Study the graph and complete the description with the expressions given below. There are four extra expressions which you do not need to use. Complete the answer table.

1. DECLINE, B) DECLINED, C) SLIGHTLY, D) SIGNIFICANT, E) RISE IN,

F) INCREASE, G) FLUCTUATED, H) LEVEL OFF, I) REACHED A PEAK, J) RISE OF

Interviewer: In today's programme we are talking to John Buck from Fund-A-Mental Advisors who is going to tell us about the best way to invest our money.

Expert: For now, the best idea is to put your money into funds which invest in equities. As you can see from the diagram, the overall profit in the Crown Fund, which is one of the best of its kind, reached almost 30% in one year. Despite its initial 1)______ of 8% in June, the profit reached 5% in the next month and still rose 2)______ in August. Thanks to good investments in September the situation improved significantly with the profit 3)_____ another 9 percentage points. However, due to the global crisis, there was a dramatic fall from 15% in September to 7% in October. Fortunately, November brought a/an 4)______ to 20%. Later the profit 5)_______ in November, December and January between 20 and 22% and then increased in February. The trend continued gradually for the rest of the period. In April the profit 6) _____ of 30%. Although the profit dropped a bit last month, the situation looks very optimistic.

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