Vocabulary: trends

Sales of video cassettes ...

• fluctuated wildly, and the trend was downward.

• fluctuated mildly, and the trend was upward.

• fluctuated wildly, and the trend was upward.

• fluctuated mildly, and the trend was downward.

Ipod sales ...

• rose slightly before remaining steady.

• remained unchanged before declining slightly.

• remained steady before rising slightly.

• declined slightly before rising gradually.

Plasma TV sales ...

• fluctuated mildly, but the trend was upward.

• fluctuated wildly, but the trend was downward.

• fluctuated wildly, but the trend was upward.

• fluctuated mildly, but the trend was downward.

The sales of MP3-players ...

• remained unchanged and then climbed sharply.

• rose gradually and then climbed sharply.

• rose sharply and then climbed gradually.

• remained unchanged and then rose slightly.

Sales of games consoles ...

• decreased and then increased slightly.

• decreased gradually.

• increased and then decreased.

• decreased and then levelled off.

CD sales ...

• dropped suddenly.

• dropped dramaticly.

• droped suddenly.

• droped steadily.