--- title: Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning time — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning time», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Money comes from work. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/) [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/) / Coins, pocket money, saving, spending… # Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning time Lesson 308 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 24 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/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/0/) — Money comes from work. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/1/) — Adults earn a salary by doing a job, and that money pays for the home, food and bills. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/2/) — A bank card does not make money; it only spends money that someone has already earned. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/3/) — Knowing your coins lets you pay and check your change. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/4/) — In the USA a penny is 1 cent, a nickel 5 cents, a dime 10 cents and a quarter 25 cents. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/5/) — In the UK coins go from 1p to £2; Australia, Canada and New Zealand use cents and dollar coins, and Ireland uses euro cents and euro coins. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/6/) — Small amounts add up: a girl in Texas who puts two dollars a week in her piggy bank and does not keep opening it has over one hundred dollars after a year (a year has 52 weeks, so that is 104 dollars). - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/7/) — Before paying, round each price and add them in your head, so you know if you have enough before you reach the till. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/8/) — And when planning your day, time a job once to see how long it really takes, because most people think jobs are quicker than they are. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/9/) — In the USA a penny is 1 cent, a nickel 5 cents, a dime 10 cents and a quarter 25 cents; 100 cents make one dollar. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/10/) — UK coins go from 1p to £2; Australia, Canada and New Zealand use cents and dollars, and Ireland uses euro cents and euros. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/11/) — Keep pocket money in a safe place, such as a money box or purse, and keep track of how much you have so you know what you can afford. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/13/) — Cheap things that break quickly can cost more in the end than something that lasts. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/14/) — To estimate a total, round each price and add the rounded numbers in your head. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/15/) — In Australia and New Zealand summer is December to February, so Christmas is in summer; the seasons are opposite in the southern hemisphere. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/16/) — Most people think jobs take less time than they really do; timing a job once shows how long it takes. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/17/) — Doing a chore properly builds trust and teaches you useful skills. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/18/) — Adults earn money by working, and that money pays for the home, food and bills; a card machine does not make money. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/19/) — When invited to a party, reply by the date asked so the host knows how many children are coming. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/20/) — A boy in Ohio carried all his savings to the shops in an open pocket; it fell out, and months of saving were gone in an afternoon. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/21/) — A girl in Australia bought a cheap toy that broke the next day, then another, then another; in the end she had spent more than a good toy would have cost. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/22/) — Money that is lost in the street is very rarely found again. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/23/) — When you go out, take only the money you need and keep it in a zipped pocket or purse. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/24/) — Cheap things that break often can cost more over time than one good thing. - ← previous: [Marks, group work, help at school and learning new skills](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills/) - next →: [Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)