IELTS Writing – Academic Task 1 – Vocabulary (summary)

The following words and phrases will help you describe trends:
Nouns |
a risean increasea surgea growtha peaka fluctuationa variationa period of stabilitya plateaua falla decreasea declinea dip |
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Verbs |
to riseto increaseto surgeto growto peakto skyrocketto fluctuateto varyto fallto decreaseto declineto dipto diveto plunge |
Phrases |
to show an upward trendto show a downward trendto hit the highest pointto hit the lowest pointto reach a peakto show some fluctuationto fluctuate wildlyto remain stableto remain staticto remain unchangedto stay constantto reach a plateauto level offto flatten outthe highestthe lowestthe second highestthe third highestcompared tocompared withrelative to |
Adverbs |
sharplysuddenlyrapidlyabruptlydramaticallysignificantlysteadilyconsiderablymarkedlyslightlygentlygraduallywildly |
Adjectives |
sharpsuddenrapidabruptdramaticsteepsignificantsteadyconsiderablemarkedslightgentlegradual |