Luke Micallef

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A beginners guide to writing in

English for university study

Quantity expressions
exercise
These optional exercises will help to develop your
understanding of quantity expressions.
Total no. students in the University of Reading International Social Club: 55
Total number of men: 25
Total number of women: 30
The table below represents information about where the students come from, and what they are
studying.
Country

Total

Business

Sciences

China
Russia
Brazil
France
S. Korea
India
Colombia
Japan
Total

17
10
8
6
5
4
3
2
55

14
1
3
4
1
0
3
0
26

3
7
2
2
4
0
0
2
20

Arts and
Humanities
0
2
3
0
0
4
0
0
9

Use the information available in the table to make sentences, using the quantity phrases
below.

the majority of
many

Example:

most
not many

a few
almost all

nearly everyone
some

Not many of the Sciences students come from Japan

University of Reading 2015

Friday 24 April 2015

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