Vocabulary: describing trends

A verb describes an increase

• rise

• fall

• decline

a sharp decrease

• drop

• plummet

• fall

a highest point

• bottom

• fluctuation

• peak

The line graph goes up and down frequently.

• It remains stable.

• It hits the bottom.

• It fluctuates over the given time.

The line graph ........... the number of students joining after-school clubs.

The price of mobile phones ........ a slight decrease.

• illustrates

• witnessed

• depicted

Rye always recorded the lowest figure, ......... wholegrain witnessed an upward trend in the price.

• while

• In addtition

• Also

The price was recorded the same.

• The price soared over the years.

• The price remained unchanged.

• The price showed a significant decrease.

The table describes the number of movie goers between 2010 and 2015.

• The table illustrates how many movie goers who went to the cinema in 2010 and 2015.

• The table gives data on the number of people going to the cinema in a 6 year period.

• The table shows the number of people going to the cinema from 2010 and 2015.

The number of phone users grew significantly.

• The number of phone users rocketed.

• The number of phone users plummeted

• The number of phone users plunged