Grammatical Bits and Pieces
Prepositions
to rise from £1m to £2m to fall from $2m to $1m
to increase by 100% to fall by
a decrease of to grow to
to stand at a fall in market share
Language summary – prepositions (of, in, or by)
Use_____ after a verb.
Use ____ after a noun and before the amount.
Use ____ after a noun and before a topic.
Time
Before / After
before + verb-ing Before rising again, prices remained at an all-time low of $13.00
after + verb-ing After falling suddenly, the prices stabilized
Unfinished ( present perfect):
Over the past 2 years, prices have risen.
Since 2019 prices have been rising.
Finished (past simple):
In 2020, prices rose.
In February of last year, prices began to rise.
On March 1, 2020, prices started to drop.
Verbs of change: (verb + -ing):
The change has not reached its endpoint.
Profits are falling
Unemployment has been rising for the last 6 months.