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I DESCRIBING CHANGES IN NUMBERS I

� Put the words into the correct column. Are they verbs (V), nouns (N) or both?

decline decrease drop fall growth increase rise

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� Write the past simple and past participle forms of the verbs.

infinitive past simple i past participle
fall
increase

drop
decrease

decline
rise

grow

� Use the correct verb or noun form of one of the words from above to complete the
sentences about the table.
New entrants to primary teacher training programmes 2007 - present
2007/08 I 16,540

2009/10 15,500
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2011/12 17,630
2013/14 18,360

2015/16 20,480
This year 19,213
1 The number of new entrants to primary teaching _______ during
the period.
2 There was a _______ from 2007/08 to 2009/10.
3 There was a steady in numbers from 2009/10 to 2015/16.
4 The numbers again this year.

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