suitable verb and adverb. 1 The income of Bernie’s B u n s............... between 2 0 0 6 and 2 0 0 8 . 2 The amount of money earned by Robbie’s Bakery............... between 2 0 0 8 and 2 0 1 0 . 3 Earnings of Lovely Loaves............... between 2 0 0 4 and 2 0 0 5 . 4 The verbs and verb phrases in bold in these sentences all describe changes. Check their meaning in a dictionary and add any more that you know. • Income fluctuated and then levelled off. • Income hit/reached a peak. • Earnings dipped slightly and recovered. • The figure remained stable in the first three years. • Income increased steadily year on year. • Income hit a trough. • Earnings worsened in the last three years.
Spotlight 4 Language to describe changes 2: Adjectives and nouns You can also describe changes using adjective and nouns. Most of the vocabulary is the same, but you need to learn the adjective and noun forms. There was a considerable rise in the income of Robbie's Bakery. The income of Robbie s Bakery saw/experienced/witnessed a considerable rise. 1 Complete this table w ith the noun forms of the verbs. past simple verb noun past simple verb noun rose 1 a rise- fluctuated 9 ..................
