Finding Details

What are we learning today?

You will find exact information in a short text with key words.

Explanation

• Look at the key words in the question.
• Find the same words in the text.
• Read that part again carefully.
• Sometimes you must calculate. Amsterdam has about a million bicycles. That is four times the number of cars. So there are about 250,000 cars.
• Children in Amsterdam take a safety test at twelve.

Examples

1. Cyclists cross the water on ferries.
2. There is around 14,000 km of railway in Kazakhstan.
3. Tickets sell very quickly at the weekend.

Remember!

• Do not answer from memory.
• Write a unit with a number, for example km.

Check yourself

1. About how many cars are there in Amsterdam?
2. What do cyclists use to cross the river?