Writing 4

WRITING
Lesson 4: Describing changes on graphs (part 1)
I. UPWARD TREND
NOUN
VERB
VERB NOUN
increase see an increase
rise witness a rise
grow undergo a growth
climb register a climb
go up experience N/A
go through
observe
II. DOWNWARD TREND

NOUN
VERB
VERB NOUN
Decrease see A decrease
Fall witness A fall
Drop undergo A drop
Decline register A decline
Reduce experience A reduction
Dip go through N/A
Go down observe N/A
III. NO CHANGE
NOUN
VERB
VERB NOUN
level off a leveling off
plateau a plateau
remain the N/A
same/stable/static/
constant/steady
stabilize N/A
flatten out N/A
IV. CONSTANT CHANGE

NOUN
VERB
VERB NOUN
fluctuate show a fluctuation
oscillate observe an oscillation
V. POSITIONS
NOUN
VERB
VERB NOUN
Peak Reach A peak/a high/ a summit/ the highest
Touch point
Bottom Hit A bottom/ the lowest point/ the
bottommost point
LEVEL OF EXTREME
PRACTICE
The graph shows that the percentage of people in the world who cannot read and write
has 1 ……………………………………………………………………………………….
in 1970 to now. However, from 1970 to 2002, the decline was 2
……………………………… than it has been between 2002 and the present day.
According to the chart, the amount of money received by schools in Australia 1

…………………………………………………………… between 1996 and 2003. It then
2 ………………………………………………………… in 2008. There was a general 3
(upward/downward) 3……………….. trend in government funding between 1996 and
2008.
The graph 1
…………………………………………………………………………………………..
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
It shows the trends between 2000 and the present day. These trends follow a similar
pattern since 2000. However, more high-school leavers have always been unemployed
than graduates.
In 2000, 2………………. graduates and 3…………. school leavers did not have a job.
Between 2000 and 2003, these percentages
4………………………………………………………………. Respectively. After that,
there was 5 ……………………............ in 6………………… until 2006, when figures
…………………………… for a year.
Since 2007, the percentage of unemployed high-school leavers 7………………… and
8…………… 10 percent. Although the figure for graduates is lower, it also 9
…………………………………………….
Overall, there has been an upward trend in employment rates for young students.
However, the difference between school leavers and graduates has become greater in
recent years.
1 …………………………………………………………………………………………...
…………………………………………………………………………………………...
According to the graph, there were different trends for boys and girls. The number of
books read by girls 2…………………………………………… between 2009 and 2010,
3 ………………. After that, the numbers 4…………………………………………… in
2012. This was the highest figure in the period. Boys started off reading more books than
girls, but their numbers followed a different pattern. Between 2009 and 2010, there was 5
……………………………………………………….., and then 6
………………………………………………………in 2011. However, in 2012, their
numbers 7……………………………. Overall, there was a strong upward trend in the
number of books read by girls. Although boys read more books than girls in 2009, their
reading fell to below the level of girls in 2012.
PRACTICE: The chart below shows the price in Euros of 800 grams of four types of bread in one European
country from 2001 to 2006.
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WRITING

Lesson 4: Describing changes on graphs (part 1)

II. DOWNWARD TREND

IV. CONSTANT CHANGE

According to the chart, the amount of money received by schools in Australia 1

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