Line Graphs and Table Verbs and nouns for describing trends and changes

Line Graphs and Table

1. 
   Verbs and nouns for describing trends and changes:
   

Trend	Verbs	Nouns
	rise (rose-risen) [to/by] increase [to/by] go (went-gone) up [to/by] climb [to/by] grow (grew-grown) [to/by] double treble/triple boom surge soar rocket [to/by]	a rise [of] an increase [of] a growth [of] an upward trend a doubling in + n. a trebling in + n. a boom a surge
	fall (fell-fallen) [to/by] decline [to/by] decrease [to/by] dip (dipped) [to/by] drop (dropped) [to/by] go (went-gone) down [to/by] plummet [to/by] plunge [to/by] dive [to/by] deteriorate slump [to/by]	a fall [of] a decline [of] a decrease [of] a drop [of] a reduction a slump a plunge a plummet
	do (did) not change remain/stay + stable/steady/static/unchanged [at] maintain the same level	 no change
Position	stood at/was level (levelled) off [at] plateau (plateaued) [at] level (levelled) out [at] stabilise [at] peaked [at] reached	a levelling off [at] a plateau [at] reached a high/peak of reached a low of
Constant Change	 fluctuated [around]	 a fluctuation

2. 
   Adjectives and adverbs for degree of change:
   

Degree

Adjective

Adverb

Very extensive change	dramatic	dramatically
	huge	n/a
	enormous	enormously
	tremendous	tremendously

Extensive change	substantial	substantially
	considerable	considerably
	significant	significantly
	remarkable	remarkably

Average change	noticeable	noticeably
	marked	markedly
	moderate	moderately

Small change	slight	slightly
	small	n/a
	minimal	minimally

3. 
   Adjectives and adverbs for speed of change:
   

Speed

Adjective

Adverb

Quick change	rapid	rapidly
	quick	quickly
	sharp	sharply
	swift	swiftly
	steep	steeply

Slow change	steady	steadily
	gradual	gradually
	slow	slowly

Unexpected change	sudden	suddenly
	unexpected	unexpectedly
	abrupt	abruptly

Go up

1. 
   It stood at ___(initial value) in ____(year) and doubled over the next ____(past tense in the middle) years to level off at ____(next value).
   
2. 
   There has been a considerable increase and it stands at ____(value).
   
3. 
   In ____(year), it is predicted that ___(something used) in both the ___(graph 1) and ___ ( graph 2) will rise to around ____(value) of the population
   
4. 
   ____(graph name) stood at ___(initial value) and rose slightly to reach about ____(next value) in ____(year).
   
5. 
   This was followed by another increase, although much steeper, in ___(now year) when sales were almost ____(value) higher than ___(yester-year).
   
6. 
   In ____(year), came with a small increase of about ____(value) in sales
   
7. 
   The figure went up significantly, finishing at around ____(value) in ____(year).
   
8. 
   Income then rose sharply, reaching nearly ____(value) in ____(year).
   
9. 
   There was then a gradual rise to around ____(value) in ____(year).
   
10. 
    The figure will go through a gradual growth from ____(initial value) to ____(next value) in ____(year).
    

Go down

1. 
   There will probably be a rapid fall in the last ____(past tense in the middle) years and it is expected to reach ____(value).
   
2. 
   this upward trend was suddenly broken and sales plummeted dramatically over the next ___(period)'>(period) to reach a little over ____(value) in ____(year).
   
3. 
   At which point, it levelled of at just under ____(value) until ____(year).
   
4. 
   There will be followed by a considerable drop to about ____(value) in ____(year).
   

Stable and fluctuation

1. 
   It remained constant until ____(year).
   
2. 
   The figures levelled off and remained relatively static over the last ___(period) of ___(year).
   
3. 
   The graph stable at approximately ____(value) in their first half of the decade.
   
4. 
   There was a fluctuation over the ___(number) years