Lvl 6 - Describing Trends, Changes and Graphs

At work, what kind of trends do you usually discuss?

• Industry trends

• Personal hobbies

• Travel destinations

• Favorite foods

Transform the sentence.
Omar: "Profits have decreased slightly." (Use 'decrease' as a noun)

• There's been a slight decrease in profits.

• Profits have been slightly decreased.

• Profits are slightly decreasing.

Anthony is giving a presentation right now. Transform his sentence.
Anthony: "Profits have risen enormously."

• Profits have been enormously rising.

• There is an enormous profit rise.

• Profits are enormously risen.

Match the following sentences with their correct transformations.

• Supply has decreased significantly.

• There's been a considerable rise in demand.

• Demand has grown significantly.

• There's been a considerable fall in demand.

• Demand has decreased significantly.

• There's been a considerable increase in demand.

• Demand has expanded significantly.

• There's been a considerable drop in supply.

Fill in the blank:
There's been a wild ________ in prices.

• fluctuation

• celebration

• migration

• hesitation

Fill in the blank:
Prices have ________ in the last 3 months.

• stabilized

• fallen

• doubled

• disappeared

Fill in the blank:
Growth has ________ out.

• flattened

• increased

• jumped

• fallen

Please take a look at this graph. Notice the particular rise in costs as compared to revenue over the last 5 years.
What does the line graph illustrate?

• Revenue has increased more than costs

• Costs have risen more than revenue

• Both revenue and costs have decreased

• Revenue and costs have remained the same

Blue bar: sales

Red bar: profit

What does the bar chart show about profit (red bar)?

• Profit has increased significantly

• Profit has remained the same

• Profit increase is marginal compared to sales

• Profit has decreased

Look at the 'Units sold' graph from January to May.
In which month were the most units sold?

• January

• February

• March

• June