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STRUCTURE AND VOCABULARY
Meaning Verb Noun Adjectives Adverbs
Go down * sharp è sharply
* rapid * rapidly
* decline + decline e quick è quickly
*® decrease + decrease ® considerable ® considerably
e drop ® drop ® significant ® significantly
* fall * fall ® substantial ® substantially
* godown |e godown è steady + steadily
® plummet ® plummet ® gradual * gradually
e plunge + plunge ® moderate è moderately
* slight è slightly
è slow è slowly
Goup | climb * climb
* goup è goup
è grow è growih
* increase | e increase
è jump
è tise ® rise
è rocker
* Level off'at A levelling
remain the offat
same
è remain
‘unchanged
remain
constant
remain stable
stay constant
stay stable
stay steady
keep
‘unchanged
è fluctuate * fluctuation
Constant | vary * variation
change (around)
MI
Change of
direction
+ To bottom * Alowof
out at
+ To hita low
poinvthe + A highof
lowest/the
largest bf
è To peak at
* To reach a
peak of
# To stand at
+ To start/begin
at
* To end/finish
at
Grammatical structures used to describe
trends.
Time phrases
There + Be + Adj + Noun + In + Noun Phrase
* There was a significant increase in the
number of unemployed people during the
period.
*. There was a slight increase in the gold price/
the price of gold between 2005 and 2010.
Noun Phrase + Verb + Adverb
* The number of unemployed people increased
significantly during the period.
+ The gold price’ the price of gold increased
slightly.
From 1995 to 2005
For 10 years
Between 1995 and 2005
During/throughout the period from
1995 to 2005
During a period of 10 years
Over the (three-month) period
(between April and June)
different. Steadily and gradually mean over a period of time. Slightly means
how much deals with amount. Steadily and gradually mean a gradual change
like a child growth; he or she grows gradually/ he or she grows over time.
These are flat changes or no changes really, but I want you to be aware that
levelled off and stabilized always happen after another trend. You can say,
for example, ‘he figure remained the same before increasing/ the figure
remained stable before increasing/ the figure remained unchanged before
increasing/ the figure remained constant before increasing”. However, we
cannot use “stabilized or levelled off” in this case. Stabilized and levelled off
always happen after another trend. For example, sales fluctuated before they
levelled off) sales fluctuated before they stabilized. Don’t ever use stabilized
and levelled off to start your description.
You can say fluctuated significantly/ fluctuated wildly (big changes) or
fluctuated slightly (small changes).
The birthday fluctuated significantlv/wildly between 2000 and 2005.
“Reach” always happen after a movement. “A high” is always behind a point
of the diagram. We shouldn’t say reached-ahigh, instead we say started at a
high/ began at a high.
We can say reached a low/started at a low/ began at a low
Car sales reached a low of 15.000 in 2000.
SA peak” is always up and down. A peak can be a high but it doesn’t have to
be. For example, reached two peaks before reaching a high.
The number of people who were unemployed reached a peak of 2000 people
in 2015.
The number of tourists reached a peak of 15 million in 1995.
You can use “stood at” at anywhere on the graph you want (at the beginning
it stood at, afterward it stood at, then it stood at”, then it stood at, then it
stood at something else). “Stood at” works for anything on the graph.
The number of sales stood at 4 million in 2010.
The number of people travelling to London stood at 26 million in 2005.
You can use “started at/ began at” at the beginning.
In 2000, the figure for Internet users started at approximately 50 million.
The amount of meat consumed weekly began at about 150 grams.
You can use “ended at/ finished at” at the end.
The figure finished at over 50%.
Expenditure on furniture dipped slightly from 9% to 7% between 2002 and
2005.
Coffee sales decreased slightly between June and August.
Examples:
Coffee sales began at 50 thousand dollars, then decreased slightly to 48
thousand dollars. Subsequently, sales plunged and reached a low of 40
thousand dollars between June and August. Afterwards, coffee sales rocketed
to a high of 70 thousand dollars. Sales remained stable before decreasing
and stabilizing at...
Started at a high...then it fell slightly/declined slightly/ dropped slightly/ fell
steadily/declined gradually...then it levelled off) stabilized/ remained
unchanged/ remained stable/ remained the same/ maintained the same figure.
Sales soared/rocketed/rose dramatically/grew sharply/increased
substantially.
“Soared” really is the same as “rocketed”.
The number of people using the Internet increased slightly between 1995 and
2005.
From 2002 to 2004, CD sales in the UK increased gradually from 3 to 4
million - a rise of 30%.
Laptop prices experienced a decrease/a decline.
Laptop prices underwent a decrease/a decline.
The price of laptop saw a fall/decrease/a decline.
The price of laptop witnessed a fall/decrease/a decline.
As far as I know, this method allows you to have a variety while maintaining
accuracy and limiting what vou need to learn. I don’t need you to learn
everything. I just need to learn these things. These are simple structures,
because there are no time, and no figure. There are no adjectives or adverbs
here. These are very simple. Let’s look at these again:
The purchase of Honda increased sli
Honda sales
Honda sales decreased substantially. falling from._.to_..
Sales of Yamaha rocketed.
Sales of Yamaha soared.