1   San Francisco

      2   Chicago

      3   Phoenix

5    1   Los Angeles

      2   Mexico City

      3   Hong Kong

6    1   Jakarta

      2   Washington

      3   Rio

1   A loaf of bread costs under a pound in London; it’s cheaper in Paris, around fifty pence, and only costs thirty-five pence in Madrid.

2   A cinema ticket costs around five pounds in New York; in London you pay about four pounds and in Tokyo it’s about six pounds fifty.

3   A one mile taxi ride in Singapore costs about one pound fifty; in Tokyo it comes to about five pounds, and in Honolulu you pay about three pounds.

4   A good meal at a first class restaurant costs about forty dollars in Chicago, about forty-five dollars in San Francisco, and about thirty dollars in Phoenix.

5   A flat of about a thousand square feet costs about two hundred pounds a week to rent in Mexico City; about two hundred and fifty pounds a week in Los Angeles and about a hundred and fifty pounds a week in Hong Kong.

6   Posting a local letter costs around eight pence in Rio, twelve pence in Washington and about fifteen pence in Jakarta.