DESCRIBING TRENDS/Helpful words and phrases for describing graphs
UP - Verbs: go up, shoot up, soar, jump, increase, rise, grow, rocket, improve, climb,
UP - Nouns: an increase, a rise, a growth, an improvement, an upturn, a surge, an upsurge, an upward trend
DOWN - Verbs: go/come down, fall, drop, slump, plunge, slide, decline, decrease, plummet, slip, shrink
DOWN - Nouns: a fall, a decrease, a decline, a drop, a downturn (trend)
NO CHANGE - Verbs: remain stable, level off, stay at the same level, flatten off, remain constant, stagnate, stabilize, hold steady
AT THE TOP - Verbs: reach a peak, peak, top out
AT THE BOTTOM - Verbs: reach a low point, bottom out
RECOVER - Verbs: pick up, bounce back, rally
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DEGREES OF CHANGE
Adjectives (+ noun):
dramatic, considerable, sharp, significant, substantial, moderate, slight, sudden, rapid, steady, gradual, slow
Adverbs (+ verb) :
dramatically, considerably, sharply, significantly, substantially, moderately, slightly , suddenly, rapidly, steadily, slowly
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PREPOSITIONS
a rise from $10 to $12 (von - bis)
to increase by 50% (um)
to fall by 30% (um)
an increase of 7.5 per cent over last year (von)
between 1995 and 2004 (von - bis)
from 1995 to 2004 (von - bis)
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