IELTS 5.0 - Unit 3 - Lesson 3 - Prepositions with numbers

17% ___ the population are graduates

• of

• in

• from

• on

The number ___ graduates went up

• in

• of

• to

• by

It rose ___ 21% ___ 29%.

• from/to

• to/by

• in/in

• between/to

It increased ___ about 4%.

• from

• in

• by

• up

___ 1990 and 1996 there was in increase.

• In

• From

• Between

Estimates suggest that there are ___ to 7000 living languages.

• in

• up

• of

• by

Interestingly, Europe has relatively ___ languages, fewer than 3.5% of the world total.

• few

• less

• more

• much

While the Liberal Parties believes that there are too ___ high earners who are paying ___ little income tax.

• many/too

• much/few

• many/a

Nowadays the UK population has an increasing number ___ elderly people.

• of

• in

• to

• by

___ the last few decades the percentage of the population aged 65 and over has increase by ___ 1%

• During/around

• Some/in

• By/as