Unit 1: Exercise 1

small degree of change
large degree of change

Unit 1: Exercise 9
Choose the correct adverbs to complete the sentences.

1. 
   My rail season ticket cost £2,000 last year, and this year I have to pay £4,000. The price has increased dramatically/ marginally/ steadily .
   
2. 
   For each of the last ten years, the number of residents in my town has increased by between 1-2%. The population has risen considerably/ sharply/ steadily.
   
3. 
   There has been a 50% reduction in the number of vehicles in the city centre this year. Levels of pollution have fallen sharply/ slowly/ steadily .
   
4. 
   The police have reported a year-on-year 2% drop in violent crime in the inner cities. Incidents of crime have been decreasing abruptly/ considerably/ gradually over recent years.
   
5. 
   Britain’s fourth largest supermarket chain reported a fivefold increase in sales of crisps and nuts last Saturday prior to the World Cup Final. Sales of snacks increased significantly/ slowly/ steadily .
   
6. 
   The number of lambs born this spring was 0.4% below the seasonal average. The birth rate this year dropped marginally/ significantly/ steadily .
   

Unit 1: Exercise 10
Read the text comparing rural and urban life. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

Affordable antisocial charges gradually commute multicultural overcrowded pollution provided

One of the biggest differences between rural and urban life is that generally the population in villages tends to be monocultural, whereas in cities it is ________________ . In many villages, the cost of housing is __________________ and __________________ that people have a job, they can live in their own houses and not in __________________ blocks of flats. There are more employment opportunities in cities, but many workers have to __________________ because of the high cost of housing. Life in most villages is relaxed and peaceful. There is little _________________behaviour and the air is clean. However, in some cities ___________________ is a big problem due to fumes from car exhaust pipes. New ___________________ introduced for vehicles entering city centres will ______________________ eliminate this problem.