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    This document provides useful expressions for describing graphs and changes in data depicted in graphs. It offers terms to describe increases and decreases, such as "go up", "rise", "fall", "drop", and "decline". It also gives ways to describe the amount of change, such as "substantial", "moderate", and "slight". Finally, it presents formulas for describing line graphs accurately using terms like "from...to..." and "there was a..."

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    This document provides useful expressions for describing graphs and changes in data depicted in graphs. It offers terms to describe increases and decreases, such as "go up", "rise", "fall", "drop", and "decline". It also gives ways to describe the amount of change, such as "substantial", "moderate", and "slight". Finally, it presents formulas for describing line graphs accurately using terms like "from...to..." and "there was a..."

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    This document provides useful expressions for describing graphs and changes in data depicted in graphs. It offers terms to describe increases and decreases, such as "go up", "rise", "fall", "drop", and "decline". It also gives ways to describe the amount of change, such as "substantial", "moderate", and "slight". Finally, it presents formulas for describing line graphs accurately using terms like "from...to..." and "there was a..."

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    This document provides useful expressions for describing graphs and changes in data depicted in graphs. It offers terms to describe increases and decreases, such as "go up", "rise", "fall", "drop", and "decline". It also gives ways to describe the amount of change, such as "substantial", "moderate", and "slight". Finally, it presents formulas for describing line graphs accurately using terms like "from...to..." and "there was a..."

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    Describing

    Graphs
    To describe an increase To describe a decrease

    verb noun expressions verb noun expressions


    to go up --- an upward trend to go down --- a downward trend
    to rise a rise to shoot up (to go to fall a fall to plummet (to go
    to increase an increase up very quickly) to decrease a decrease down very quickly)
    to drop a drop
    to decline a decline
    3D
    to grow a growth to reduce a reduction
    to expand expansion to contract a contraction

    To describe frequent change To describe no change Other useful expressions

    verb noun verb noun verb noun


    to fluctuate a fluctuation a period of . . . to stand at
    (between . . . to not change no change to peak (at) a peak
    and . . .) to remain stable stability to reach a peak
    to remain steady to hit a low point a low point
    to remain constant to plateau a plateau
    to stay the same to level off

    To describe AMOUNT of change: adjective (adverb)

    BIG Medium small


    substantial (substantially) moderate (moderately) slight (slightly)
    significant (significantly) minimal (minimally)
    considerable (considerably)
    marked (markedly)

    To describe SPEED of change: adjective (adverb)

    FAST Constant slow


    rapid (rapidly) steady (steadily) slow (slowly)
    sudden (suddenly) gradual (gradually)
    dramatic (dramatically)
    sharp (sharply)
    steep (steeply)
    DATA REPORT : CHARTS & GRAPHS

    Describing change
    To describe a line graph correctly, you should use these two basic formulas.

    (From ……… to ………), there + (be) + (a/an) + adjective + noun

    (From 2001 to 2005), there was a dramatic fall

    (in the number of people) / (in the amount of free time)

    Subject + verb + adverb (time phrase)

    The number of cars fell dramatically (during this period).

     IMPORTANT NOTE: Try to use both sentence types and synonyms.

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