Use appropriate vocabulary from the Useful language box in the opposite page to complete the following sentences: Noun+adjective
EXAMPLE:There was SHARP RISE in the amount spent on books in 1993,compared with the previous years

1 There was a in the amount spent on computers between 1992 and 1994.
2 There was a in spending on computers from 1998.
3 There was a in spending on computers in 1992 and then agaim in 1998.
4 There was a in spending on books from 1997.

Verb + adverb/adjective/noun
EXAMPLE: Spending on computers FLUCTUATED SLIGHTLY between 1992 and 1994

5 Spending on books 1992 to 1993.
6 Spending on books in 1993. from
7 Spending on books from 1994 to 1996.
8 Spending on computers in 1996.
9 Spending on computers in 1998.
10 Spending on computers in 1999 and 2000.

Useful language:
Expressing changes
to rise /a rise
to increase / an increase
slight / slightly
gradual /gradually
steady / steadily
to go up
to double
to reach a peak
to hold/remain steady
to be stable
to be constant
to level off
to fluctuate
a fluctuation
to decrease/an decrease
to decline/a decline
to fall/a fall
slight/slightly
gradual/ gradually
steady/steadily
dramatic / dramatically
steep / steeply
sharp / sharply

Time expressions
for the period
since 1999
for five years
between 199o and 2001
in 1987