Worksheet 1
Key to worsheet 1:
Part 1
Go up: increase / climb / lift / rise
Go down: fall / decrease / drop / decline
Part 2
Lines in order of descent 1) Fluctuate 2) Increase sharply 3) Increase slightly/ go up a little 4) Remain steady/stay the same 5) Decrease slightly 6) Drop sharply /decrease sharply
Part 3
1 Then profits will increase sharply for the rest of the year.
2 Costs will decrease slightly for the next few years.
3 Costs have been rising sharply for the last year.
4 I think profits will drop for the next two months.
5 Profits have remained steady for the last 6 months.
Worksheet 2
Key to worksheet 2:
Part 1
1) fluctuate wildly 2) increase steadily 3) increase sharply 4) reduce spending 5) is steady
6) decrease rapidly 7) plummet/plunge 8) peak 9) decrease steadily 10) grow slowly
Part 2 (possible answers)
1 My blood sugar level fluctuates wildly when I eat fast food. 2 My weight remains steady if I exercise.
3 The hours I sleep decrease sharply before the exams.
4 I had to reduce my spending when I lost my job.
5 My savings will grow slowly if I buy a lot of clothes.
6 My problems increase rapidly if I am lazy.
7 My happiness plummets when someone criticizes my work.
Worksheet 3
Part 2 : You have to reuse the prepositions discovered in part 1 with ideas of your own. Ex 1 : L’année dernière, mes économies ont augmenté / diminué de 10 / 30 / 50 %
Key to worksheet 3:
Part 1
1 The temperature increased by 60°.
2 The price of oil decreased from $68 in January to $ 51 in March..
3 The price of gold increased to $1686 in April, 2020.
4 The blood sugar level fluctuated between 80 mg/dl and 150 mg/dl.
5 The price of gold peaked at $1900/oz. in August, 2011.
6 The heartbeat remained steady at 60 bpm.
7 Apple’s market value went above $1 trillion in 2019.
8 We have to cut spending by 50%.
9 Interest rates fell below 0% in 2020.
10 We are seeing an increase of 5 % in sales each year.
Part 2 (possible answers)
1. Last year my savings increased/ decreased by 10%.
2. I would worry if my heart increased to 200 bpm.
3. I want to reduce my spending from $1000 to $700 each month.
4. I would like a salary increase of 10 % each year.
5. I would worry if my weight increased above 90 Kilograms.
6. My energy level often peaks at about 10 a.m. each day.
Worksheet 4
noun | verb | adjective | adverb | can be 2 |
improvement fluctuation bottom | climb fluctuate improve jump collapse rocket remain reach grow | steady dramatic substantial constant stable | steadily sharply rapidly significantly slowly gradually suddenly | increase v/n drop v/n decrease v/n rise v/n plunge v/n surge v/n peak v/n high adj/n l ow adj/n fall adj/n |