Question

2 Complete each pair of sentences a and b with the same word. 1 a At ____________ over three billion people in the world live on less than $2.50 a day. b Every year, Canada receives 20,000 tulip bulbs from The Netherlands as a ____________ . 2 a Nowadays, more and more people are moving from the city into the ____________ because they want a slower pace of life. b The biggest ____________ in the world by area is Russia. 3 a The ____________ most spoken language in the world is English with over 500 million speakers. It comes after Mandarin with over one billion speakers. b The longest word in English has 189,819 letters and takes 3 hours, 33 minutes and 23 ____________s to pronounce. 4 a The easiest ____________ to calculate population growth is using a mathematical equation. b While we were travelling around the country, we lost our ____________ several times. Next time, we need to bring a map

Answer 1

1. present
2. country
3. second
4. way

Answer 2

1a. At poverty over three billion people in the world live on less than $2.50 a day. 1b. Every year, Canada receives 20,000 tulip bulbs from The Netherlands as a gift.

2a. Nowadays, more and more people are moving from the city into the countryside because they want a slower pace of life. 2b. The biggest country in the world by area is Russia.

3a. The second most spoken language in the world is English with over 500 million speakers. It comes after Mandarin with over one billion speakers. 3b. The longest word in English has 189,819 letters and takes 3 hours, 33 minutes and 23 seconds to pronounce.

4a. The easiest way to calculate population growth is using a mathematical equation. 4b. While we were travelling around the country, we lost our way several times. Next time, we need to bring a map.