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Vocabulary and Grammar For Line Graphs

The document provides a list of nouns, verbs, phrases, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, and sample sentences that are useful for describing trends shown in line graphs for IELTS writing task 1. The nouns include terms like rise, increase, surge, growth, peak, fluctuation, and decline that can be used to discuss upward and downward movements. Sample verbs include rise, increase, surge, grow, peak, fluctuate, decline, fall, decrease, and dip. Phrases are also given to describe trends like showed an upward trend, hit the highest point, reached a peak, and levelled off. Finally, the document offers examples of how to construct sentences using this vocabulary to discuss changes over

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Vocabulary and Grammar For Line Graphs

The document provides a list of nouns, verbs, phrases, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, and sample sentences that are useful for describing trends shown in line graphs for IELTS writing task 1. The nouns include terms like rise, increase, surge, growth, peak, fluctuation, and decline that can be used to discuss upward and downward movements. Sample verbs include rise, increase, surge, grow, peak, fluctuate, decline, fall, decrease, and dip. Phrases are also given to describe trends like showed an upward trend, hit the highest point, reached a peak, and levelled off. Finally, the document offers examples of how to construct sentences using this vocabulary to discuss changes over

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Nouns Verbs Phrases

Upward movement Upward movement showed an upward trend


a rise to rise showed a downward trend
an increase to increase hit the highest point
a surge to surge hit the lowest point
a growth to grow reached a peak
a peak to peak showed some fluctuation
to skyrocket fluctuated wildly
Quick changes remained stable
a fluctuation Quick Changes remained static
a variation to fluctuate remained unchanged
to vary stayed constant
No Changes reached a plateau
a period of stability Downward Movements levelled off
a plateau to fall flattened out
to decrease the highest
Downward Movement to decline the lowest
a fall to dip the second highest
a decrease to dive the third highest
a decline to plunge compared to
a dip compared with
a drop relative to

Adverbs Adjectives
sharply sharp
suddenly sudden
rapidly rapid
abruptly abrupt
dramatically dramatic
significantly steep
steadily significant
considerably steady
markedly considerable
slightly marked
gently slight
gradually gentle
wildly gradual

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Useful Grammar

Sample Sentences
1. There was a substantial increase in the value of stocks on March 15th.
2. House prices rose dramatically in July.
3. The number of tourists visiting New York fell sharply in October.
4. The number of students studying Economics rose gradually from 2001 to 2010.
5. There was a sharp increase in employee turnover after the strike.
6. Interest in environmental issues has risen steadily over the last 10 years.

Prepositions:
Prepositions are needed to describe dates, numbers or comparisons:

Dates
In December,
In 2005,
From 2001 to 2010,
By 1998,
Between 1965 to 1969
Over a ten year period

Numbers
An Increase of 25%.
Decreased by 10%.
Fell from 200 in July to 150 in August.
Dropped from 200 units to 120 units in a period of 6 months.
Rose sharply over a period of 5 years.
Started at one third and peaked at three thirds
Fell from 30% to just over 20%

Retrieved June 5, 2018, from: https://ieltsfocus.com/2016/12/23/writing-task-1-ielts-line-graphs/

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