Increase
Choose the one that does not belong:
A. Soar
B. Develop
C. Rocket
D. Growth
D. Growth
The other 3 are verbs while growth is a noun.
Choose the one that does not belong:
A. decrease
B. decline
C. reduce
D. drop
C. reduce
Other 3 can be both a verb and a noun, while reduce is a verb => reduction (n)
Another word for "rapid ups and downs" or "zigzag"?
fluctuate
Fill in the blank: The population experienced _________ decrease:
A. an exponential
B. a drastically
C. the steep
D. the rapidly
A. an exponential (= fast)
B & D drastically & rapidly are adverbs => do not go with a noun (decrease)
C we don't use "the" to talk about trends.
peak
Fill in the blank: There was ______________ in the number of candidates.
A. a downward
B. the drop
C. the reduction
D. a fall
D. a fall
So, A. a downward lacks a noun. It should be "a downward trend".
B & C we don't use "the" when talking about trends.
Fill in the blank:
The amount of emergency kits remained ________ throughout the year.
A. unstable
B. unchanged
C. stability
D. fluctuation
B. unchanged
C & D are wrong because we need an adjective in the blank
A is wrong because "remain" means "continue to be"
=> unstable is not suitable
3 synonyms (adj) for "fast"?
rapid
dramatic
steep
Fill in the blank: an _________ trend:
A. upmove
B. wardup
C. upward
D. moveup
C. upward
Guess this word:
p __ __ __ __ __ (verb)
You have 10 chances.
Use it in a sentence.
p l u n g e (v)
= rapidly decrease
Example sentence: The number of students plunged from 300 to around 80
Guess this word:
s __ __ __ __ __ (adj)
You have 10 chances.
Use it in a sentence.
s t a b l e (adj)
The number of students went through a stable period.
Guess this word:
g __ __ __ __ __ __ (adj)
You have 10 chances. What does it mean?
Use it in a sentence.
g r a d u a l (adj) => slow
There was a gradual increase in the number of students.
List 3 synonyms of:
"rapid increase"
soar
surge
rocket
List 3 synonyms of:
"fast decrease" or "rapidly decrease"
dive
plunge
plummet
List 3 synonyms of:
"stable"
unchanged
stabilized
constant
List 2 synonyms of:
"Moderate"
Gradual
Consistent
a recovery (n)
recover (v)
Turn these verbs into nouns and nouns into verbs:
1. reduce (?) =>
2. drop (?) =>
3. decline (?) =>
1. reduce (v) => reduction (n)
2. drop (n/v) => drop (v/n)
3. decline (n/v) => decline (v/n)
Which one of these mean "fluctuate":
A. go through a stable period
B. vary
C. experience a steady phase
D. zigzaging
B. vary
A & C "stable" and "steady" means "unchanged".
D. zigzaging is not a real word lol
List 2 synonyms of:
"small amount of change"
mild change
slight change
(negligible change)