Practice SVIP

Put the words whose meaning is the same into the same groups.

Match the verbs/verb phrases with the nouns/noun phrases that have the same meaning.

Match the verbs/verb phrases with the nouns/noun phrases that have the same meaning.

Look at the graph. Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions.

1. In 2007, Australian exports to Japan stood 10%.

2. The figure went up approximately 25% in 2010.

3. There was a rise about 15% in Australian exports to Japan.

4. Australian exports to Japan increased 15% from 2007 to 2010.

Rewrite the sentences without changing their meaning.

1. In the next fifteen years, there was a steady rise in the rate of urbanisation in Japan.

➝ In the next fifteen years, ____________________.

Rewrite the sentences without changing their meaning.

2. From 1995 to 2009, Indonesia's urbanisation rate increased sharply.

➝ From 1995 to 2009, Indonesia ____________________.

Rewrite the sentences without changing their meaning.

3. The economic inflation of the country increased sharply by 20% in 2008.

➝ There was ____________________.

Rewrite the sentences without changing their meaning.

4. The percentage of sugar consumption fell gradually between 1969 and 1989.

➝ There was ____________________.

Look at the red line representing China's birth rate. Match.

Look at the blue line representing the USA's birth rate. Match.

Look at the red line representing China's birth rate. Reorder the sentences to make a complete graph.

• This was followed by a dramatic fall to less than 10% in 1955.
• The figure reached a peak of 20% in 1950.
• China's birth rate rose from 10% in 1920 to 15% in 1935.
• Then it fell sharply to 5% in the 1940s.
• Finally, China's birth rate decreased steadily to about 2% in 1980 and remained at this level until 2000.

Look at the blue line representing the USA's birth rate. Reorder the sentences to make a complete graph.

• It decreased dramatically to under 5% in 1945.
• Meanwhile, the USA's birth rate fluctuated between 11% and 13% from 1920 to 1940.
• The figure then increased rapidly to a peak of about 15% in 1950.
• After 1950, the USA's birth rate fell steadily.