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When making a presentation you rather often have to describe trends. It can be done in different ways.
Different prepositions are used to desribe figures. · The sales rose by 20% over the holiday period. · The sales have gone up from $ 19.6 billion to $27.4 billion. · This represents an increase of 16.4% from the first quarter. · The average retail price stood at $4.11 yesterday.
Complete the sentences with appropriate prepositions. 1. Profit decreased …. $7.5m …….$4.5m. 2. Sales have increased ….. $2 m. 3. There has been an increase ……. $2 m in our sales. 4. Profit now stands ……$4.5m 5. Sales reached a peak……$7m in July. 6. There was a drop ….$3m ….profit.
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