UNIT 14: Vocabulary

Topic vocabulary: Quantity

A Choose the correct word

1 Thankfully, she only suffered ....................injuries in the accident.

A minor

C minute

B meagre

D tiny

2 A half, written as a/an ...................., looks like this: 1/2.

A fraction

B rate

C ratio

D equation

3 In a few hundred years' time, oil will not be nearly so ....................... here on Earth.

A abundant

B ample

C considerable

D immense

4 ..................... is measured in cm

3

or m

3

.

A Mass

B Extent

C Volume

D Magnitude

5 Don't wash that sweater in really hot water or it'll ..............

A diminish

B shrink

C reduce

D decrease

6 Maps on paper can only show the world n two...................

A areas

B masses

C dimensions

D proportions

7 Why are all your clothes in a ............... on the floor?

A bulk

B batch

C heap

D sum

8 Sending out e-mails that people haven't asked for to ................ addresses is often known

A sufficient

B widespread

C countless

D multiple