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Read the Figures: Trend word cards
Students read short sets of figures and choose the precise verb or adverb to describe each trend, explaining why the other word doesn't fit.
Business · Trends · Presentations · Card game
Goes with:Soar, Plummet, Level Off: Describing trends in presentations (lesson plan)
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Play in teams. Read a card aloud, choose the word that fits the figures and explain why the other word is wrong. Two points for a correct answer with a reason.
Ticket sales: 9,000 in March, 1,500 in April. Sales ___.
- Aplummeted
- Bdipped
Profit: £800,000 in May, £770,000 in June, £810,000 in July. Profit ___ in June.
- Adipped
- Bplummeted
App users: 2,000 in January, 45,000 in December. Users ___.
- Arose marginally
- Bsoared
Rent: up from £1,000 to £1,004 a month. Rent rose ___.
- Amarginally
- Bsharply
Fuel price: up every month to €2.10 in July, then down every month. The price ___ in July.
- Alevelled off
- Bpeaked
Orders: up for two years, then about 5,000 a month for the rest of the year. Orders ___.
- Alevelled off
- Bpeaked
Weekly visitors: 300, 520, 280, 490, 310. Visitor numbers ___.
- Astabilised
- Bfluctuated
Exchange rate: wild changes all spring, then 1.15 every week since June. The rate has ___.
- Astabilised
- Bfluctuated
Umbrella sales: 40 a day, then 900 on the first rainy day of the festival. There was a ___ in sales.
- Asurge
- Bdip
Members: up by about 50 every month for three years. Membership grew ___.
- Adramatically
- Bsteadily
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