5 Complete the text. Use a different word each time. Last year started well. In the first quarter sales ► increased significantly. The second quarter was even better: sales increased (1) ____. They continued to (2) ____ steadily in the third quarter and reached a (3) ____ at 90,000. By the end of September, sales had (4) ____ up (5) ____ almost 50 per cent. In the last quarter there was a slight (6) ____, but it was still a good year. This year has been very different. Sales (7) ____ in the first half of the year - up one month and down the next - but in the last three months they have remained (8) ____.