Check your english vocabulary for rawdon Wyatt

remain constant 
over the five-year period?
B. Now look at the table below, which shows the changes in economic activity in a town over
a period of five years. The figures on the left and right show the number of people involved
in these activities, in thousands. Write your own sentences to describe the situation in the
town regarding the number of:
1. People employed in industry between 1996 and 2000.
2. People employed in retail between 1996 and 2000.
3. People employed in public services between 1999 and 2000.
4. People employed in tourism between 1996 and 2000.
5. Unemployed between 1998 and 2000.
6. People employed in industry compared with those in retail in 1996.
7. People employed in industry between 1998 and 1999.
Number of people 
in tourism
Number of people 
in retail
Number of
unemployed
Number of semi-skilled / skilled
people in public services (including
police, doctors, bus drivers, etc.)
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Number of people 
in industry

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general vocabulary
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How something works
For reference, see the 
Easier English Dictionary for Students
(978 0 7475 6624 3) 
A. Look at these sentences and decide which object is being described in each one. Use the
words in 
bold
to help you. You will find the objects hidden in the word grid at the bottom of
the page.
1. The most important part of this object is a strip of two different metals, one on top of the other. As
they