IELTS Foundation Table

There was a ten-year period, during which figures _______

• have gradually fallen

• gradually fell

By 2008, the percentage of students choosing science subjects __________ markedly.

• decreased

• had decreased

Between 2000 and the present day, the numbers__________ steady.

• remained

• have remained

Over the past few decades, there ________ a rapid development in educational technology.

• has been

• was

The table __________ four reasons why adults in the UK have attended arts events over the past twenty years.

• illustrates

• illustrated

After 2005, a more significant increase _________ place.

• took

• had taken

Since the 1990s, graduates _________ higher unemployment rates.

• have experienced

• experienced

The situation ___________ unchanged for the next two years until more universities were opened.

• remained

• had remained

The pattern between the three age groups before 50 and the two age groups after the age of 50.

• differs

• differed

In contrast, in 2025, the figure of banana sales in the UK _________ a significant increase compared to that of the US.

• will show

• shows