2. RISE:
How? How much?
increased dramatically, significantly, considerably, rapidly, substantially, steadily, sharply, by X% (by X per cent),
markedly, greatly, slightly, exponentially, proportionally, strongly by X (units), from X to
Y, tenfold, fourfold ...
grew rapidly, steadily, slowly, gradually, dramatically, substantially, enormously, by X% (by X per cent),
quickly by X (units), from X to Y
rose sharply, slowly, steadily, slightly, rapidly, quickly, dramatically, significantly, by X% (by X per cent),
substantially, gently, fractionally, considerably, gradually by X (units), from X to Y
went up The above adverbs are not usually used with "went up". by X% (by X per cent),
by X (units), from X to Y

3. DESCRIBE THE LINE

4. FALL:
How? How much?
fell sharply, heavily, slightly, steadily, dramatically, significantly, considerably, by X% (by X per cent),
quickly, rapidly, steeply, gradually, gently, substantially, precipitately, by X (units), from X to
fractionally, drastically, marginally, markedly, progressively, continuously Y, tenfold, fourfold ...
decreased significantly, markedly, slightly, steadily, rapidly, considerably, continuously, by X% (by X per cent),
dramatically, by X (units), from X to
Y, tenfold, fourfold ...
declined sharply, rapidly, dramatically, steadily, slightly, markedly, significantly, by X% (by X per cent),
considerably, steeply, drastically, continuously, substantially, quickly by X (units), from X to Y
dropped dramatically, sharply, slightly, considerably, steadily, significantly, rapidly, by X% (by X per cent),
drastically, alarmingly, noticeably, markedly, radically, abruptly, substantially, by X (units), from X to Y
gradually, gently, slowly
went down The above adverbs are not usually used with "went down ". by X% (by X per cent),
by X (units), from X to Y

5. DESCRIBE THE LINE

6. DRAW THE LINE GRAPH
Figure 1 shows sales of mobile phones per month. As can be
seen, it covers the years 1998 to 2001, and shows that the sales
of mobile phones declined steadily in 1998, then remained
steady from May until the end of the year. The sales rose more
and more steeply throughout 1999 with a steep increase at the
end of the year, and reached a peak of 6,200 in February 2000.A
sharp fall followed, but sales levelled off at about 5,300 per
month in April, fluctuated slightly through the year, and are now
increasing again. The figures seem to indicate that we have
recovered from the problems in mid‐2000, and are on target to
improve on our February 2000 peak by the end of 2002.

7. DESCRIBE THE LINES ON THIS GRAPH

8. KEY