Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2003
Taken from the exams section in www.onestopenglish.com
IELTS Academic Writing Part One- Worksheet
Trends Bingo
Page One
Instructions: Worksheet to be copied then cut up into cards- one pack per two
students.
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Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2003
Taken from the exams section in www.onestopenglish.com
IELTS Academic Writing Part One- Worksheet
Trends Bingo
Page Two
Instructions: Worksheet to given out after whole class Bingo- one per student.
Students must match sentences to graphs.
1. Production started climbing steadily but
flattened off at a level of around 70. Since then,
it has fallen steadily.
2. Production grew more and more rapidly over
the first three quarters but then reached a peak.
Since then, it has quickly dropped.
3. Production grew rapidly in the first quarter,
but reached a plateau of about 70. Since then it
has remained more or less stable.
4. Production has dropped slowly but steadily
over the year.
5. Production started the year in a stable
position, but then plunged in the third quarter. It
has now flattened out at a level of 20.
6. Production fell considerably over the first
three quarters, reaching a low of 20. Since then
it has staged a partial recovery.
7. Production has fluctuated all year.
8. Production started off steady, but fell sharply
in the last quarter.
9. Production showed a marginal rise in the first
three quarters, but then suffered a sharp drop.
10. After a considerable drop in the first two
quarters, production bottomed out at 20. Since
then it has started to rise.
11. Production has experienced a strong, steady
growth over the whole year.
12. There has been a slight increase in
production over the year.
13. There was a rapid drop in production in the
first quarter, but it bottomed out at about 20.
