Sam is a lecturer in academic and medical English al Souch wark College, where he organises IELTS courses for overseas doctors and other health personnel, and courses in medical English, including preparation for the source componet to the PLAB. He is also the creator and organizer of the Nuffteld Self-access Language Project for Overseas Doctors and is a free-lance consultant in medical English, specialising in tropical medicine. | Academic ting hactiœfor l LÎS Exercise 16 something wrong with the prediction This exercise also looks at talking about the future. Study the bar chart below which shows the profits for three companies for next year. S Finenet Ltd B MartOrst Ltd Tardy Ltd Text Now look at the text below. There is something wrong with the description - none of the mistakes are connected with grammar or spelling but with vocabulary and data. How many can you find The first one is the word presumed in line 1. It is not suitable here - predicted perhaps The bar chart shows the presumed profits for next year in thousands of dollars for three companies two of which will not start trading until May. Tardy s profits are forecast to come in at the 200 000 level in January and are then expected to remain there until May following which it is estimated that they will shoot up twofold in one month to 700 000 euros in June. After a modest rise in May to 800 000 euros profits are set to remain erratic for the rest of the year. Sam McCarter Ocaiemic WtSog Practice for BELTS Similarly it is projected that the profit for Martfirst will operate at a loss of 100 000 euros in the first month of trade in January. Thereafter however there is anticipated to be a steady increase in profits which will climb at the rate of 100 000 euros per month until they reach 800 000 euros in August. Profits will then remain steady for the rest of the year. As regards Finenet Ltd a loss of 300 000 euros is expected in its first month of trading but then from May to October profits will climb quickly to 1 million euros before falling back considerably in the subsequent three months. As can be seen the overall trends for the three companies are upward. Exercise 17 guided writing The bar chart below shows the results of 360-degree testing as part of a performance assessment carried out by colleagues and subordinates of four managers. Those who participated in the assessment were asked to rate the performance of the four .