The aim of this activity is to measure the number of words that you know on this topic. Below is a list of words related to this topic. Some of them are real English words, but some are wrong. Click on the ones that are real, and ignore the wrong ones. Clicking real words will increase your score, but clicking wrong ones will decrease it. When you have finished, click on the 'Check Answer' button. The program will give you feedback and advice on which words you need to learn.
Your score:
The real words of the wrong words are shown in blue.
Line chart
Bar chart
Pie graph Pie chart
Age
Weight
Height
Date
Time
Length
Width
Degrees
Percentage
Number
Duration
to decline
to plunge
to decrease
to worsen
to deteriorate
projection
forcast forecast
slight
sharp
ajust adjust
abrubt abrupt
sudden
dramatish dramatic
calm
flat
drop
financed by
substancial substantial
to fall
recrease rebound
Match the word to the definition
Fill in the gap with the best word.
Spending saw a
dramatic
fall of 40%.
(Answer: dramatic )
Employment in Canada
improved
for the second year, rising by 3%.
(Answer: improved )
The share price was
flat
, unchanged for a third day.
(Answer: flat )
According to the graph, traffic in town B is
forecast
to increase by 2% next year.
(Answer: forecast )
There was a
substantial
improvement in air quality last year.
(Answer: substantial )
They
adjusted
the figure after looking at the data again.
(Answer: adjusted )
The
height
of the building was more than 45 floors.
(Answer: height )
The lines in the
bar chart
show a change between a decade ago and the present date.
(2 words)
(Answer: bar chart )
Unfortunately the profits
plunged
by 35% last year.
(Answer: plunged )
The
pie chart
is divided into three segments.
(2 words)
