Graph and tables often refer to common situations, and certain nouns often occur. Test yourself to see if you know how to use some of them by making all the possible matches between the words in the first column and those in the second.
number
amount
size
quantity
rate
level
population
GDP
employees
unemployment
literacy
production
growth
arms sales
cigarette consumption
smokers
income/expenditure
years
Answer
The following are the most commonly used combinations:
the number of employees; smokers; years
the amount of GDP; unemployment; production; growth; arms sales; cigarette consumption; income; expenditure
the size of the population
the quantity of production, arms sales; cigarette consumption
the rate of unemployment; literacy; production; growth; cigarette consumption; expenditure
the level of GDP; unemployment; literacy; income; expenditure
