A reading exercise 1: Read the groups of words that begin with the same prefix. Match the meanings with the prefixes

Exercise 3. Look at the chart again. Choose the correct words to complete the summary paragraph.

Overall, all three countries drawn / pictured / shown in the chart have seen a predictable / significant / surprising population movement from the countryside to the city, with the as / most / much noticeable changes being in Country C and Country A. It is predicted that this trend will continue till 2025 in both these countries. However, Country C will experience a fluctuation / levelling off / remain constant of movement at around 30 million people in / since / to 2020.

Exercise 4. Look at the same chart. Complete the sentences. Use the words in the box.

could possibly, is more than likely, it is certain that, probably will not, will

By 2025, the population movement from rural to urban areas in Country C will have nearly doubled since 2015, and the number of people moving … most likely continue to rise.

The trend for Country B … to continue to remain the same at about 30 million people.
Regarding Country C and Country A, … many people prefer to live in cities rather than villages.
Country A’s population movement figures … fall further behind Country C’s in the years after 2025.
Overall, it is fair to say that the number of people moving from rural to urban areas … remain the same in Country A and Country C in the years after 2025.


Exercise 5. Look at the chart again. Do the sentences contain accurate or inaccurate information? Choose True or False.
1.Country A’s population movement fluctuated before 2015 and is predicted to rise in the next few years.
2.The movement of population from villages to cities in Country B is forecast to peak in 2020, and will probably decline in the foreseeable future.
3.From a low figure of below 10 million people in 2000, the number of people expected to move from the countryside to cities in Country C will probably exceed 100 million in the years after 2025.
4.Country C had fewer people moving to cities than Country B and Country A in 2015, and in 2025 there will also be fewer people moving to cities in Country C than in these countries.
5. Country C experienced a steep rise in the number of people leaving the countryside for the city between 2005 and 2015; the number increased from about 10 million to about 50 million, and this trend is likely to continue well into the next decade.