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id: 66da032d55c7cb37672adb66
title: Task 50
challengeType: 19
dashedName: task-50
lang: en-US
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# --instructions--

This task doesn't have audio. Read the question and select the correct answer.

# --questions--

## --text--

Which option is saying that sales had a big reduction?

## --answers--

`There has been a significant drop in sales this quarter.`

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`There has been a significant increase in sales this quarter.`

### --feedback--

`Increase` means the amount has gone up, not down.

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`There has been a significant rise in sales this quarter.`

### --feedback--

`Rise` means an upward movement, indicating growth in sales, not a reduction.

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`There has been a moderate drop in sales this quarter.`

### --feedback--

While this sentence mentions a `drop`, the word `moderate` means a small or not very large decrease, not a `significant` one.

## --video-solution--

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# --explanation--

`Drop` refers to a decrease in amount or level. When people say there is `a drop in sales`, it means sales have gone down. 

When you add the word `significant` before `drop`, it means the decrease is large or important. For example:

`A significant drop in sales` - The sales have decreased a lot.
