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POPULATION IN THE UK There were (1) twelve point one million children aged under (2) sixteen in (3) two thousand: (4) six point two million boys and (5) five point nine million girls. This is fewer than in (6) nineteen seventy-one, when there were (7) fourteen point three million children. In (8) two thousand, (9) thirty per cent of children in the UK were under five, (10) thirty-two per cent were aged five to nine years and (11) thirty-eight per cent were aged ten to fifteen. These proportions were similar in the (12) nineteen seventies. |
Now choose the correct answers to the questions (1-3) below.
1. | Where is the text from? |
a) A government information leaflet. | |
b) A teenage magazine. | |
2. | What is the text about? |
a) how many children watch TV in Britain. | |
b) how many children there are in Britain. | |
3. | Who is this information useful for? |
a) people planning educational resources | |
b) teachers and parents |
8. Read the text above again and write the numbers in italics (1-12) from the text in figures.
12.1m (12,100,000) | ||||
Read the text again and decide if the sentences (1-3) below are true (T) or false (F).
There are more boys than girls in Britain. | T | F | |
The total number of children has increased since a census in 1971. | T | F | |
In 1971 the same percentage of children were under five. | T | F |
Check the knowledge of active vocabulary from this module with the help of
“ACTIVE VOCABULARY” section.
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