Author: Jakub Bernátek


      LEAP...ADVANCE...JUMP...SKYROCKET...SOAR...AXE...CUT...EASE...PLUMMET...SLASH...DIVE...

                                               SURGE



1, Car seatbelts design…................. since 1950. There is nearly 80% chance to stay alive,
when we have an accident.


2, GM …............... to black numbers after just one month under the new management.


3, The stock price of oil in 1973 …....................... to its record level.


4, The CEO claims, that stock value will …................ to $212 after this unexpected event.


5, If Central bank wants to cool down the overheated economy very quickly, interest rate
…...............


6,CFO found out, that internet providing in Zimbabwe is unprofitable. So we ….............this
service.


7, Czech Republic should …............... spending and save more money for future generations.


8, The share price of BMW ….............. after the board of members announced bigger dividend.


9, According to Forbes, the wealth of Bill Gates …...................... to only $50.


10, There is only one option, we need to close one of our two factories. This will
…................ our production  by 50%.


11, BP stock value …................... from $600 to only $100 after the accident in Caribbean sea.


12,Thanks to this new model, our sales …................. from $10 000 000 to $20 000 000 per
month.




Key: advanced, jumped, skyrocketed, leap, soar, axed, eased, plummet, slash, dived, has surged




                                                                                Author. Adam Kotlán


Complete the gaps using all the verbs below. Use them in the appropriate form:


            AXE               SLASH            SOAR             PLUMMET                LEAP


            EASE             SKYROCKET           CUT                DIVE              JUMP


            SURGE           ADVANCE



 1. Stock market trading _____________ slightly today.
 2. Supermarkets ______ drastically _____________ prices.
 3. Share prices _____________ today to a three-month low.
 4. Profits __________ by 15% last year.
 5. Sanctions against the country should be _____________.
 6. Sales _____________ 43% this quarter.
 7. Earnings per share _____________ from 24.5p to 14.6p.
 8. Unemployment has _____________.
 9. The value of exports _____________ last year, recording an all-time high.
10. Almost 1,000 jobs _____________.
11. The number of calls we got _____________.
12. The budget _____________ by £3 million.









                                             Solution



 1. advanced
 2. are cutting
 3. plummeted
 4. jumped
 5. eased
 6. have leapt
 7. dived
 8. soared
 9. surged
10. were axed
11. skyrocketed
12. had been slashed