Page 112 - English Grammar in Use Suppl. Ex. - Fifth Edition

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166 A class of students is studying environmental issues Smashing figures?
% glass recycled by selected countries 2017
with their teacher. Look at the chart and complete
their conversation. Belgium
Netherlands
teacher: On this bar chart, who recycled
(1) the highest percentage of glass in 2017? Norway
flora: The Belgians did. Italy
Czech
teacher: And who recycled Republic
(2) percentage? Spain
wayne: The Poles. Portugal
teacher: Right. What about the Spanish? How well Croatia
did they do? Poland
jill: They did (3) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
the Poles and Portuguese, but (4) the Czechs.
teacher: Did the Croatians recycle a (5) percentage of glass
the Portuguese?
kevin: No, not quite. About five per cent (6) .
teacher: What about the Norwegians?
bronwen: They recycled almost (7) percentage
the Dutch.
teacher: Yes. That’s over ten per cent (8) the Italians.
alex: But it’s still seven per cent (9) the Belgians.
teacher: True.

167 The class in the previous exercise took part in a paper recycling project. Look at the chart
below and write sentences comparing the students’ achievements.

FLORA KEVIN ALEX WAYNE
JILL BRONWEN

1 (Kevin / Flora / Jill)
Kevin didn’t collect as much paper as Flora, but he collected more than Jill.
2 (Alex / Bronwen / Jill) Alex collected five kilos less than Bronwen or Jill.
3 (Flora) Flora collected the most paper.
4 (Jill / Alex / Wayne)
5 (Bronwen / Jill)
6 (Wayne)
7 (Alex / Bronwen / Wayne)
8 (Jill / Flora / Alex)

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