Use appropriate vocabulary from the Useful language box in the opposite page to complete the following sentences: Noun+adjective
EXAMPLE:There was SHARP RISE in the amount spent on books in 1993,compared with the previous years
1 There was a in the amount spent on computers between 1992 and 1994.
2 There was a in spending on computers from 1998.
3 There was a in spending on computers in 1992 and then agaim in 1998.
4 There was a in spending on books from 1997.
Verb + adverb/adjective/noun
EXAMPLE: Spending on computers FLUCTUATED SLIGHTLY between 1992 and 1994
5 Spending on books 1992 to 1993.
6 Spending on books in 1993. from
7 Spending on books from 1994 to 1996.
8 Spending on computers in 1996.
9 Spending on computers in 1998.
10 Spending on computers in 1999 and 2000.
Useful language:
Expressing changes
to rise /a rise
to increase / an increase
slight / slightly
gradual /gradually
steady / steadily
to go up
to double
to reach a peak
to hold/remain steady
to be stable
to be constant
to level off
to fluctuate
a fluctuation
to decrease/an decrease
to decline/a decline
to fall/a fall
slight/slightly
gradual/ gradually
steady/steadily
dramatic / dramatically
steep / steeply
sharp / sharply
Time expressions
for the period
since 1999
for five years
between 199o and 2001
in 1987
1. ...It is being repairEd now.
В вопросе настоящее время (is), в ответе тоже настоящее
2. I kept looking round, because I thought I was being followed.
В первой части предложения во второй
3. We had to keep very quiet while the students were being examinEd.
В первой части во второй
4. I can’t use my office this week because it is being paintEd.
В первой части настоящее (can’t)
5. ...She is being interviewEd.
В вопросе настоящее (is)
6. They say they‘ll put things righ, but nothing were being done.
Косвенная речь
7. I had to wait for a few minutes while the papers were being translatEd.
В первой части предложения
8. Why do I always feel nervous while my passport is being checkEd.
В первой части - настоящее (do; always)
My parents are not old at all. My Mum is forty, she works for newspaper. My Dad is forty-four, he is an engineer in computers. My parents love their jobs very much.
I'm doing quite well at school. My parents are proud of my marks. I go in for sports. I play basket-ball. In summer time I like yachting and windsurfing. I take part in different basket-ball competitions. In a year I shall finish my school and I have to decide what occupation to choose I have been studying English for seven years. I want to be a military interpreter. My grandparents are already retired. They like gardening and spend all their time growing tomatoes, potatoes, onions, strawberries, raspberries.