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Weights, length and liquid measure :
A . Weights
The English weights table is as follows:
IS ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.)
14 Rounds = 1 stow (st.)
8 stone = 1 hundredweight (cict.)
20 hundredweight = 1 ton
1 pound == 0-454 kilogram (kg) 2-2 pounds = 1 kilogram 2.204-6 tbs = 1
metric tonne
Plurals
ounce, pound and ton can take a in the plural when they are used as
nouns, stone and hundredweight do not take s: e.g. we say six
Round of sugar or six pounds of sugar, but ten hundredweight of coal has
no alternative.
When used in compound adjectives these terms never take a:
a ten-ton lorry kilo or kilogram usually take s in the plural when used as nouns:
two kilos of apples or two kilograms of apples
B. Length
The English table of length is as follows:
12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.)
3 feet = 1 yard (yd.)
1,760 yards = 1 mile (m.)
1 inch = 2.54 centimetres (cm)
1 yard = 0.914 metre (m)
1 mile = 1.609 kilometres (km)
Plurals
When there is more than one inch/mite/centimetre we normally use the
plural form of these words:
one inch, ten inches one mile, four miles
one centimetre, five centimetres
When there is more than one foot we can use either foot or feet. feet is the more usual when
measuring heights. We can say;
six foot tall or six feet tall two foot long or two feet long When used in compound adjectives
the above forms never take the plural form: a two-mile walk, a six-inch ruler.
C. Liquid measure
2 pints (Rt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 1 pint = 0.568 litre (I)
4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 1 gallon = 4.55 litres
D. Traditionally British measurements have been made in ounces, inches, pints etc. but there is
now a gradual move towards the metric system.
IELTS ADVANTAGE
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Weights, length and liquid measure :
A . Weights
The English weights table is as follows:
IS ounces (oz.) = 1 pound (Ib.)
14 Rounds = 1 stow (st.)
8 stone = 1 hundredweight (cict.)
20 hundredweight = 1 ton
1 pound == 0-454 kilogram (kg) 2-2 pounds = 1 kilogram 2.204-6 tbs = 1
metric tonne
Plurals
ounce, pound and ton can take a in the plural when they are used as
nouns, stone and hundredweight do not take s: e.g. we say six
Round of sugar or six pounds of sugar, but ten hundredweight of coal has
no alternative.
When used in compound adjectives these terms never take a:
a ten-ton lorry kilo or kilogram usually take s in the plural when used as nouns:
two kilos of apples or two kilograms of apples
B. Length
The English table of length is as follows:
12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.)
3 feet = 1 yard (yd.)
1,760 yards = 1 mile (m.)
1 inch = 2.54 centimetres (cm)
1 yard = 0.914 metre (m)
1 mile = 1.609 kilometres (km)
Plurals
When there is more than one inch/mite/centimetre we normally use the
plural form of these words:
one inch, ten inches one mile, four miles
one centimetre, five centimetres
When there is more than one foot we can use either foot or feet. feet is the more usual when
measuring heights. We can say;
six foot tall or six feet tall two foot long or two feet long When used in compound adjectives
the above forms never take the plural form: a two-mile walk, a six-inch ruler.
C. Liquid measure
2 pints (Rt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 1 pint = 0.568 litre (I)
4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 1 gallon = 4.55 litres
D. Traditionally British measurements have been made in ounces, inches, pints etc. but there is
now a gradual move towards the metric system.
IELTS ADVANTAGE
📲 @collocationss 📱