5. I bought this jacket for almost no money at all at __________.
a) a corner shop |
c) a flea market |
b) a farmers' market |
d) a free market |
6. No-one else wasselling wooden toys like hers back then. She spotted a
__________ for children' s toys that were inexpensive while still being good for the
environment. |
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a) gapped market |
c) hole in the market |
b) gap in the stall |
d) gap in the market |
III. GRAPHS - CHARTS
Learn useful words and expressions to describe Graphs - Charts
Graphs and charts are often used to present information and data.Below you will find useful phrases and vocabulary for presenting figures and trends.
pie chart barchart |
linegraph |
Presenting Visuals - useful phrases & vocabulary:
As you will see from this graph ...
I'd like to show you ...
Let me draw your attention to this part of the graph.
Let's look more closely at this month's figures.
This figure refers to the sales in China only.
This pie chart shows our share of the European market today.
As you can see, our main competitor has an even bigger share.
The bar chart represents sales in our Asian outlets.
Here you can see a comparison between ...
On the line graph you will note :
oa strong upward trend in the sales of product A ...
despiteoccasionalfluctuations ...
with a slight drop during the holiday season ...
with occasional variations due to ...
o the overall performance of producer B is good.
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The initial surge in sales was followed by a period of
slower growthin the second half of the year.
The instant success of the product was followed by a period ofstabilization in the level of sales.
Commentingtrends–usefulphrases :
Increases:
o a slight/constant/marked/substantial/increase in sales
o an increase of about/roughly/approximately/in the region of ... % o a little over/above what we predicted
o the recovery/upturn began in (month) o anoverallincreasein ...
o an upward trend in the demand for ...
osales reached record levels / reached a peak in (month)
oa strong surge in the sales of ...
oby (month), the figure had risen to ...
owe predict that sales will soar in the coming year / over the next ...
months
Decreases :
ojustunderourtarget
o waybelowourexpectations
oa slight / notable / significant decrease in ...
othe downturn began in (month)
othe situation began to deteriorate in (month)
othe number has continued to fall
Fluctuations:
oa slow start developed into steady progress in sales
o an initial upward trend was followed by ...
o we note slight fluctuations through the year
o normal seasonal variations are the cause of occasional downward trends
o saleshavebeen (rather) irregular
o the level / the rate has been unstable since ...
you will note a certain instability in the rate of ...
Conclusions–usefulphrases :
We must focus our attention on ...
What I suggestis ...
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