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.

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.

SIGNS, SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS

(the material of the module is taken from:“Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP;

Unit 23, pg.26; Unit 24; pg.27)

SECTION A

What do these abbreviations stand for? Match the abbreviations below with their full forms (1-9) below.

2. Do we have the same words in the Russian language? Why is it useful to have standard international systems?

Complete the sentences (1-8) below by putting one word from the box in each space.

area capacity distance length liquid (quantity) speed weight height

DID YOU KNOW ?

1.	The __________of the Eiffel Tower in Paris is about three hundred metres.
2.	The __________of the Charles Bridge in Prague is five hundred and sixteen metres.
3.	The surface __________ of Lake Balaton in Hungary is five hundred and ninety-three square kilometers.
4.	The maximum __________ limit on expressways in Poland is one hundred and ten kilometers per hour.
5.	The __________ of the bell in Dubrovnik’s city tower is two thousand kilograms.
6.	The __________ between Bratislava and Budapest is about two hundred kilometers.
7.	A magnum champagne bottle can hold one point five litres of __________.
8.	The engine __________of Formula One car is three thousand cubic centimeters.

Match the numbers and abbreviations below with the words in italics from exercise 3 in the following table.

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NUMBERS	\|	Rewrite the measurements (1-9) below as numbers and abbreviations.

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