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Materials used for today’s lesson:Business English Handbook Advanced – P. EmmersonISBN: 978-1-4050-8605-9

Financial English – Ian MackenzieISBN: 978-1-89939-600-9

Graph vocab 101 - 1:What do you call the following?: pie

bar

column

line

doughnut

scattertable

Graph vocab 101 - 2:What do you call the following?:

curve

solid line

dashed line

dotted line

segment

shaded area

From last weeks lesson:Which words would go with the following graph:

Increaserise climb

growexpand

jump

rocket

soar

collapse

plummet

Decrease

fall

dropslip back

shrink

weaken

deteriorate

recover

strengthenImprove

From last weeks lesson:Which words would go with the following graph:

Increase

rise

climb

grow

expand jumprocket soar

collapseplummet

decreasefall

drop

slip back

shrinkweaken

deteriorate

recover

strengthen

Improve

Describe the graph:

Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 40%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%%

gro

wth

Rough figures:

100%

120%

250%

90%

40%

A great deal more than

Just over

Slightly more than

way over

Somewhat more than

well over

around

about

roughly

almost

nearly

Just short of

Far less than

Nowhere near

Describe the graph using the new vocab:

Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 40%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%%

gro

wth

Tenses and graphs:Which of the following tenses refer to the following actions on a graph

• Action in progress (present)

• Action in progress (past)

• Linking present to past

• Linking past to earlier in past

• Action in progress up to now

• Action in progress up to a

point in the pastPres. continuous

Past continuous

Pres. perfect

Past perfect

Pres. perfect continuous

Past perfect continuous

Tenses and graphs:Which of the following tenses refer to the following actions on a graph

• Action in progress (present)

• Action in progress (past)

• Linking present to past

• Linking past to earlier in past

• Action in progress up to now

• Action in progress up to a point in

the past

Pres. continuous – cost are rising

Past continuous – cost were rising

Pres. perfect – cost have risen by ..

Past perfect – costs had risen but ..

Pres. perf. cont – costs have been rising

Past. perf. cont – costs had been rising when ...

Idiomatic language:

The dollar slumped against the euro

SK&S’ shares advanced a little to ...

after a difficult day, the shares rebounded

Shares took a tumble in heavy late trading

The shares held steady at

The shares rallied at the end of the day

The price of gold leapt to .....

The shares rocketed after ...

The shares went through the floor

Shares eased slightly

Idiomatic language:

The dollar slumped against the euro

SK&S’ shares advanced a little to ...

after a difficult day, the shares rebounded

Shares took a tumble in heavy late trading

The shares held steady at

The shares rallied at the end of the day

The price of gold leapt to .....

The shares rocketed after ...

The shares went through the floor

Shares eased slightly