DESCRIBING GRAPHS

1.

WE HAD WONDERFUL SALES LAST YEAR AND PROFITS ___________________. (sudden, big change)

• FELL TO LEVELS NOT SEEN

• REMAINED STEADY

• BOTTOMED OUT

• CHANGED IN UNEXPECTED WAYS

2.

Numbers of young people using the product have grown ____________.

(change at a consistent rate)

• TO LEVELS NOT SEEN

• STEADILY

• SHARPLY

• BOTTOM OUT

3.

Unfortunately, by the end of last year sales had _________________

, despite increased advertising. (big change)

• FALLEN TO LEVELS NOT SEEN

• REMAINED STEADY

• INCREASED  SHARPLY

• INCREASED STEADILY

4.

The difference between the figures for 2023 and 2024 have so far ______________

• (practically no difference)

• BOTTOMED OUT

• REMAINED STEADY

• CHANGED IN UNEXPECTED WAYS

• INCREASED  SHARPLY

5.

The graph shows ______________ in the consumption of coffee. Fewer people were buying warm

beverages over the spring and summer period. (small change)

• A SHARP FALL

• NO CHANGES

• A DOWNWARD TREND

• A SHARP INCREASE

6.

The chart shows that when production was moved out of the country in 2015, sales of this product _______________. (important positive change)

• INCREASED SHARPLY

• BOTTOMED OUT

• REMAINED STEADY

• CHANGED AGAIN