STUDY

AND

WRITING

SKILLS

STUDY
SKILLS:
working with numbers

EXTRA VOCABULARY:
ordinal numbers

Write the numbers in order of size (big to small).

nine million, six hundred and sixty thousand

four hundred and fifty thousand
ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine
ninety million
eight hundred thousand
seven hundred and forty-four

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We use ordinal numbers for fractions:

(a third),

2/5

(two-fifths)

and dates:
3rd June (the third of June).
1stl f rst

8th / eighth

15th / fifteenth

2nd / second

9th/ninth

16th / sixteenth

3rd / third

lOth / tenth

17th / seventeenth

4th / fourth

11th / eleventh

18th / eighteenth

5th / fifth

12th / twelfth

19th / nineteenth

6th / sixth

13th / th irteenth

20th / twentieth

7th / seventh

14th / fourteenth

21 st / twenty-first

90,000,000

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Write the fractions and percentages.

1 a quarter ~
2 thirty percent 30%
3 a half

Write these fractions and dates in words.

4 fifty-six percent

5 two-thirds

2 6th May

6 seventeen percent

7 three-fi fth s

4 2nd April

8 seventy percent

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two-thirds

9/10

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6 18th August

WRITING
SKILLS:
a description of a pie chart

Look at the pie chart. Choose the correct words

to complete the text.

1/12

8 21 st July

9 22ndJune

10 31 st January

Favourite films

I DICTATIO
Musical
11%

Action
33%

Listen and complete the information about

British people's travel. Use correct punctuation.
People in Britain make

visits to other countries per year.

Comedy
19%
Love story
24%
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a third of these films are action
films and 2aboutloverlexactly
a quarter are love
stories. 3NearlylOverlExactly
20% are comedies.
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10% are musicals and
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13% are other types.

Leisure time

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