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how much does this cost

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it costs 12.95

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how much does that cost

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it costs fifty four dollars do you know

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how to ask for the prices of things or

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how much things cost in English

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my name is Emily from lingoni English

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and in this video I'm going to teach you

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how to talk about how much things cost

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in English let's get started

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so first of all the cost of something

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means the price of something the cost of

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something

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the milk costs two dollars

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the eggs cost four dollars

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the bread costs two dollars

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and the bananas cost two dollars

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in total I paid ten dollars for

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everything

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remember when you say the verb to cost

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and you conjugate it or make it fit the

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subject you need to remember to put the

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s or no s at the end

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so

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the bread one thing bread

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costs with an S two dollars

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the milk one thing costs two dollars

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the eggs cost

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four dollars

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the eggs two or more plural cost no s

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four dollars

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the bananas

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plural cost

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two dollars

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okay so how do you ask for the price of

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something

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how much is this

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how much are these

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don't forget singular versus plural

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so how much is the banana

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how much are the bananas

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how much are these how much are those

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how much are they

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how much is that how much is this

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these are all in the present tense

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another way to ask this is how much does

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blank cost

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how much does that Glass cost

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how much does that book cost

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how much do those earrings cost

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this is also in the present

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one other way you can ask is saying

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what's the price of blank

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what's the price of this

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what's the price of that

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what's the price of milk

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what's the price of those bananas

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the price is the same thing as the cost

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and again that's in the present tense

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but what if you want to ask someone

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about something they bought in the past

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you could say how much did you pay for

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that

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how much did you pay for that car

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how much did you pay for those earrings

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or how much did it cost

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how much did your car cost

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how much did those earrings cost

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again this was all in the past the

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person bought the item in the past

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okay but what about the future

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you could say how much will I pay for

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that

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how much will I pay for that

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how much will I pay for a train ticket

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how much will you pay for a train ticket

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you can also say

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how much will a train ticket cost

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how much will the bananas cost

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okay so that's how to ask for the price

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of something

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now let's practice telling or saying the

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price of something

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it costs blank

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the bread costs two dollars

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the bananas cost four dollars

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they cost four dollars

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or you can simply say

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it is two dollars or they are four

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dollars

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now let's talk about describing a price

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of something

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there are two ways to describe prices

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you could say this

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can be two dollars and fifty cents

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or 250

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this could be twelve dollars and ninety

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two cents

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or 1292

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okay I will put some prices in the

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subtitles below and you say out loud

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what the prices sound like in English

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five dollars and ninety nine cents or

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5.99

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the next one

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six dollars and 20 cents or 620.

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what about this one

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105 exactly

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and this one

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83.75

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or 83.75

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great job

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also remember the dollar sign goes in

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front of the number not behind it so

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dollar sign number

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not the other way

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we also use a period to show sense so

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eight five period 0 0.

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85 dollars

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how'd you do let us know in the comments

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below

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also if you need a little help with

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numbers 20 through 100 you can find a

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video on that up here

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see you next time bye