Cover of the textbook Navigate Advanced C1 - Workbook

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1.4 - Writing and speaking for the textbook Navigate Advanced C1 - Workbook with authors Julie Moore from Oxford University Press

Question

Rewrite the extracts from a presentation replacing the underlined parts with more approximate phrases from the box. Make any other necessary changes. There may be more than one possible answer.

Answer

  1. A number of libraries are facing closure in our city.
  2. Dozens of staff are in danger of losing their jobs this month.
  3. Staff costs account for upwards of / just over 80% of the libraries' budget.
  4. The council needs to make approximately / just over / upwards of £1 million of cuts in public spending.
  5. Nationally over the past five years, library visits have fallen by approximately / just over 15%.
  6. The number of books being lent is down by nearly 20%.
  7. Hundreds of libraries are threatened with closure across the country.
  8. An incredible number of people have signed petitions to try and save their local libraries.