Economic Trends Exercise 1: Complete the following tables supplying the appropriate vocabulary.

VERB	NOUN
to rise
to increase
to improve
to fall
to decrease
to recover

ADJECTIVE	ADVERB	HOW MUCH CHANGE?
slight	slightly	very small
sharp		sudden, large
dramatic		sudden, very large
steady		regular

Exercise 2:Use the following graphs and the vocabulary from the above tables to describe the movement of the various objects concerned.

1998 World Clothing Sales

1998 World Clothing Sales Percentages

Travel Expenses

1997 Production and Distribution Costs Compared to Final Profit