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The Language of Trends

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

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1.

If you say that sales have sky-rocketed, what do you mean?

a)

they had a slight increase

b)

they had an average increase

c)

they increased dramatically

d)

they fluctuated

2.

What is the adverb from the adjective 'steady'?

(a)  

3.

Which of these words are synonymous to 'go down'

a)

dump

b)

soar

c)

plummet

d)

plunge

4.

If you describe a graph where sales were going down and then they got better, which verb can you use?

a)

pick up

b)

plummet

c)

stabilize

d)

fluctuate

5.

Which of these words mean 'continuously'?

a)

dramatically

b)

slightly

c)

sharply

d)

steadily

6.

Which of these words describe a dramatic rise?

a)

increase

b)

soar

c)

plummet

d)

skyrocket

7.

Which word should you add to the phrase'an increase' if you want to imply that the increase was very little?

(a)  

8.

Which is the word that best describes the circled part of the graph?

a)

reach a peak

b)

plummet

c)

hit a low

d)

recover

9.

Which of these words can go after this phrase: 'sales rose _________ ?'

a)

steadily

b)

steady

c)

sharp

d)

sharply

10.

If we say 'sales have shot up in these past few weeks' what do we mean?

a)

sales are doing great

b)

sales are going down

c)

someone has made sales go down