Luyện tập SVIP

Match the phrases in the box with the graphs.

fall/decrease sharply

fall/decrease steadily

rise/increase steadily

rise/increase sharply

fluctuate

stay the same/remain stable/level of

Rewrite the sentences without changing their meaning.

Example:
● The number of young people working on farms has decreased sharply over the past years.
→ There has been a sharp decrease in the number of young people working on farms.
● The number of urban inhabitants rose by 15% from 1990 to 1995.
→ There was a rise of 15% in the number of urban inhabitants from 1990 to 1995.

1.The migration of young people to big cities has risen dramatically.
→ There .....

2. Due to shortages of jobs, there has been a decrease in the population in rural areas in the last 10 years.
→ Due to shortages of jobs, the population .....

3. The urbanisation rate in Indonesia increased by over 30% from 1969 to 2009.
→ There .....

4. There was a sharp rise in the rate of urbanisation in South Korea during the period between 1969 and 1989.
→ The rate of urbanisation .....

5. The urbanisation rate in this city decreased slightly during the economic crisis in 2008.
→ There was .....

The line graph below shows the urbanisation rate in South Korea and Indonesia. Write a description (of about 150 words) of the trends in the graph.