Words to Describe Graphs – Upward Movement

1. After the announcement, our share price ______. soared
a) soared (went very high, very fast)
b) dipped (went down a little)
(The price went up very fast.)

2. Over the weekend, online orders ______. skyrocketed
a) fell (went down)
b) skyrocketed (rose extremely quickly)
(Online orders rose extremely quickly.)

3. In the first quarter, demand for electric cars ______. surged
a) surged (increased suddenly and strongly)
b) declined (went down)
(Demand increased suddenly and strongly.)

4. After the TV campaign, our app downloads ______. jumped
a) dropped (went down)
b) jumped (went up quickly)
(App downloads went up quickly.)

5. When the news broke, the company’s share price ______. leapt
a) leapt (moved sharply upwards)
b) sank (went down)
(The share price moved sharply upwards.)

6. Fuel prices ______ overnight after the tax change. shot up
a) went down (became lower)
b) shot up (increased very quickly)
(Fuel prices increased very quickly.)

7. In April, the number of new users ______. climbed sharply
a) climbed sharply (rose a lot in a short time)
b) edged down (went down slightly)
(The number of users rose a lot in a short time.)

8. Right after the promotion, traffic to our website ______. spiked
a) levelled off (became stable)
b) spiked (suddenly went very high)
(Website traffic suddenly went very high.)

9. Over the summer, sales ______ steadily. rose
a) rose (went up)
b) fell (went down)
(Sales went up over the summer.)

10. Our production costs ______ last month. went up
a) went down (became lower)
b) went up (became higher)
(Production costs became higher.)

11. After the new contract, our monthly income ______. increased
a) increased (became larger)
b) decreased (became smaller)
(Monthly income became larger.)

12. The company ______ its activities into new regions. expanded
a) reduced (made smaller)
b) expanded (made larger / wider)
(The company started working in more regions.)

13. Our customer base ______ by 10% last year. grew
a) grew (became larger)
b) shrank (became smaller)
(We had more customers than before.)

14. For the third month in a row, revenue ______. climbed
a) dropped (went down)
b) climbed (went higher)
(Revenue went higher again and again.)

15. The price of raw materials ______ by a few cents. edged up
a) edged up (went up only a little)
b) crashed (fell very fast)
(The price went up only a little.)

16. Over the year, electricity bills ______. crept up
a) fell sharply (went down a lot)
b) crept up (slowly became higher)
(Bills slowly became higher.)

17. After the small campaign, sales ______ slightly. inched up
a) inched up (moved up by a very small amount)
b) bottomed out (reached the lowest point)
(Sales moved up by a very small amount.)

18. Towards the weekend, business ______ again. picked up
a) slowed down (became quieter)
b) picked up (became busier / stronger)
(Business started to become busier again.)

19. In just one year, our online sales ______. doubled
a) doubled (became twice as high)
b) halved (became half as high)
(Online sales became twice as high.)

20. After the redesign, the number of visitors ______. tripled
a) fell slightly (went down a little)
b) tripled (became three times as many)
(We had three times as many visitors.)

21. Over two years, our active users ______. quadrupled
a) quadrupled (became four times higher)
b) declined (went down)
(The number of active users became four times higher.)