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Language of Trends- The Same or Different

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Language of trends the same or different

Label the words and phrases on the same lines below with S for the same meaning or D for different meaning. If there are more than two, they are all the same or all different.

Trends verbs the same or different

  • attain…/ reach…
  • be enhanced/ be improved
  • be flat/ flatten out
  • become more widespread/ expand/ grow
  • boom/ explode
  • bounce back/ recover/ regain lost ground/ rebound/ be restored/ pick up (again)
  • change/ vary
  • climb/ take off
  • collapse/ crash
  • decrease/ minimise
  • dive/ plummet
  • drop/ fall
  • escalate/ improve
  • increase at the same rate/ sustain the progress
  • peak/ plateau
  • raise/ rise
  • rocket/ soar

Prepositions the same or different

  • rose by 20%/ rose to 20%

Trends adverbs the same or different

  • accelerate/ increase exponentially/ increase more quickly
  • decrease dramatically/ decrease rapidly
  • dip a little/ dip briefly
  • fall sharply/ fall slightly
  • remain steady/ rise steadily
  • significant decline/ steady decline

Trends adjectives the same or different

  • be turbulent/ be unstable/ be volatile/ fluctuate
  • remain constant/ remain stable/ stay flat

Trends nouns the same or different

  • a new peak/ an all-time high
  • a blip/ a dip

Trends with numbers the same or different

  • double and double again/ rise fourfold
  • rose by a third/ tripled

Trends tenses the same or different

  • it declined/ it had declined
  • it declined/ it has declined
  • it will shoot up/ it would shoot up
  • might fluctuate/ will probably fluctuate
  • the rise caused…/ the rise was caused by…

Trends determiners the same or different

  • an upward trend/ the upward trend

 

Suggested answers

Some are debateable, so please check if you wrote something different.

  • attain…/ reach… - S
  • be enhanced/ be improved - S
  • be flat/ flatten out - D
  • become more widespread/ expand/ grow - S
  • boom/ explode - S
  • bounce back/ recover/ regain lost ground/ rebound/ be restored/ pick up (again) - S
  • change/ vary - S
  • climb/ take off - D
  • collapse/ crash - S
  • decrease/ minimise - D
  • dive/ plummet - S
  • drop/ fall - S
  • escalate/ improve - D
  • increase at the same rate/ sustain the progress - S
  • peak/ plateau - D
  • raise/ rise - D
  • rocket/ soar - S
  • rose by 20%/ rose to 20% - D
  • accelerate/ increase exponentially/ increase more quickly - S
  • decrease dramatically/ decrease rapidly - D
  • dip a little/ dip briefly - D
  • fall sharply/ fall slightly - D
  • remain steady/ rise steadily - D
  • significant decline/ steady decline - D
  • be turbulent/ be unstable/ be volatile/ fluctuate - S
  • remain constant/ remain stable/ stay flat - S
  • a new peak/ an all-time high - S
  • a blip/ a dip - D
  • double and double again/ rise fourfold - S
  • rose by a third/ tripled - D
  • it declined/ it had declined - D
  • it declined/ it has declined - D
  • it will shoot up/ it would shoot up - D
  • might fluctuate/ will probably fluctuate - D
  • the rise caused…/ the rise was caused by… - D
  • an upward trend/ the upward trend - D

 

Test each other on the vocabulary above:

  • say any line and see if your partner can correctly say S or D
  • say one on an S line and see if your partner can say something with the same meaning
  • say two on a D line and see if your partner can explain the difference
  • say one expression and see if your partner can use it to explain a real trend

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