Task 1. A) Put a tick if the sentence makes sense. Put a cross if it does not. Profits have risen steadily over recent years.
Sales plummeted marginally in July.
The price of oil soared gradually last year.
Share prices dropped back slightly last week.
Unemployment numbers levelled out sharply.
B) Write the nouns for these verbs. Sometimes the form is the same. cut 6 improve
deteriorate 7 increase
fall 8 recover
grow 9 reduce
halve 10 rise
C) Rewrite the 'verb + adverb' sentences as 'adjective + noun' sentences. Sales fell slightly.
There was a ………………………………… in sales.
Profits rose steadily.
We saw a …………………………………….. in profits.
The economy improved gradually.
There was a …………………………………… in the economy.
We need to reduce costs sharply.
We need to see a ……………………………….. in costs.
D) Underline the correct words. I'd like you to look at the blue segment on this next bar chart / pie chart. I'd like to draw your attention to the heading / title at the top of each column of this table.
I'm sorry, the heading / title of this next slide is off the screen, but at least you can see the graph.
The horizontal axis is marked with / labeled with the months of the year.
Sales growth has been very rapid - as you can see from the steep / shallow slope of this graph.
