D. Make up short dialogues expressing lack of certainty and surprise. Use prompts given below.
e.g. If I remember rightly, Vladimir Lenin studied in Kazan. Really? It’s news to me. When was it? 1) There are more than 200 holidays in Russia and only 7 are state ones! 2) In 1240 Kiev was destroyed by the Mongols. 3) The first animal in space was a Russian dog, Laika. 4) Viking Rurik founded the first Russian dynasty in Novgorod. 5) 13 cities in Russia have population over 1 m. 6) The USSR was divided into fifteen independent republics. 7) The Russian Federation is home to as many as 160 different ethnic groups.
E. Write in words how you would say the numbers in brackets, in British English. The first one is done as an example for you. 1) 456, 780 - four hundred and fifty six thousand, seven hundred and eighty 2) 1, 230 5) 120, 330 8) 3/8 3) 12, 300 6) 12.33% 9) 0.169 4) 12,030 7) 1/5 10) 174, 607, 513 F. What is the answer to these sums? Write the sums and the answers in figures. 1) Twelve multiplied by eight is - 12 x 8 = 96 2) One hundred and forty four divided by twelve is - 3) Twenty eight multiplied by three is - 4) One point five million multiplied by three is - 5) Seven hundred eighty-nine divided by six is - 6) Thirty seven point five multiplied by five is - 7) One million six hundred divided by five is -
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3 560 three thousand five hundred andsixty (BrE)
sixty (AmE)
