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Using Charts and Graphs in Business English

Describing performance with charts and graphs in Business English.

Use the words below to describe these line charts:

rose sharply increased gradually remained constant reached a peak
fluctuated fell gradually leveled off declined sharply
 
 

     1. Sales _______________ .

     2. Wages _______________ .

     3. Inventory _______________ .

     4.  Costs _______________ .

 5. Overhead _______________ .

 6. Production _______________ .

 7. Supply _______________ .

  8. Unemployment ___________ .

Answers:
1. remained constant
2. fell gradually
3. declined sharply
4. reached a peak
5. rose sharply
6. leveled off
7. fluctuated
8. increased gradually

Find other ways to describe the terms used in the exercise above and match them below:

1. remained constant
2. fell gradually
3. declined sharply
4. reached a peak
5. rose sharply
6. leveled off
7. fluctuated
8. increased gradually		 a. was steady
b. rose slowly
c. was up and down
d. peaked and then fell a bit
e. shot up
f. dropped like a rock
g. eased off
h. moved up slowly
i. dropped off a bit

[Answers: 1.a; 2.i; 3.f; 4.d; 5.e; 6.g; 7.c; 8.h,b]

The charts above are "line charts" - what are the names of the charts below?

#1.
 #2.

 

 

[Answers: #1. Pie Chart, #2. Bar Chart]

 

For similar language functions - see our Financial Quiz page


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