Hogyan fejezzük ki, ha valami változik, fejlődik?
Talking about change and development.
I. Fill in the gaps with the right verb.
|
increase |
decrease |
plunge |
stabilize |
expand |
shrink |
1. The share prices suddenly ……………….. . I lost a fair amount of money.
2. Our company ……………….. . We have opened branches in 4 more countries since 2004.
3. Oil use ……………….. at an alarming rate.
4. Luckily the recession is over. Prices are no longer changing, they ……………….. .
5. We have to try to ……………….. fuel costs. We can’t afford to spend this much.
6. We have less and less customers. This means the customer base ……………….. .
II. Match the synonyms.
1. plunge |
a) grow |
2. stabilize |
b) decline |
3. shrink |
c) rise |
4. increase |
d) decrease |
5. fall |
e) slump |
6. expand |
f) level off |
answers:
I. 1-plunged 2-is expanding 3-is increasing 4-have stabilized 5-decrease 5-has shrunk
II. 1-e 2-f 3-b 4-c 5-d 6-a
