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Activity 4.2

The graph shows the average number of local and international visitors to a museum, per year, from 2001 to 2011.

Complete the sentences about this graph, using:

[fell/ dropped/ decreased/ declined]
[rose/ grew/ increased]		 AND [dramatically/ rapidly/ sharply/ steeply]
[moderately/ steadily]
[slightly/ slowly/ gradually]

  1. Between 2001 and 2004, the number of international visitors grew slowly.
  2. The number of local visitors from 2001 to 2004.
  3. Between 2004 and 2008, the number of local visitors
  4. The number of international visitors between 2004 and 2008.
  5. From 2008 to the end of the period, the number of local visitors
  6. The number of international visitors from 2008 to 2011.

You can also use these words as an adjective plus noun. For example:

Emigration decreased slightly over the period, while immigration showed a steady increase.
A sharp decline in imports occurred between 2002 and 2004.
There was a dramatic rise in sales from 1996 to 1998.
For most of the twentieth century, the local economy experienced a gradual decline.

NOTE: When there is a noun after the phrase (like examples 2 and 3), you must use the preposition 'in'.

dramatically - dramatic moderately - moderate slightly - slight
rapidly - rapid steadily - steady slowly - slow
sharply - sharp gradually - gradual
steeply - steep

increased - an increase fell - a fall
rose - a rise decrease - a decrease
grew - growth dropped - a drop
declined - a decline

- Activity 4.1 - Activity 4.3

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