Fill in the gaps with appropriate words. Explain your choice.
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 476.
Adjectives and adverbs
| a dramatic fall | to fall dramatically | существенный (но) |
| an abrupt rise | to rise abruptly | резкий (о) |
| a sudden decline | to decline suddenly | внезапный (о) |
| a moderate growth | to grow moderately | умеренный (о) |
| a slight increase | to increase slightly | незначительный (о) |
| a rapid drop | to drop rapidly | стремительный (о) |
| a gradual decline | to decline gradually | постепенный (о) |
| a steady recovery | to recover steadily | устойчивый (о) |
| erratic fluctuation | to fluctuate erratically | хаотичный (о) |
| a constant leveling off | to level off constantly | непрерывный (о) |
| a marginal pick-up | to pick up marginally | несущественный (о) |
| a marked fall | to fall markedly | заметный (о) |
| a fractional increase | to increase fractionally | незначительный (о) |
1. Car sales in India ………… to its lowest in nine months in July at 1.43 units as high interest rates and petrol prices further impacted the already weak consumer sentiments.
skyrocketed slumped surged
2. Total car production……………5% because of lower sales in the US, where all European countries are struggling with weak demand.
shot aheadslid increased
3. Industrial output grew by 25.6% in 1992 over the previous year, as China's total economy………….. by more than 12%.
slid edged up shot ahead
4. . American manufacturing employment ………. in 1979 and has been generally falling since.
advanced peaked soared
5. New orders ………7 per cent in April, and for that month and March combined stood 8.5% higher in volume terms than a year earlier.
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