The document provides vocabulary and phrases for describing movement on graphs and charts, including verbs for upward movement like "to climb" and "to rise", verbs for downward movement like "to fall" and "to decline", words for describing movement like "to fluctuate" and "to stabilize", adjectives and adverbs for describing the speed of change like "rapid" and "gradually", and adjectives and adverbs for describing the size of change like "substantial" and "slightly". The document encourages taking turns describing graphs and charts using this descriptive vocabulary.

1. Presentation
Review
Vocabulary & Phrases

2. Structure to describing a graph:
VERB + Adverb
• to increase quickly
• to decrease significantly
• to fluctuate dramatically
Adjective/Adverb + VERB
• a quick increase
• a significant decrease
• dramatic fluctuations

3. Can you list some verbs to describe UPWARD movement on a graph/chart?

4. Here are some examples:
• To climb
• To rise
• To go up
• To improve
• To pick up
• To recover
• To increase
• To peak
• To soar
• To skyrocket

5. Can you list some verbs to describe DOWNWARD movement on a graph/chart?

6. Here are some examples:
• To fall
• To decline
• To bottom out
• To decrease
• To drop
• To deteriorate
• To hit a low
• To slip back
• To go down

7. Can you list some words to describe MOVEMENT  on a
graph/chart?

8. Here are some examples:
• To fluctuate
• To even out
• To (remain) stable
• To stabilize

9. Can you list some adjectives/adverbs to describe the SPEED of change.

10. Here are some examples:
• Rapid - Rapidly
• Slow - Slowly
• Sudden - Suddenly
• Sharp – Sharply
• Steep - Steeply
• Steady - Steadily
• Gradual - Gradually
• Fast - Quickly

11. Can you list some adjectives/adverbs to describe the SIZE of change.

12. Here are some examples:
• Noticeable - Noticeably
• Substantial - Substantially
• Considerable - Considerably
• Slight – Slightly
• Great - Greatly
• Significant - Significantly
• Dramatic - Dramatically

13. Now, take turns and describe each graph/ chart