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Pounds and pence : payer en livres sterling (6e)

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a pound (£) / pence (p)une livre / des pence (100 p = 1 £)
How much is it?Combien ça coûte ?
It's £3.50.C'est 3,50 £ (three pounds fifty).
a coin / a noteune pièce / un billet
Here's your change.Voici votre monnaie.
Can I pay by card?Je peux payer par carte ?

Au Royaume-Uni, on paie en livres sterling. Le symbole £ se place avant le nombre : £5. £3.50 se lit three pounds fifty. Une pièce de 1 £ s'appelle familièrement a quid.

Mise en situation : à la boutique de souvenirs

Lucas : Excuse me, how much is this mug?
Excusez-moi, combien coûte ce mug ?
Woman : It's six pounds fifty.
Il coûte six livres cinquante.
Lucas : And the key ring?
Et le porte-clés ?
Woman : Two pounds. So that's eight pounds fifty altogether.
Deux livres. Donc ça fait huit livres cinquante en tout.
Lucas : Here's a ten-pound note.
Voici un billet de dix livres.
Woman : Thank you. Here's your change: one pound fifty.
Merci. Voici votre monnaie : une livre cinquante.

À retenir

  • a pound (£), pence (p) : 100 p = £1.
  • How much is it? It's £3.50. a coin, a note, change.
  • Can I pay by card?

Exercice 1 : Payer en livres : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. « Combien ça coûte ? »
    1. How many is it?
    2. How much it is?
    3. How much is it?
  2. Combien de pence dans une livre ?
    1. 100
    2. 1 000
    3. 10
  3. « une pièce »
    1. a coin
    2. a corn
    3. a cone
  4. « un billet »
    1. a bill note
    2. a note
    3. a ticket of money
  5. « la monnaie (rendue) »
    1. money back of
    2. chance
    3. change
  6. Comment écrit-on 5 livres ?
    1. 5 pound£
    2. £5
    3. 5£
  7. « £3.50 » se lit...
    1. three pound and fifty
    2. three pounds fifty
    3. three fifty pound
  8. « Je peux payer par carte ? »
    1. Can I pay by card?
    2. Can I pay with card of?
    3. Can I pay in card?
  9. « en tout »
    1. in all of
    2. altogether
    3. all together of
  10. « une livre » (familier)
    1. a squid
    2. a kid
    3. a quid

Exercice 2 : Payer en livres : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. How .......................... is it?
  2. It's six .......................... fifty.
  3. Here's your .......................... . (monnaie)
  4. Here's a ten-pound .......................... . (billet)
  5. A one-pound .......................... . (pièce)
  6. Can I pay by .......................... ?
  7. That's eight pounds fifty .......................... . (en tout)
  8. Fifty .......................... .
  9. How much .......................... this mug?
  10. It's too .......................... ! (cher)

Exercice 3 : Payer en livres : mise en situation

  1. Tu demandes le prix du mug.
    1. How much this mug is?
    2. How much is this mug?
    3. How many is this mug?
  2. Il coûte 6,50 £.
    1. It's six fifty pounds.
    2. It's six pound fifty of.
    3. It's six pounds fifty.
  3. Tu demandes pour le porte-clés.
    1. And the king ring?
    2. And the key rink?
    3. And the key ring?
  4. Ça fait 8,50 £ en tout.
    1. That's eight pound fifty all together of.
    2. That eight pounds fifty altogether.
    3. That's eight pounds fifty altogether.
  5. Tu donnes un billet de 10 £.
    1. Here's a ten-pound note.
    2. Here's a ten-pounds note.
    3. Here's a ten pound coin.
  6. La vendeuse rend la monnaie.
    1. Here's your chance.
    2. Here's your change.
    3. Here's you change.
  7. Tu demandes à payer par carte.
    1. Can I pay by card?
    2. Can I pay on card?
    3. Can I pay with a card of?
  8. C'est trop cher.
    1. It's to expensive.
    2. It's too expansive.
    3. It's too expensive.
  9. Tu as besoin d'une pièce de 1 £.
    1. I need one pound coins.
    2. I need a one-pound corn.
    3. I need a one-pound coin.
  10. Tu remercies.
    1. Sorry, goodbye!
    2. Thank you, goodbye!
    3. Please, goodbye!

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. c) How much is it? · 2. a) 100 · 3. a) a coin · 4. b) a note · 5. c) change · 6. b) £5 · 7. b) three pounds fifty · 8. a) Can I pay by card? · 9. b) altogether · 10. c) a quid

Exercice 2

1. much · 2. pounds · 3. change · 4. note · 5. coin · 6. card · 7. altogether · 8. pence · 9. is · 10. expensive

Exercice 3

1. b) How much is this mug? · 2. c) It's six pounds fifty. · 3. c) And the key ring? · 4. c) That's eight pounds fifty altogether. · 5. a) Here's a ten-pound note. · 6. b) Here's your change. · 7. a) Can I pay by card? · 8. c) It's too expensive. · 9. c) I need a one-pound coin. · 10. b) Thank you, goodbye!