--- title: Prices, change, borrowing and lending — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Prices, change, borrowing and lending», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Before you pay, you round each price and add them in your head, so you know whether you have enough before you reach the till; a pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Prices, change, borrowing and lending # Prices, change, borrowing and lending Lesson 262 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 17 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/0/) — Before you pay, you round each price and add them in your head, so you know whether you have enough before you reach the till; a price like $4.99 is almost $5, not $4. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/1/) — If a shop assistant gives you too much change, you tell them and give back the extra, because it is honest and the assistant may have to make up the difference. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/2/) — A loan is money you borrow and must pay back, often with extra called interest, so adults borrow carefully; borrowing from a parent and paying it back from pocket money is a small loan that teaches what debt means. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/3/) — You lend friends only a small amount you can afford to lose and agree when it will be paid back, because friends sometimes forget and money can spoil friendships. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/4/) — A boy in Bristol is cornered by an older child who demands his money; he hands it over because he feels unsafe, then tells a teacher straight away, because this is bullying or theft and adults must stop it. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/5/) — If you get too much change, you tell the shop assistant and give back the extra. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/6/) — To estimate a total, you round each price and add them in your head. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/7/) — A price like $4.99 is almost $5; shops use such prices to make things seem cheaper. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/8/) — At an ice-cream van or tuck shop (a small school shop for snacks) you check the price list first and hold your money ready. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/9/) — You lend a friend only a small amount you can afford to lose and agree when it will be paid back. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/10/) — If a friend has not paid you back, you remind them kindly and ask a parent for advice if it continues. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/11/) — When you borrow from a parent, you agree how and when you will pay it back from pocket money. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/12/) — A loan is money you borrow and must pay back, often with extra called interest. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/13/) — If an older child demands your money, you may give it if you feel unsafe, then tell a trusted adult straight away. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/14/) — Taking money from a parent's purse without asking is stealing, even at home. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/16/) — A girl in California lent her new headphones to a boy she hardly knew; he never gave them back and she saved for months to replace them. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/18/) — Things lent to people you do not know well are often lost, so lend only what you can manage without, to people you trust. - ← previous: [Pocket money, saving and spending](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending/) - next →: [Clocks, calendars and planning the day](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)