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Q 4.1 Listen to a description of the trends in TV viewing hours in the UK last year. As you listen draw the linę graph.

Ayerage weekly hours of TV yiewing

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Jan

Feb

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Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Q Complete the extract from the description you heard. Use suitable verbs from the box in the correct tense.

decrease

drop fali fluctuate

go down/up

increase

level off reach rise

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In January last year the average number of weekly viewing hours stood at 28.1. This

figurę_¹ steadily for the next two months, reaching 27.2 in February

and 25.5 in March. The number of viewing hours then_² a little: they

____³ slightly to 26.1 in April. They then_⁴ dramatically to

23.3 in May. The figurę then___⁵ very slightly to 23.5 in June and then

morę or less_⁶ for the summer, which is traditionally the time people

watch the least television. The figurę_⁷ slightly back to 23.3 in July

and_⁸ its lowest point in August at 23.2. Average viewing hours

_⁹ sharply in September to 25.3 and then__¹⁰ morę

gradually for the rest of the year to 26.1 in October, and 27.4 in November. The figurę__¹¹ its highest point in December at 28.2 hours per week.

@ Listen again and check your answers.

@ Work in pairs. Look at the highlighted words in the extract in O- Are they

adjectives or adverbs? How do you know? What is the generał rule for forming adverbs?

dramatically	a	slow and regular, not sudden
sharply	b	very smali
steadily	c	sudden, very large, and olten surprising
gradually	d	even and regular
slightly	e	sudden and rapid

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