Statistics

Reading graphs
Useful words:
Go up Go down
Increase (increased) Fall (fell – fallen)
Rise (rose – risen) Decline (declined)
Jump (jumped) Drop (dropped)
Grow (grew – grown) Decrease (decreased)

This line graphs shows statistics on the number of employees in a new company
in a period of two years, from 2020 to 2021.

A. Choose the correct word in parentheses according to the line graph.

Underline or highlight the correct word.

1. The number of new employees (grew up / dropped) from July to September in 2021.
2. There was a slight (fall / rise) in the number of employees from January to February in
2020.
3. From October 2021 to November the number of new employees (declined / rose) in the
company.
 4. There were more than 100% (increase / decrease) of employees from August to
October in 2020.
5. The number of employees in 2021 (went down / went up) dramatically from November
to December.
6. In 2020 the number of employees (jumped / dropped) from November to December.

B. Complete the sentences with the correct word from “useful words” according
to the line graph. Different options are possible.

1. The number of new employee’s fell from June to July in 2021.

2. In 2020 there was a/an rise in the number of new employees from August to October.

3. The number of new employee’s increase from July to September in 2021.

4. The number of new employee’s jumped considerably from August to October in 2020.

5. In 2021 there was a slightly grew in the number of new employees from April to May.

6. In 2020 the number of employees rose in August.

7. The number of employee’s drop by 50% from November to December in 2020.

8. In 2021 the number of employees increase from February to March, but then from

March to April it fell.

9. The number of employees in 2020 decreased from January to February from 59

employees to only 29 but from February to April there was an increased in number of

90%.

10. The number of new employee’s rise from May to June in 2021.

C. The following are graphs to complete from the Platform Connect. Chapter 5, listening 3.

Listen and complete the graphs, then compare with your partners.
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