Construction Vocabulary

Trend Verbs – Upward Movement Exercises
1. After the announcement, our share price ______.
a) soared
b) dipped
(The price went up very fast.)
2. Over the weekend, online orders ______.
a) fell
b) skyrocketed
(Online orders rose extremely quickly.)
3. In the first quarter, demand for electric cars ______.
a) surged
b) declined
(Demand increased suddenly and strongly.)
4. After the TV campaign, our app downloads ______.
a) dropped
b) jumped
(App downloads went up quickly.)
5. When the news broke, the company’s share price ______.
a) leapt
b) sank
(The share price moved sharply upwards.)
6. Fuel prices ______ overnight after the tax change.
a) went down
b) shot up
(Fuel prices increased very quickly.)
7. In April, the number of new users ______.
a) climbed sharply
b) edged down
(The number of users rose a lot in a short time.)
8. Right after the promotion, traffic to our website ______.
a) levelled off
b) spiked
(Website traffic suddenly went very high.)
9. Over the summer, sales ______ steadily.
a) rose
b) fell
(Sales went up over the summer.)
10. Our production costs ______ last month.
a) went down
b) went up
(Production costs became higher.)
11. After the new contract, our monthly income ______.
a) increased
b) decreased
(Monthly income became larger.)
12. The company ______ its activities into new regions.
a) reduced
b) expanded
(The company started working in more regions.)
13. Our customer base ______ by 10% last year.
a) grew
b) shrank
(We had more customers than before.)
14. For the third month in a row, revenue ______.
a) dropped
b) climbed
(Revenue went higher again and again.)
15. The price of raw materials ______ by a few cents.
a) edged up
b) crashed
(The price went up only a little.)
16. Over the year, electricity bills ______.
a) fell sharply
b) crept up
(Bills slowly became higher.)
17. After the small campaign, sales ______ slightly.
a) inched up
b) bottomed out
(Sales moved up by a very small amount.)
18. Towards the weekend, business ______ again.
a) slowed down
b) picked up
(Business started to become busier again.)
19. In just one year, our online sales ______.
a) doubled
b) halved
(Online sales became twice as high.)
20. After the redesign, the number of visitors ______.
a) fell slightly
b) tripled
(We had three times as many visitors.)
21. Over two years, our active users ______.
a) quadrupled
b) declined
(The number of active users became four times higher.)

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