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headings 1-6
1 DECLINE
2 DEGREE OF CHANGE
3 DESCRIBING TRENDS
4 GROWTH
5 IMPROVEMENT
6 STABILITY
B C D E F
Accelerate Decline Become Develop Dramatically
Climb Decrease Stable Improve Gently
Enlarge Diminish Static Pick up Quickly
Expand Drop Flatten out Recover Rapidly
Go up Dwindle Level of Sharply
Grow (grew, Fall (fell, Level out Steadily
grown) fallen)
Increase Go down Remain Suddenly
Peak Lower Steady Gradually
Rise (rose, Reduce Stable
risen)
Shoot (shot) Slump Static
up
Unchanged
Stabilize
Look at the graph and complete the sentences below using the
words and words combinations from the box above in their
appropriate forms.
This graph shows the sales results for the last year. We had a quiet start
of the year. Sales (1)r..................................... at 6,000 units in January
and February. In March the spring sales campaing started, you can see
that the sales (2)c to 7,000 then and they
(3)w.. u by another 1,000 units in April to
(4)s. at 8,000 units. Our competitors launched a rival
product in May and our sales (5)f. to 5,000 units. They
(6)d.. by another thousand units in June. But we (7)
i. our discounts to the wholesalers and the sales
(8)r.. s back to 5,000 units in July and then
to 6,000 units in August. The (9)d r came in
the next two months. The sales (10)g.. from 10,000
units in September to 13,000 units in October because of the Christmas
orders. And The sales (11)w.. d.. by 6,000
units in November when the Christmas orders stopped. They
(12)s.. at 7,000 units until the end of the year.
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