Trends verb tenses

Sales ______________ (go up) 12% last year.

Sales ______________ (go up) 12% so far this year.

Profits _____________ (rise) slightly last year.

Profits _____________ (rise) slightly this year.

There has been a slight __________ (rise) in profits

this year.

In the last two years, their market share ____________

(grow) steadily.

Last year, their market share _____________ (grow) steadily.

In the last two years there has been steady __________

(grow) in their market share.

Their number of hits ____________ (fall) since January.

Their number of hits ____________ (fall) in January.