21-22 Year 2 Period 4 English Week 4 - Chapter 6 Money (Language review/ revision)

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to period 4, week 4.

What do we cover today?

- Review: skills: dealing with figures (p.57)

- Chapter 6: language review (p.56)

- Chapter 6: revision (p.64/65)

- Vocabulary list (Excel) 

Write all the numbers from the article below in full, according to the way they are pronounced.

P. 136

Answer key

125 points          a hundred and twenty-five points

1.8 per cent       one point eight per cent

5,756.9                five thousand, seven hundred and fifty-six point nine

189.1 points       a hundred and eighty-nine point one points

1.9 per cent       one point nine per cent

9,538                   nine thousand, five hundred and thirty-eight

2.9 per cent      two point nine per cent

599p                    five hundred and ninety-nine pence

5.2 per cent      five point two per cent

225 1/4p             two hundred and twenty-five and a quarter pence

149p                     one hundred and forty-nine pence

5.8 per cent      five point eight per cent

402 3/4p            four hundred and two and three-quarter pence

2.5 per cent      two point five per cent

Language review: describing trends

We can describe trends in English in different ways. (1/3)

1. Verbs of change

The demand for iPhones has soared in recent years.

Sales are falling.

Profits improved in July.

We can describe trends in English in different ways. (2/3)

2. Prepositions

Profits rose 5% to £1.4 billion.

The sales of Dupont have gone up from £19.6 billion to £27.4 billion.

Sales rose by 20% over the holiday period.

This represents a decrease of 16.4% from the first quarter.

The average retail gasoline price stood at £4.11 a gallon yesterday.

We can describe trends in English in different ways. (3/3)

3. Different verb forms

The figures paint a gloomy picture of Japanese growth. (present simple)

The unemployment rate is rising. (present continuous)

Last summer, our market share fell. (past simple)

This year, orders from Brazil have levelled off. (present perfect)

If the price of petrol rises further, we'll make a loss. (first conditional)

Study for the test!

Language review A

p.56

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11.

decline

gain

drop

increase

rocket

plummet

double

fall

halve

level off

triple

recover

decrease

fluctuate

improve

peak

rise

jump

Language review B (p.56)

Which of the verbs in Exercise A also have noun forms? What are they?

example: to increase - an increase

Answer key

Language review C (p.56)

Complete the newspaper article with the words in the box. (p.64)

Write down your answers first, then send them in.

1 .......
2 .......
3 .......
etc.

(1-10)

Complete these verbs, which are all used to decribe trends. (p.64)

Downward movement

to p _ _ m _ _ t

Downward movement

to d _ _ p

Downward movement

to _ _ l _

Downward movement

to _ _ c l _ _ _

Upward movement

to _ _ c r _ _ _ _

Upward movement

to _ i _ _

Upward movement

to _ _ c k _ _

Upward movement

to j _ _ _

p. 65

Complete the sentences with appropiate prepositions. (p.65)    --- one answer can be used twice.

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2.

3.

4.

5.

of

by

to

at

in

from

Answer key

words 49-63