Describing increase and decrease
|quick |increase | |
There has been a|sharp |rise |in | mobile phone sales.
There was a |steady|decrease | | the number of people buying laptops.
|slight |drop | |
sharp = dramatic
steady = light and constant
En las palabras increase y decrease hemos subrayado la primera sílaba porque es la acentuada.
| | decreased. | | increased.
Sales of mobile phones |have/has| doubled/trebled.
The number of people buying mobile phones| | fluctuated.
| | remained constant.
| | dropped.
fluctuated = changed
En las palabras increased y decreased hemos subrayado la segunda sílaba porque es la acentuada.
|plummered.
Sales of desktop computers have|soared.
|rocketed.
Con esta entrada hemos visto diferentes maneras de expresar incremento o decremento.
|quick |increase | |
There has been a|sharp |rise |in | mobile phone sales.
There was a |steady|decrease | | the number of people buying laptops.
|slight |drop | |
sharp = dramatic
steady = light and constant
En las palabras increase y decrease hemos subrayado la primera sílaba porque es la acentuada.
| | decreased. | | increased.
Sales of mobile phones |have/has| doubled/trebled.
The number of people buying mobile phones| | fluctuated.
| | remained constant.
| | dropped.
fluctuated = changed
En las palabras increased y decreased hemos subrayado la segunda sílaba porque es la acentuada.
|plummered.
Sales of desktop computers have|soared.
|rocketed.
Con esta entrada hemos visto diferentes maneras de expresar incremento o decremento.
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