Describing trends

Describing trends

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  Uy Nguyen DESCRIBING TRENDS DESCRIBINGTHE DIRECTION OF A CHANGE Verbs Nouns Rise a rise Increase an increase Go up to Grow growth Climb a climb Boom a boom Peak (reach) a peak (at) Fall a fall Decline a decline Decrease a decrease Dip a dip Drop a drop Go down Reduce a reduction A slump Level out/off a leveling out/off No change no change Remain stable
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  Uy Nguyen Remain steady Stay Stayconstant Maintain the same level Stabilize DESCRIBING THE DEGREE OF A CHANGE Adjectives Adverbs Dramatic dramatically Sharp sharply Huge hugely Enormous enormously Steep steeply Substantial substantially Considerable considerably Significant significantly Marked markedly
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  Uy Nguyen Moderate moderately Slightslightly Small Minimal minimally DESCRIBING THE SPEED OF A CHANGE Adjectives Adverbs Rapid rapidly Quick quickly Swift swiftly Sudden suddenly Steady steadily Gradual gradually Slow Slowly Sharp Sharply
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  Uy Nguyen USEFUL STRUCTURES: VERBS SUBJECT VERBS(PAST TENSE) ADVERBS The price The population The rate decreased, fell, declined, went down, dropped How quickly? gradually/slowly quickly/rapidly How much? slightly somewhat significantly/substantially dramatically increased, rose, grew, went up remained, stayed steady/constant/stable NOUNS There was A/AN Adjective Noun In noun There was a gradual/slow/rapid slight/significant decrease/fall/declin e in prices in the population
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  Uy Nguyen substantial/dramatic drop/increase/risein the rate PREPOSITIONS  WITH NOUNS • increase IN nouns • There has been an increase in population. • Increase OF numbers IN nouns • There has been an increase of 10% in the population.  WITH VERBS • The petrol price decreased BY 10%. (The petrol price now is 90% the old price) • The petrol price decrease TO 80%. (The petrol price now is 80% the old price) • Production went down FROM 5,000 TO 4,000 units a month. • Unemployment remained stable AT 2.5 million.
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  Uy Nguyen substantial/dramatic drop/increase/risein the rate PREPOSITIONS  WITH NOUNS • increase IN nouns • There has been an increase in population. • Increase OF numbers IN nouns • There has been an increase of 10% in the population.  WITH VERBS • The petrol price decreased BY 10%. (The petrol price now is 90% the old price) • The petrol price decrease TO 80%. (The petrol price now is 80% the old price) • Production went down FROM 5,000 TO 4,000 units a month. • Unemployment remained stable AT 2.5 million.