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Facts and figures
Name:Date:
Hear years, percentages and large numbers in context.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- founded
- Started, for example a town or a company.
- resident
- A person who lives in a place.
- tourism
- The business of providing services for visitors.
Answer key
- The town was founded in 1850.Years are often read in pairs: “eighteen fifty” is 1850.
- Today it has about 45,000 people.Write 45,000 or forty-five thousand. Commas in numbers do not affect checking.
- Around 40 percent of residents work in tourism.“Forty” has no u, unlike “four”. Write 40 or forty; “per cent” and “%” are also accepted.
- The new bridge opened in 2015.“Twenty fifteen” is 2015. Write the year in digits or words.
- It carries more than 3,000 cars a day.Write 3,000 or three thousand.