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UNIT XXV
How do you say?
Before you start
1. What do these abbreviations stand for? Match the abbreviations in
the box with the full forms (1-9) below:
1.centimeter a) km
2 gram b) ml
3. cubic c) kg
4. square d) m
5. kilogram e) cm
6. kilometer f) g
7. liter g) (x)²
8. meter h) l
9. milliliter i) (x)³
Vocabulary
2. What are the measurements in Exercise 1 used for? Complete the
sentences (1-8) below by putting one word in each space. Use the
words in the box:
area ■ capacity ■ distance ■ length ■ liquid (quantity)
■ speed ■ weight ■ height
1. The _________of the Eiffel Tower in Paris is about three hundred
meters.
2. The_________of the Charles Bridge in Prague is five hundred and
sixteen meters.
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 a Formula One car is three thousand
cubic centimetres.
3. Rewrite the measurements in Exercise 4 as numbers and
abbreviations. Use the numbers and abbreviations in the box:
516m ■ 1l0kph ■ 3000сс (or cm³) ■ 300m ■ 1.5l ■ 593km² ■ 2000kg
■ 200km
4. Rewrite the measurements (1-9) below as numbers and
abbreviations.
1. twenty-two kilometers per hour
2. two liters
3. one point five square meters
4. six square kilometers
5. fifty milliliters
6. eighteen kilograms
7. one hundred and thirty grams
8. one point five meters by fifty centimeters
9. nought point seven five cubic meters
Writing
5. Write true answers to these questions. Use words, not numbers.
Example: - What area is your classroom?
- It is about twenty square meters.
1. What area is your classroom?
2. How tall are you?
3. What is the speed limit on the roads in your town?
4. How fast can you run?
5. What is the area ot your desk?
6. How much does your school bag weigh?
7. How much did you weigh when you were born?
8. How far is it from your town to the capital city?
Speaking
6. Check if you know smth about the history of measurement. For
example, what are the connections between human bodies and
measurement. 
UNIT XXV                                                               8. The engine_________ of a Formula One car is three thousand
How do you say?                                                        cubic centimetres.
Before you start
1. What do these abbreviations stand for? Match the abbreviations in   3. Rewrite the measurements in Exercise 4 as numbers and
the box with the full forms (1-9) below:                               abbreviations. Use the numbers and abbreviations in the box:
      1.centimeter                    a) km                            516m ■ 1l0kph ■ 3000сс (or cm³) ■ 300m ■ 1.5l ■ 593km² ■ 2000kg
      2 gram                          b) ml                                                        ■ 200km
      3. cubic                        c) kg
      4. square                       d) m                             4. Rewrite the measurements (1-9) below as numbers and
      5. kilogram                     e) cm                            abbreviations.
      6. kilometer                    f) g                             1. twenty-two kilometers per hour
      7. liter                        g) (x)²                          2. two liters
      8. meter                        h) l                             3. one point five square meters
      9. milliliter                   i) (x)³                          4. six square kilometers
Vocabulary                                                             5. fifty milliliters
2. What are the measurements in Exercise 1 used for? Complete the      6. eighteen kilograms
sentences (1-8) below by putting one word in each space. Use the       7. one hundred and thirty grams
words in the box:                                                      8. one point five meters by fifty centimeters
                                                                       9. nought point seven five cubic meters
         area ■ capacity ■ distance ■ length ■ liquid (quantity)
                       ■ speed ■ weight ■ height                       Writing
                                                                       5. Write true answers to these questions. Use words, not numbers.
1. The _________of the Eiffel Tower in Paris is about three hundred    Example: - What area is your classroom?
meters.                                                                            - It is about twenty square meters.
2. The_________of the Charles Bridge in Prague is five hundred and     1. What area is your classroom?
sixteen meters.                                                        2. How tall are you?
3. The surface_________ of Lake Balaton in Hungary is five hundred     3. What is the speed limit on the roads in your town?
and ninety-three square kilometers.                                    4. How fast can you run?
4. The maximum_________limit on expressways in Poland is one           5. What is the area ot your desk?
hundred and ten kilometers per hour.                                   6. How much does your school bag weigh?
5. The_________of the bell in Dubrovnik's city tower is two            7. How much did you weigh when you were born?
thousand kilograms.                                                    8. How far is it from your town to the capital city?
6. The_________between Bratislava and Budapest is about two            Speaking
hundred kilometers.                                                    6. Check if you know smth about the history of measurement. For
7. A magnum champagne bottle can hold one point five litres            example, what are the connections between human bodies and
of_________.                                                           measurement.

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