General information about Task 1

How to use expressions of time
From January to July
In 1987/2000/2040
In the winter months
In the first quarter of the year (3 months)

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 In the first/second half of the year
In years to come
In the future
Here are the common ones:
In for during after before from – to/ until between – and
IN:
in 1956, in the 20
th
century, in the first ten years.
FOR:
for the first six months…. for twenty years…..
DURING
during the first six months ……. during the first half of this century……. 
FROM – TO/ UNTIL
from August to/until November……., from 1950 to1960……. 
BETWEEN- AND between 1950 and 1960…….
BEFORE/AFTER
Before 1960 the number remained small, but after 1965 there was a sudden
increase.
AROUND/ ABOUT Around/ about 1999
BY By the late 20
th
century
AT At the end of the last century
SINCE Since the 19
th
century
Other useful expressions are:
(in) the period from______ to_______
(in) the period between______ and ________
in the first/ last three months of the year
over the period______ to ______
over the next years/ decades/ quarter of a century etc.
over a ten year period
throughout the 19
th
century
then
in the 1980s 

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How to talk about numbers and statistics
1. 
Using numbers, fractions, or percentages:
Look at the following table that shows the price of X in different years.
• The price of X went up by 600, from $1200 to $1800. (numbers)
• The price of X went up by half, from $1200 to $1800. (fractions)
• The price of X went up 50%, from $1200 to $1800. (percentages)
2. Using ‘ double’ , ‘treble’, ‘-fold’, and times:
Compare how each word/phrase is used in the following examples: