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It is worth mentioning that the majority of the given verbs have a noun form:

◦Unemployment levels fell; or

◦There was a fall in unemployment levels;

Besides that, the preposition "by" is used with the verbs, and "of" – with the nouns:

◦It increased by 20%;

◦There was an increase of 5%;

You should not forget the difference in use of the verbs:

To rise (without object)

◦Gas prices rose in June;

Others include: went down / fell / decline;

To raise (with an object)

◦The oil industry raised the prices in May;

Others include: cut / lowered / reduced;

Some words (increase, decrease) may be used with or without an object;

ADJECTIVES: considerable; dramatic; drastic; enormous; gradual; huge; minimal; moderate; quick; rapid; sharp; significant; slight; slow; small; steady; steep; substantial; sudden; temporary; wild.

ADVERBS: considerably; dramatically; drastically; enormously; gradually; minimally; moderately; quickly; rapidly; sharply; significantly; slightly; slowly; steadily; steeply; substantially; suddenly; temporarily; wildly.

It’s also important to remember that adjectives are used to modify nouns whereas adverbs are used to modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs and clauses.

GENERALIZATIONS: a great deal more than; a way over; about; almost; approximately; around; far less than; just over; just under; nearly; not quite; slightly more than; somewhere in the region of; roughly; well over; well under;

SOME USEFUL PHRASES:

  • As can be seen from the chart, last year started on a positive note;

  • Initially;

  • At the beginning;

  • There was a sharp fall during March;

  • Over the summer … was flat;

  • In mid-April the prices started to fluctuate strongly;

  • In autumn the market remained more or less unchanged, failing to break through the spring’s highs;

  • Over the last few months the market has advanced again;

  • In March the consumer spending was up and was close to reaching a high again;

  • This was followed by;

  • There was a;

  • In this year it started (to) / v-ing;

  • Show an upward trend;

  • Changed very little;

  • Recovered slightly;

  • Continued an upward trend with some fluctuations;

  • Over the period from … to …;

  • Despite an overall increase, the … figures were characterized by a number of peaks and troughs over the … years;

  • It then fluctuated around this level;

  1. Now use the words and word combinations that you liked most to describe the following charts:

NUMBER OF ARRIVALS IN UKRAINE

( Number of tourists who travel to a country other than that in which they have their usual residence, but outside their usual environment, for a period not exceeding 12 months)

TOURISM expenditures (% of total imports) in Ukraine

T ourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport.

TOURISM RECEIPTS FOR PASSENGER TRANSPORT ITEMS (US DOLLAR) IN UKRAINE

Tourism receipts for passenger transport items are expenditures by international inbound visitors for all services provided in the international transportation by resident and nonresident carriers. Excluded are passenger services provided to nonresidents by resident carriers.

Unit XV. UKRAINIAN RESORTS