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Useful phrases

Notes on prepositions

Describing trends in graphs and charts

Company's performance

up /noun/ an increase; a rise; an improvement; a growth;

/ verb / to increase; to rise; to improve; to grow; to go up; to take off;

to shoot up; to peak; to reach a peak;

down/noun /a fall; a drop; a decline;

/ verb / to fall; to drop; to decline; to go down; to fall off; to reach a low peak;

no changeto remain stable; to level off; to stay at the same level;

key phrasesto rise from 1 million pounds to 3 million pounds;

to fall from 5 million pounds to 4 million pounds;

to increase by 50 %

to drop by 10 %

We use ‘to fall by' (with a verb) and ‘a fall of' ( with a noun)

For example: Exports fell by 6%.

Exports fell steadily, in November they stood at $400 million, a

fall of 6 % on the day.

We use ‘ to rise to' ( with a verb) and ‘a rise to' ( with a noun)

For example: It continued to risein the early afternoon to3412.

(with nouns) a rapid / sharp / dramatic / substantial (increase)

a slow / gradual / steady (decline)

a small / slight (drop)

(with verbs) to (increase) rapidly / sharply / dramatically / substantially /

slowly etc.

to double / triple / quadruple

In 1987 the export figures ____ 400 m Finnish markkaa.

There was a ____ between 1987 and 1989 when figures ____ over 800m.

This was followed by a ____ between 1989 and 1990 when Finnish paper exports to Japan ____ to 400m.

There was a ____ between 1990 and 1991 when exports hit the 450 m mark but they ____ again to 400 m in 1992.

Between 1992 and 1995 there was a ____ and exports of paper to Japan ____ of 1,300 m in 1995, before ____ again to under 1,000 m in 1997.