Look at the table below and write the letter A-F next to the headings 1-6

[1]C 1 DECLINE
[2]F 2 DEGREE OF CHANGE
[3]A 3 DESCRIBING TRENDS
[4]B 4 GROWTH
[5]E 5 IMPROVEMENT
[6]D 6 STABILITY

A
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 off 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 question 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] remained...... at 6,000 units in January and February. In
March the spring sales campaign started, you can see that the sales
[2] climbed...... to 7,000 then and they [3] went.... up... by another 1,000 units
in April to [4] stand..... at 8,000 units. Our competitors launched a rival
product in May and our sales [5] fell....... to 5,000 units. They [6] dropped.....
by another thousand units in June. But we [7] increased.... our discounts to
the wholesalers and the sales [8] rose..... steadily.... back to 5,000 units in
July and then to 6,000 units in August. The [9] dramatic..... rise....... came in
the next two months. The sales [10] grew..... from 10,000 units in September
to 13,000 units in October because of the Christmas orders. And The sales
[11] went.... down...... by 6,000 units in November when the Christmas orders
stopped. They [12] stood...... at 7,000 units until the end of the year.
Fill in the missing prepositions in the sentences below. Choose from the
following:
At Between By From Of To

A Labour costs have fallen [from]… 22% of total

production cost [to]…. 14% in the last ten years. That’s
8%!
B There was a dramatic fall in sales to the US [3]between
1982 and 1985.
C The company is currently selling 20,000 units [4]at £23
each.
D The growth in sales has led to a rise [5]of 30% in profits.
E A 10% drop in sales has reduced the profit [6]by 40%
F During 1995/96 we increased retail floor space [7]from
5% [8]to a total [9]of 48,000 m².
G They expect to create 1,450 jobs world-wide [10]by the
end of next year, at latest.
H Capital investment for the year stands [11]at £6,000.
I Pre-tax profits reached a peak [12]of $5m two years ago
but have been lower since.
J Weekly sales have leveled off [13]at £34,000.
K Increased efficiency has resulted in a lowering of the
break-even point from 2,770 [14]to 2,500 units.
L The rise in raw material prices is expected to be
[15]between 3.5% and 4.5% this year.