MONEY SLANG

Vocabulary

Have you ever heard or read any of these words?

- Pavarotti

- Ton

- Grand

- Quid

- Score

- Pony

- Monkey

- Deep sea diver

- £1000

- £500

- £100

- £25

- £20

- £10

- £5

- £1

Guess which word goeswith these figures.

Let’s see some figures in context!

- Hey mate, can you lend me a ton? I need to payfor my phone bill, and I’m broke.

- “Ere, sell us s lighter.”- “That’ll be one quid.”

- “My new gadget cost me £25…”- “Woe, that wasa pony!”

- Please, come to the concert. It’s only a score at the ticket office. Only £20 or you’ll miss it

- Look, I think he makes lots of money. He’s got a monkey in his wallet!

and the solution is…

£1000 GRAND

£500 MONKEY

£100 TON

£25 PONY

£20 SCORE

£10 PAVAROTTI

£5 DEEP SEA DIVER

£1 QUID

What are the three most commonly-used words in English for £1, £5 and £10?