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1. Notes
Up verbs
Notes:
 “Soar “and “rocket” are both verystrongwordsthat describe large rises.“Rocket”ismore
sudden.Youprobablydonot needtoqualifythese verbswithadverbs.
 “Leap” showsa large and suddenrise.Again,youprobablydonotneed toqualifyitwithan
adverb.
 “Climb”isa relativelyneutral verbthatcanbe usedwiththe adverbsbelow.
Down verbs
Notes:
 “Plummet”isthe strongestwordhere.Itmeansto fall veryquicklyandalongway.
 “Drop” and“drop” are normallyusedforfairlysmall decreases
 “Slipback” isusedfor fallsthatcome afterrises
 “Drop” and “Dip” are also frequentlyusedasnouns:eg“a slightdip”“a suddendrop”

2. Adjectivesand adverbs
Thisis a selectionof some of the mostcommonadjectivesandadverbsusedfortrendlanguage.
Please be careful.Thisisanarea where itispossible tomake low-levelmistakes.Make sure thatyou
use adjectiveswithnounsandadverbswithverbs:
 a significantrise –correct (adjective/noun)
 rose significantly–correct(adverb/verb)
 a significantlyrise –wrongwrongwrong
Please alsonote the spellingof the adverbs.There isaparticularproblemwiththe word
“dramatically:
 dramatically –correct
 dramaticly – wrong
 dramaticaly – wrong
Adjectivesofdegree
notes
 “sudden”and“sharp” can be usedof relativelyminorchangesthathappenquickly
 “spectacular”and “dramatic”are verystrong wordsonlytousedto big,big,bigchanges

3. Steady adjectives
Small adjectives
notes
 “marginal”isa particularlyuseful wordfor describingverysmall changes
Other useful adjectives
These adjectivescanbe usedto describesmore general trends
notes
 “overall”canbe usedtodescribe changesintrendoverthe whole period:veryuseful in
introductionsandconclusions
 “upward”and “downward”are adjectives:the adverbsare “upwards”and“downwards”

4. Movement(Verbs):Up
 Rose
 Wentup
 Increased
 Grew
 Shotup
 Surged
 Rocketed
Movement(Verbs):Down
 Fell
 Declined
 Dropped
 Decreased
 Sank
 Wentdown
 Plunged
 Plummeted
Prepositions
 Between 1995 and 2000
 From 1995 to 2000
 Salesrose from200 to 250
 Salesfell to150 inMarch
 Salesfell by50%
Adverbsand intensifiers
 slightly

5.  a little
 a lot
 sharply
 suddenly
 steeply
 gradually
 gently
 steadily
No Movement:(VerbswithAdjectives,Verbs)
 remainedsteady
 were unchanged
 didnot change
 remainedconstant
 remainedstable
 stabilized
Tops and Bottoms
 reacheda peak
 peaked
 reachedtheirhighestlevel
 fell toa low
 sankto a trough
 reacheda bottom