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IELTS Writing Task 1 Vocabulary

This document provides a list of nouns, verbs, phrases, adjectives, and adverbs to describe trends that rise and fall such as percentages, population numbers, sales figures, etc. It includes terms like increase, decrease, peak, decline to describe upward and downward movements as well as modifiers like sharply, gradually to indicate how quickly or slowly the trends change. Additional useful phrases are included for writing about percentages and numbers.

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IELTS Writing Task 1 Vocabulary

This document provides a list of nouns, verbs, phrases, adjectives, and adverbs to describe trends that rise and fall such as percentages, population numbers, sales figures, etc. It includes terms like increase, decrease, peak, decline to describe upward and downward movements as well as modifiers like sharply, gradually to indicate how quickly or slowly the trends change. Additional useful phrases are included for writing about percentages and numbers.

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Nouns

a rise
an increase
a surge
a growth
a peak
a uctua2on
a varia2on
a period of stability
a plateau
a fall
a decrease
a decline
a dip
Verbs
to rise
to increase
to surge
to grow
to peak
to skyrocket
to uctuate
to vary
to fall
to decrease
to decline
to dip
to dive
to plunge

Phrases

to show an upward trend
to show a downward trend
to hit the highest point
to hit the lowest point
to reach a peak
to show some uctua2on
to uctuate wildly
to remain stable
to remain unchanged
to stay constant
to reach a plateau
to level o
to a;en out
the highest
the lowest
the second highest
the third highest
compared to
compared with
rela2ve to
Adverbs
sharply
suddenly
rapidly
abruptly
drama2cally
signicantly
steadily
considerably
markedly
slightly
gently
gradually

Adjec2ves
sharp
sudden
rapid
abrupt
drama2c
steep
signicant
steady
considerable
marked
slight
gentle
gradual

More useful words and phrases


Percent the word comes a?er a number
Examples:
More than 25 percent of the students come
from Brazil.
Percentage - The word comes a?er words like
the, a, this and that. O?en, it is preceded by an
adjec2ve.
Examples:
A small percentage of residents have lived in the
building for more than 20 years.
For numbers up to ten, write the numbers in
words. For numbers over 10, you can write the
numbers in numbers.
If the sentence starts with a number, always
write it in words.

IELTS writing task 1

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