B4 Unit 3 TRENDS 2021 1

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UNIT 3

ROAD MAP
● Introduction to the topic
● Vocabulary to describe trends
TYPES OF CHARTS
Pie Chart BarChart

Line Chart
What do you need to know first?

How do we call these


numbers?
Figures
WATCH THIS VIDEO:
WHAT ARE THE 3 MAIN
MOVEMENTS

01 02 03
UP CONSTANT DOWN
HOW CAN WE DESCRIBE TRENDS?

Decline Gain Rocket


Peak
Decrease Incrise Jump
Fall Rise

Drop
Double Halve
Plummet

Triple
Improve
Fluctuate Level off
Recover
PRACTICE
summary
Listen to a sales manager describing his company’s
sales figures and complete the graph (P89-L56)
LISTEN AGAIN AND NOTE WHY THESE
THINGS HAPPENED (P89)
Spring sales campaign
• Sales increased in March begin
• Sales fell in May Due to increase competition

• Sales rose in July They increased discounts


• Sales increased in September Christmas orders
• Sales went down in November
Christmas orders stopped
DESCRIBING TRENDS

Verb Noun Adjective Adverb


To rise A rise Slight Slightly
To fall A fall Sharp Sharply
To increase An increase
Gradual Gradually
To decrease A decrease
Steady Steadily
To dip A dip

To fluctuate A fluctuation Dramatic Dramatically


To recover A recovery Noticeable
Noticeably
(share Price – Days of the week)

Example:

The share price rose dramatically at the end of the week.


Adverb

There was a dramatic rise in the share price at the end of the week
Adjective
Read, match and complete the
graph.
describe the graph
KEY listening
p12

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