Inglés IV Project 4 Part 1 Practice

Put these graph descriptions in order, from largest to smallest:

• sales tripled in 2023

• sales increased by 50% in 2023

• sales doubled in 2023

• sales increased by 150% in 2023

• sales increased by 15% in 2023

Sales ​ (a)   steady throughout the pandemic, before they increased by ​ (b)   in 2023, rising from £1.2m to £1.8m. However, in the first quarter of 2024 they dropped ​ (c)   to only 30% of what was ​ ​ (d)   .

• remained
• keep
• 50%
• 100%
• significantly
• slightly
• forecast
• delivered

When the emissions scandal became public, the CEO of Volkswagen gave a press ____________ and explained what his company would do.

Organise these words into describing the speed or size of change on a graph:

Groups:

(a) speed

,

(b) size

• gradual

• sudden

• abrupt

• rapid

• huge

• slight

• significant

Match the following sectors to their products or services:

• produce

• Logistics

• cars

• Catering

• restaurants

• Agriculture

• mobile phones

• Automotive

• supply chains

• Telecommunications

Sales dropped ​ (a)   €300k ​ (b)   €149k in January, falling ​ (c)   more than 50%. However, they ​ (d)   in March to €400k and ​ (e)   a peak of €650k in July.

• from
• to
• by
• recovered
• reached
• of
• for
• fell
• experienced
• suffered

Income from all ​ (a)   sources ​ (b)   to €1.75m for the ​ (c)   year 2022-23.

• revenue
• amounted
• financial
• profit
• totalled
• finance

When talking about finances, categorise these verbs into transitive (with object), intransitive (without object):

Groups:

(a) transitive

,

(b) intransitive

• lower

• raise

• experience

• fall

• grow

• rise

The more formal expression for your plan B is your ____________ plan.

Match the following words to create collocations for crisis response:

• plan

• legal

• release

• speed

• of response

• press

• action

• damage

• limitation

• action