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Line graph description
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1This test is about verbs and related phrases to describe a line graph.
Are you ready?.... Click on TRUE
- ATrue
- BFalse
2Classify the verbs according to the movement in the graph that they describe.
- Asoar
- Bfall
- Cremain steady
- Dfall
- Esoar
- Fremain steady
- Gfall
- Hsoar
- Iremain steady
- Jreach a plateau
- Krise
- Lplunge
- Mrise
- Nplunge
- Oreach a plateau
- Prise
- Qplunge
- Rreach a plateau
- Smaintain constant
- Trocket
- Udrop
- Vrocket
- Wdrop
- Xmaintain constant
- Yrocket
- Zmaintain constant
- AAdrop
- ABplummet
- ACgrow
- ADstabilize
- AEgrow
- AFplummet
- AGstabilize
- AHplummet
- AIgrow
- AJstabilize
3Drag the phrases to describe the graph.
- AThere was a peak.
- BThe price remained steady.
- CThe price rocketed.
- DThe price fluctuated.
- EThe price dropped.
- FThe price fluctuated wildly.
4The following verbs describe graphs. What is their form in past tense?
a) rise - [blank_start]rose[blank_end]
b) grow - [blank_start]grew[blank_end]
c) fall - [blank_start]fell[blank_end]
d) sink - [blank_start]sank[blank_end]- Arose
- Bgrew
- Cfell
- Dsank
5Look at the graph. Is this sentence describing it?
The trend in customer number was upward.
- ATrue
- BFalse
6Look at the graph. Is this sentence describing it?
The numbers fell drastically.
- ATrue
- BFalse
7Look at the graph. Is this sentence describing it?
There was a slight dip in sales numbers.
- ATrue
- BFalse
8Look at the graph, decide which statements are correct in each case.
There may be more than one answer.
- ACustomer numbers hit a peak.
- BThere was a peak in customer numbers.
- CThere was a slight dip in customer numbers
- DThe trend in customer numbers was flat.
9Look at the graph, decide which statements are correct. There may be more than one option.
- AThere was a downward trend in customer numbers.
- BCustomer numbers were erratic.
- CThere was a gradual rise in customer numbers.
- DThere was a steady fall in customer numbers.
10Look at the graph and choose a suitable verb to complete the graph description.
This is a line graph of sales - the blue line represents air conditioner sales, the red line shows heaters.
As you'll note, air conditioner sales [blank_start]dropped[blank_end] steadily from January to July, [blank_start]bottoming out[blank_end] then.
On the other hand, heater sales experienced a sharp [blank_start]increase[blank_end] from March to June, then dropped markedly from June to July, after that, they declined through to September, with a pronounced drop in October.
- Adropped
- Brose
- Cfluctuated
- Dsoared
- Ebottoming out
- Flevelling off
- Ghitting a peak
- Hgoing up
- Iincrease
- Jwent up
- Kflat
- Lgrow
11Look at the graph, what is your conclusion? Fill in the gap with ONE word.
All in all, there were wild [blank_start]fluctuations[blank_end] along the period.
- Afluctuations
12Complete the following sentences with ONE preposition.
a) The graph compares the number of customers [blank_start]from[blank_end] 2010 to 2016.
b) They experienced an upward trend, starting the period [blank_start]at[blank_end] approximately 500 units.
c) The price of the raw materials increased [blank_start]by[blank_end] 30%.
d) The last decade has seen a steep increase [blank_start]in[blank_end] the number of social networks users.
e) The number of sales dropped [blank_start]to[blank_end] 100 per month.- Afrom
- Bat
- Cby
- Din
- Eto
13Read the following text.
Insert the phrases that are missing to complete the graph description:
[blank_start]The graph shows changes in the number of[blank_end] farms and farm workers in the USA between 1910 and 2000. Overall, there was a huge drop in the number of workers and farms over the period.
[blank_start]The biggest change was in the number of[blank_end] farm workers. In 1910 there were almost 14 million agricultural workers in the US. This number remained relatively stable for twenty years, dropping only to about 13 million in 1930. [blank_start]However, between 1930 and 1975[blank_end] the number of labourers plunged. It fell from 13 million in 1935 to just over 4 million in 1975, a drop of about 66%. From 1970 to about 1990 the number continued to decrease, and from 1990 numbers appeared to level off at about 3 million.
The number of farms [blank_start]followed a similar decline[blank_end]. Between 1910 and 1940 the number of farms remained usually at about 6.5 million. After 1945, the number started to drop. It fell from 6 million in 1945 to just under 3 million in 1975, a fall of 50%. In the last twenty years of the century;however, the number remained stable at just over 2 million.
[blank_start]In conclusion, the number of[blank_end] farms and workers in America plummeted [blank_start]over the 100 year period[blank_end].
- AThe graph shows changes in the number of
- BThe biggest change was in the number of
- CHowever, between 1930 and 1975
- Dfollowed a similar decline
- EIn conclusion, the number of
- Fover the 100 year period
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- Test vocabulary and phrases related to line graphs.
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- Jessica Viviana Toledo
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- English
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