Oxford EAP A2 Unit 6 D, E

1. This university ​ (a)   over 100 lecturers.

2. The company has about 300 ​ (b)   .

3. Many ​ (c)   say they can't find the right people for the job because they don't have the qualifications and experience

4. ​ (d)   people have jobs.

• employs
• employees
• employers
• Employed
• unemployed
• unemployment
• employement

1. ​ (a)   people don't have jobs.

2. People who work for themselves are ​ (b)   .

3. ​ (c)   is very high; 60% of young people now have no full-time or part time jobs.

4. The number of people in full-time ​ (d)   is staying the same.

• Unemployed
• self-employed
• Unemployment
• employment
• employs
• employees
• employers
• employed

In alphabetical order, drag and drop the trend verbs that match the arrow: ​ (a)   ​​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)   ​ (e)  

• climb
• go up
• grow
• increase
• rise
• decrease
• fall
• go down
• stay the same

In alphabetical order, drag and drop the trend verbs that match the arrow: ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

• decrease
• fall
• go down
• climb
• go up
• grow
• increase
• stay the same

Drag and drop the trend verb that matches the arrow: ​ (a)  

• stay the same
• climb
• go up
• grown
• increase
• decrease
• fall
• go down

1. climb: ​ (a)  

2. decrease:​ (b)  

3. fall: ​ (c)  

4. go down:​ (d)  

5. go up: ​ (e)  

• a climb
• a decrease
• a fall
• it can't be used as a noun
• it can't be used  as a noun
• a go down
• a go up

1. grow: ​ (a)  

2. increase: ​ (b)  

3. rise: ​ (c)  

4. stay the same: ​ (d)  

• it can't be used as a noun
• an increase
• a rise
• it can't be used as a non
• a grow
• a stay the same

1. As prices in supermarkets are rising, many people think the government should do more to keep ​ (a)   lower.

2. The ​ (b)   of the dollar to the pound is about 1.53.

3. By training more young people with the right job skills, the government hopes to reduce ​ (c)   in the future.

4. By 2050, the global ​ (d)   will be around nine billion.

5. People who earn over £40, 000 will pay about 40% of that in ​ (e)   to the government.

• inflation
• exchange rate
• unemployment
• population
• tax

This month, the price of petrol ​ (a)   .

• is falling
• falls

Every year, driving a car ​ (a)   more and more expensive.

• gets
• is getting