Make the numbers in these sentences less precise, using expressions from A in the vocabulary section. Follow the instructions in brackets.
- The company will invest £10.3 million in new technology over the next five years. (formal, meaning ‘more than’)
- It will cost you £10,000 to have the whole house redecorated. (less formal, approximately)
- It could take six, seven or eight hours to drive to Aberdeen, depending on the traffic. (an informal and a more formal version)
- Twenty-seven students failed the exam. I was rather surprised and disappointed. (a surprisingly large number)
Possible Answer
- The company will invest in excess of £10 million in new technology over the next five years.
- It will cost you in the region of / around / about £10,000 to have the whole house redecorated.
- Informal: It could take seven hours, give or take an hour / or so, to drive to Aberdeen, depending on the traffic.
Formal: It could take approximately seven hours to drive to Aberdeen, depending on the traffic.
- Quite a few students failed the exam. I was rather surprised and disappointed.
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