L’argent WALT: Revising large numbers and putting them into euros WILF: Revise and practise high numbers (level 2) Saying the price of something in a sentence (level 3) Find the answers in French: 1. 151-41 = 2. 530+57 = 3. 6x14 = 4. 180/2 = Extension – find these in French 765 576 489
What currency is used in France? EUROS What is the symbol for the Euro? € http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/video/euro2008_en.htm
L’euro Then, on 1 January 2002, euro banknotes and coins were launched in the 12 countries that were adopting the euro, these countries were: Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Finland. Cash machines at banks gave euro, and shops only gave euro as change. In January 2007, Slovenia was the first of the newer Member States to adopt the euro, followed by Malta and Cyprus in January 2008, Slovakia in 2009 and Estonia in 2011
Now try and name as many countries as you can that use the Euro Deux minutes WINNER GETS A PRIZE!
Today, a euro is worth about 85p . equals roughly £2.55 3€
1 Euro €1,00 2 Euros €2,00
5 Euros €5,00 €10,00 10 Euros 20 Euros €20,00
€50,00 50 Euros €100,00 100 Euros
PUTTING NUMBERS AND EUROS TOGETHER SAYING PRICES IS THE SAME AS IN ENGLISH IN ENGLISH WE SAY FIVE POUNDS, IN FRENCH IT IS FIVE EUROS Example: €5 would be cinq euros USE THE WORD ET (= and) WHEN YOU HAVE A PRICE WITH CENTS Example: €22, 20 would be vingt deux euros et vingt centimes PRICES: C’est combien? = How much is it? C’est… = It is
Quatre-vingts cinq euros C’est combien? Soixante trois euros Vingt sept euros Quatre-vingts cinq euros Quarante neuf euros Cinquante deux euros
Quatre-vingts cinq euros C’est combien? Soixante trois euros Vingt sept euros Quatre-vingts cinq euros Quarante neuf euros Cinquante deux euros
Quatre-vingts cinq euros C’est combien? Soixante trois euros Vingt sept euros Quatre-vingts cinq euros Quarante neuf euros Cinquante deux euros
L’argent PRACTICE: write out how you would say these prices in French €52 = cinquante deux euros 4. €70 7. €260 €120 5. €22, 20 8. €120, 05 €16 6. €14, 50 9. €43 PRACTICE: write out how you would say these prices in French 1. 2. 3.
Hangman THINK OF A PRICE THEN TRY AND GET THE CLASS TO GUESS WHAT IT IS BEFORE THEY HANG!