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Lesson 69 / Price & quantity
5 phrases · 12 minutes · Look, listen and try.
Observe the price change, calculate the amount and realize the item is sold out.
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The price went up from two dollars to three dollars.
The price went up from two dollars to three dollars.
The cost of the tickets has gone up.
The cost of the tickets has gone up.
In the lesson it is the price level rising, not one person moving up. Past tense “went”, participle “gone”.
The price of the notebooks went down during the sale.
The price of the notebooks went down during the sale.
The cost has gone down, so it is cheaper now.
The cost has gone down, so it is cheaper now.
In the lesson, the price is reduced. Antonym of “go up” in this context; Doesn't mean the store is closed.
Cambridge Dictionary · go down
Round up four dollars sixty to five dollars.
Round up four dollars sixty to five dollars.
We rounded the amount up to the next whole dollar.
We rounded the amount up to the next whole dollar.
Only increases to the next round number, not always rounds to the nearest number. The amount in the lesson is an illustrative example.
The two notebooks come to six dollars altogether.
The two notebooks come to six dollars altogether.
What did the total come to?
What did the total come to?
Talk about the total amount. Different from waking up in another sense of "come to"; past tense “came”.
The shop has sold out of bread.
The shop has sold out of bread.
The concert tickets sold out in one day.
The concert tickets sold out in one day.
Being out of stock is because it's sold out, which is different from running out of things at home. Past and participle “sold”; add “of” when stating the item.
The examples were written for this course. Usage was checked against Matt Errey’s book, pages 57, 55, 108, 26, 113. A2–B1 is the course’s intended level.
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Linh looks at the price tag with the up arrow at the store with Minh.
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Linh looks at a discount card with a down arrow at the store.
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Linh converted an amount of money into a higher round amount when calculating with Minh.
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Linh and Minh checked the total cost of two items at the counter.
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Linh and Minh looked at the empty bread shelf because the store was sold out.
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Read the conversation and find the expressions you have learned.
The price of these apples has gone up.
The price of these apples has gone up.
Yes, but the oranges have gone down in price.
Yes, but the oranges have gone down in price.
Let us check what the whole basket comes to.
Let us check what the whole basket comes to.
Here “go up” and “go down” describe prices rising and falling. Use “to” for the new price and usually “by” for the amount of change.
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The answers below are models. Other answers can also work if they preserve the facts, meaning and structure requested in the task.
Market prices change overnight: pears cost more, potatoes cost less, and one stall has no strawberries left.
Describe the pear price change.
The price of pears has gone up.
Pears cost more than before, so their price “has gone up”, unlike the falling potato price.
Complete: This stall has sold ___ of strawberries.
out
“Sold out of strawberries” means none remain at the stall; “out” must precede “of”.
Write a comparison using go down.
The potatoes have gone down in price, unlike the pears.
“Gone down in price” makes potatoes cheaper; “unlike the pears” preserves the opposite changes.
The usage comparisons are checked against the Cambridge Dictionary entries linked beside the compared expressions. The additional conversations and exercises are written for this course.
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