English grammar
Paying: card, cash, change
Ask how to pay and understand change.
From the scene Do you take cards?
In short
Ask with do: Do you take cards? Say no with don't: I don't have any change.
- money card / cash / change
- question (do) Do you take cards?
- negative (don't) I don't have any change.
- paying I'll pay in cash.
Your turn
Which one goes with question (do)?
Options: Do you take cards? · card / cash / change · I don't have any change.
Show answer
question (do) → Do you take cards?
How it works
Market stalls often take only cash. Ask with do: Do you take cards? (not "You take cards?").
Your turn
Pick the word that fits the line.
No, I don't take cards. (blank) only.
Options: Change · Cash
Show answer
No, I don't take cards. Cash only.
No, no acepto tarjeta. Solo efectivo.
Good to know
Say no with don't: I don't have any change (not "I no have"). You pay in cash and get change.
money card / cash / change
Tomás
Mmm... I don't have any change.
Mmm... no tengo cambio.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
Mmm... I don't have any (blank).
Options: change · Do you take cards · I'll pay in cash
Show answer
Tomás
Mmm... I don't have any change.
Mmm... no tengo cambio.
question (do) Do you take cards?
Nuria
Do you take cards?
¿Aceptas tarjeta?
Your turn
What fills the gap?
(blank)?
Options: Change · I don't have any change · Do you take cards
Show answer
Nuria
Do you take cards?
¿Aceptas tarjeta?
negative (don't) I don't have any change.
Tomás
Mmm... I don't have any change.
Mmm... no tengo cambio.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
Mmm... (blank).
Options: I don't have any change · Do you take cards · I'll pay in cash
Show answer
Tomás
Mmm... I don't have any change.
Mmm... no tengo cambio.
paying I'll pay in cash.
Nuria
Okay, I'll pay in cash.
Vale, pago en efectivo.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
Okay, (blank).
Options: Do you take cards · I'll pay in cash · Change
Show answer
Nuria
Okay, I'll pay in cash.
Vale, pago en efectivo.
Common mistake
Not no have here. Negative with do.
Mmm... I don't have any change.
Mmm... no tengo cambio.
Practise it in the story
Meet this rule inside a short animated scene. Answer as it plays, then say the lines yourself.
Practise free in the appSee all forms
| money | card / cash / change |
|---|---|
| question (do) | Do you take cards? |
| negative (don't) | I don't have any change. |
| paying | I'll pay in cash. |
More lines from the story
- TomásNo, I don't take cards. Cash only.No, no acepto tarjeta. Solo efectivo.
- TomásThat's fifteen euros.Son quince euros.
- TomásTwenty euros. Your change... is five euros.Veinte euros. Tu cambio... son cinco euros.